T.C. Crew Busy with Boatload of Activities

The T.C. Williams Crew Team returns to official competition this coming weekend with a pair of regattas on Saturday, April 14. The boys' team travels to the Occoquan Reservoir to compete in the Darrell Winslow Regatta, while the girls' team returns to Middletown, Del., to compete in the St. Andrews Regatta on Noxontown Pond.

On Sunday, April 15, the team will hold its annual car wash fundraiser at the T.C. Williams High School Minnie Howard Campus, 3801 W. Braddock Road, Alexandria. The car wash will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and be held in the lower parking lot at the school.

The team wrapped up a week of two-a-day practices over spring break by holding a time trial and an intra-squad scrimmage last Saturday morning at the Dee Campbell Boathouse in Old Town. The time trial featured the Boys' and Girls' Varsity, Lightweight, Freshman and Novice boats competing against the clock in a 1500 meter race up the Potomac. Results included Boys' Lightweight, 5:07; Boys' Varsity 4, 5:33; Boys' Third 8, 5:38; Boys' Freshman 8, 6:03; Boys' Novice 8, 6:51; Girls' First 8, 5:36; Girls' Second 8, 6:10; Girls' Third 8, 6:44; and, Girls' Freshman 8, 6:07.

In the intra-squad scrimmage, which was held immediately following the time trial, rowers from the boys' and girls' teams were mixed together in racing shells and then pitted against each other in a head-to-head, single-elimination competition. Members of the winning boat included coxswain Brian Comey and rowers Maeve Bradley, Sam Zickar, Gabby Salcedo, Chris Kidd, Perry Connor, Urmana Islam, David Salmons and Lia Niebauer.

T.C. Williams Girls Coach Pat Marquardt talks to some of his rowers before the start of the time trial and intra-squad scrimmage at the Dee Campbell Boathouse on April 7.

T.C. Williams coxswain Maddie Stone rises up out of her seat to get a better view of the boat ahead of her as the rowers in her boat wait for the start of their race on the Potomac on April 7. The blue roof of the Dee Campbell Boathouse can be seen along the shoreline up the river, with the Washington Monument in the distance beyond.

Members of the winning boat in the T.C. Crew intra-squad scrimmage make their way toward the finish line during their victorious race on April 7. Members of the boat included (from left to right): coxswain Brian Comey and rowers Maeve Bradley, Sam Zickar, Gabby Salcedo, Chris Kidd, Perry Connor, Urmana Islam, David Salmons and Lia Niebauer.

Additional photos of the T.C. Williams Crew time trial and intra-squad scrimmage on April 7 can be found at on Facebook: Photo Set 1 and Photo Set 2.