Hard work led to top performances in the Cardinals annual trip to the famous Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia
In their final race of the year this past week at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia Pennsylvania – the largest high school regatta in the world with 176 participating schools – the Bishop Ireton Cardinals achieved new heights as a program. The Varsity Women advanced, for the first time in school history, to the semi-final round in the Girls Senior 8+ competition. They placed 15th in the Time Trial and then posted the 14th fastest time of the Semi-Finals where they did not advance. This success marks the first occasion a Bishop Ireton Crew has advanced to the second day in a Varsity event.
The Cardinal Men placed 25th overall while posting the fastest time a Bishop Ireton boat has pulled in our school’s history of attending the Stotesbury Cup. The team also brought a Girl’s Second 8+, Boys Junior 4+, Girls Freshmen 8+, and Boys Freshmen 4x – none of which made it to the second day, but all raced hard and well.
“I am particularly proud of what the girls [Varsity boat] achieved today. They deserve all the success they get,” exclaimed Head Coach Eric Gehrke, “because they worked very hard all year and kept their sights forward on their goals and not backwards on our teams past at Stotesbury. I am also looking forward to our future as the speed of all our boats this Spring shows we can hopefully continue our success into the next year.”
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