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The Washington College Crew is a nationally ranked Division III program in Chestertown, Maryland that rows from the John Truslow boathouse on the Chester River. In 2014 the men's rowing team won its fourth championship in five years at the annual Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference (MARC) Championships.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://washingtoncollegesports.com/sports/mrowing/2013-14/releases/20140426qxez9n )〕 That year, the women's program finished sixth overall at the NCAA Division III Championships in Indianapolis,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.washingtoncollegesports.com/sports/wrowing/2013-14/releases/201405308db6v4 )〕 and nine Washington College rowers were named to the MARC All-Conference team. ==History== The program first grew out of student interest due to the College not having the financial resources to start a new varsity sport. Jamie Johnson started gathering students interested in forming a crew during his sophomore year. Johnson had learned to row as a student at S. Kent School and he helped generate the interest and attention the students needed to start the team. Soon there were enough interested students to man two eight-oared shells. The students received lots of outside help getting the program started. After student interest grew they contacted Dave Washburn, the crew coach of St. Andrew's School in Middletown, DE, a school renowned for its crew program. Washburn invited the WC students to practice at St. Andrew's three times a week using the St. Andrews shells, oars, and equipment. In 1967–68 the squad purchased a shell from the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia, which they stored in an unused chicken coop on John Truslow's chicken farm, located off Truslow Road on the Queen Anne's County side of the Chester River. The Yale University coach gave Jamie eight sets of oars and Dick Heymann got four oars from the Brooks School. Professor Pete Tapke purchased a single shell to be used for training purposes as well as for general recreation. To raise money the team organized a fund-raising dinner for which they sold tickets. Beginning a tradition at these dinners, the club arranged for a well-known speaker from the rowing world. The first speaker was Jack Kelly, a renowned sculler from Philadelphia and the brother of actress Grace Kelly. The athletic council began to study the crew program and the progress the club was making. The team raised $3500 to buy a pair of oared two-man shells, a single scull from Marietta College, a light oared shell for training from Philadelphia's Undine Barge Club, and a new shell from the Schoenbrod Crew Company of New England. The team continued to use Truslow's barn, which he outfitted with special racks for storing their equipment. Many local businessmen and members of the Board of Visitors and Governors supported the crew team's development. Elias Nuttle, Ferdinand Lamotte, Lelia Hynson and many others voiced their support and provided financial help. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washington College Crew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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