Mercer Varsity Girls Parents/Athletes,

Below are the lineups, housing and and van assignments for Canadian Henley:

Lineups:

Housing:

Vans:

GO MERCER!

– Coach Zach & Coach Maddie

Mercer Varsity Girls Parents/Athletes,

Tomorrow is the Philly Youth Regatta! Here are the logistics for tomorrow’s event. Sorry for the delay in information!

REGISTRATION: Here is the registration fee for the regatta, please make sure to register!

LOCATION: The regatta will be held in Philadelphia on the famous Schuylkill River! For information on directions please click here. The address to use for GPS is: 2200 Kelly Drive, Philadelphia PA, 19129 (Address is the St. Joe’s (Gillin) Boathouse).

DROP OFF: All athletes should arrive 2 hours before their scheduled race time. Please drop your athlete off at the Mercer boat trailer, which will be parked in the lot adjacent to the St. Joseph University (Gillin) boathouse. Once an athlete arrives at the trailer on race day we require their undivided attention and focus. Parent presence around the trailer causes distraction for both coaches and athletes. After your athlete’s race is over and they have been dismissed by their coach they are allowed to be picked up.

PARKING: Be aware that parking is extremely limited and that the section of Kelly Drive along the racecourse (from above the boathouse to beyond the grandstand) will be closed to traffic during the regatta. IN ORDER TO PARK AT THE COURSE, YOU MUST PRINT THIS PARKING PASS AND DISPLAY IT IN YOUR WINDSHIELD.

UNIFORM: All athletes are asked to arrive wearing the Mercer unisuit and Mercer hat.

WEATHER: Saturday is scheduled to be very hot. Please make sure athletes come prepared with sunscreen, water, hat, and sunglasses.

SCHEDULE: Below is the schedule for the Mercer boats. Here is the entire schedule for this weekend’s racing. As the schedule might change please keep checking back.

LINE UPS: Here again are the line ups for tomorrow and race times!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

GO MERCER!!

– Coach Maddie

Mercer Varsity Girls Parents/Athletes,

Below are the lineups for Philly Youth and the roster for Canadian Henley.

Athletes on the Henley roster must complete this waiver ASAP – https://waivers.regattacentral.com/rchr2016

More information regarding Philly Youth will be posted tomorrow.

Henley Roster

Philly Youth:

GO MERCER!

Mercer Varsity Boys Parents/Athletes,

Practice will resume for the Varsity Boys with small boats on Tuesday July 5th at 11:30am.

Coach Justin

Mercer Varsity Girls Parents/Athletes,

There will be no practice Monday July 4th and no small boats practice Tuesday July 5th.

Practice will resume Tuesday afternoon at 1pm.

– Coach Steve

Mercer Parents/Athletes,

Our first summer regatta begins this Friday! Below should be all the information you need to know for the Independence Day Regatta!

TRAILER LOADING: As this is an away regatta the athletes will be loading the trailer Thursday after practice. Please be aware that trailer loading can take some time and although we try to get off the water a tad early your child may be a little later than normal for pick up!

LOCATION: The regatta will be held in Philadelphia on the famous Schuylkill River! For information on directions please click here. The address to use for GPS is: 2200 Kelly Drive, Philadelphia PA, 19129 (Address is the St. Joe’s (Gillin) Boathouse).

DROP OFF: All athletes should arrive 2 hours before their scheduled race time. Please drop your athlete off at the Mercer boat trailer, which will be parked in the lot adjacent to the St. Joseph University (Gillin) boathouse. Once an athlete arrives at the trailer on race day we require their undivided attention and focus. Parent presence around the trailer causes distraction for both coaches and athletes. We ask that all parents remain at the big blue Mercer tent toward the finish line farther down the course. After your athlete’s race is over and they have been dismissed by their coach they are allowed to be picked up.

PARKING: Be aware that parking is extremely limited and that the section of Kelly Drive along the racecourse (from above the boathouse to beyond the grandstand) will be closed to traffic during the regatta. IN ORDER TO PARK AT THE COURSE, YOU MUST PRINT THIS PARKING PASS AND DISPLAY IT IN YOUR WINDSHIELD.

UNIFORM: All athletes are asked to arrive wearing the Mercer unisuit and Mercer hat.

WEATHER: Friday and Saturday are scheduled to be very hot. Please make sure athletes come prepared with sunscreen, water, hat, and sunglasses.

SCHEDULE: Below is the schedule for the Mercer boats. Here is the entire schedule for this weekend’s racing. As the schedule might change please keep checking back.

FOOD DONATIONS: The parent coordinators have asked athletes to donate the following items for the regatta to be dropped off at the trailer with your athlete.

If your LAST NAME begins with A-M, please send a case of water or Gatorade to share with the team.
If your LAST NAME begins with N-Z, please send a box of Clif bars or a few servings of fruit (bag of apples, bunch of bananas) to share with the team.

PLEASE NOTE: Because the athletes have varying race schedules and times that they need to be at the course, they should each bring whatever food (including lunch) they would like for the day.

LINEUPS: Below are the line ups and race information

If you have any questions please let me know!

GO MERCER!

