Woodson Crew Team Brings Home Gold Medal

Submitted to Patch by the W.T. Woodson Crew Organization

Congratulations to the Scholastic Rowing National Champion W. T. Woodson Men's Junior 8!

After an undefeated season on the Occoquan Reservoir in the Junior 8 category, earning first place in the Virginia (State) Scholastic Rowing Championships on May 11th, and a strong fourth place showing at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia the following weekend, the W. T. Woodson High School Men’s Junior 8, coached by Todd Jesdale, capped it’s amazing season with an impressive come-from-behind victory and gold medal in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s National Championship Regatta, held this past Saturday, May 25, on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey.

This is the first National Title for a Woodson Crew Team boat since the Women's Junior Single in 2004, and the first ever in an eight-man shell.

Proud parents, coaches, and teammates rallied in the grandstand to cheer on the boys, loudly chanting, “Wood-son, Wood-son, Wood-son,” as the boat crossed the finish line to beat Montclair, T .C. Williams, Holy Spirit, Gonzaga, and St. Joseph’s Prep.

W. T. Woodson's undefeated and State Champion Women's Junior 8 and the Men's Freshman 8 also competed.

Pull for Woodson!

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