Coach Maddie
609-306-5453
609-799-7100 x103

Mercer Families,

Please join us to celebrate the Mercer Juniors and all their accomplishments this season! All families are invited to attend the Mercer Banquet on May 24th at 6pm. We need a head count by May 20 – NO WALK-INS PERMITTED. PLEASE REGISTER ASAP!! It truly is a fun event for all team members to celebrate the end of the season!

When: May 24th – 6pm
Where: Hamilton Manor (30 Route 156, Hamilton Township, NJ 08620)
RSVP: $38 per person – Register here!
Attire: Business casual

We look forward to seeing you there!

Mercer Parents/Athletes,

The following Athletes have JL gear waiting for them in the office:

• Moe A
• Kyle S
• Eshan K
• JP Brown
• Erin M
• Maddy M
• Shannon S
• Elena K

Mercer Parents/Athletes,

Lifan Yu is organizing a summer crew bus from PHS to Boathouse. The summer program runs 6/20-8/8, 1-3pm. If we get enough interest, the bus will leave Princeton High School at 12:30pm and returns around 3:30pm. As usual, the bus will pick up students at Clarkville & N Post in West Windsor too. If you are interested in the bus, please let Lifan know by email yulifan@gmail.com.

Mercer Families,

Please join us to celebrate the Mercer Juniors and all their accomplishments this season! All families are invited to attend the Mercer Banquet on May 24th at 6pm. Please register ASAP!!!

When: May 24th – 6pm
Where: Hamilton Manor (30 Route 156, Hamilton Township, NJ 08620)
RSVP: $38 per person – Register here!
Attire: Business casual

We look forward to seeing you there!

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

The season is coming to an end! Coach Zach and I are so proud of the hard work all our athletes have put in the past two months. With that being said, the novices still have one more race this Saturday!!!

SATURDAY RACE INFORMATION: This Saturday the novices will be racing in the MAPL Regatta. This is a 1500m race against the Mid Atlantic Prep schools.

• Who is racing?: Due to the amount of boats entered in the Boy’s Novice event only our top 2 boy’s novices eights will be racing. All four novice girl’s eights will be racing. (Weather depending). Novice Girl’s lineups can be found at the end of the email (Please keep reading!!).
• When should athletes arrive?: As of right now the start time for races is 4pm. We ask that our athletes arrive at the boathouse at 2pm.
• Where should families watch?: As the race will be 1500 meters the best vantage point would be the Blue Gazebo on the other side of the lake. I would like a strong crowd over there to show support for our novice crews.
• What should athletes wear?: Athletes should have the racing uni on with layers on top as it will be windy.
• Weather Information: High winds are predicted for Saturday afternoon. As safety is our biggest concern, there is a potential that boats may not race on Saturday due to the high winds.

MONDAY PRACTICE: Monday is Novice Boathouse Clean Up Day! Practice will take place from 4 – 6pm. This is a mandatory practice for all novice rowers.

BANQUET: Mercer will be holding a team banquet on May 24th at 6pm. This is open to both athletes and their families! It is a great event to celebrate the end of the season. More information to come!

HOMEFRONT DONATIONS: Boy’s Novice Head Coach and Outreach Coordinator, Zach Spitzer, is collecting personal care items to donate to Homefront. He is asking that all families contribute one item for donation. Donations can be dropped off to the PNRA Office.

IRAs & YOUTH NATIONALS: Please keep the weekends of 6/3 – 6/5 and 6/9 – 6/12 open as PNRA/Mercer will be hosting both the IRAs (Collegiate Championships for Heavyweight Men and Lightweight Men and Women) as well as Youth Nationals! This is going to take a serious volunteer effort from our team and I want to remind you to keep an eye out for volunteer information!

Finally, I would like to thank all parents and athletes for an amazingly fun and successful season! It has truly been such a pleasure working with the novice athletes. I hope they have enjoyed the season just as much as I have.

I look forward to seeing you all at our last regatta of the season and at the Banquet!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

GO MERCER!

Novice Girls MAPL Lineups:

Coach Maddie
609-799-7100×103
609-306-5453

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Even though the schedule says it is Boathouse cleanup day – all novice boats will have regular practice today and the rest of the week as we have a race on Saturday.

Next Monday novices will have their boathouse cleanup day.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

GO MERCER!

Coach Maddie
609-799-7100 x103
609-306-5453

Mercer Novice Girls Parents/Athletes,

AMAZING JOB TO ALL BOATS TODAY! Due to weather conditions there will be no semis tomorrow and the Women’s Novice 8+ event will go to a final tomorrow morning.

We had two boats qualify for the final and the information is below. It will be chilly so please have athletes dress in layers!

Please let me know if you have any questions

GO MERCER!

Coach Maddie
609-306-5453

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Regionals is tomorrow!!! Here at Mercer we are all very excited for this weekend. Below is (hopefully) all the information you need to know. Please make sure to look closely at the time the athletes are expected to arrive at the boathouse based on what boat they are in. As our races are in the late afternoon on Saturday, please try to have a relaxing morning with not a lot of activity!

NOVICE GIRLS: Please remember we have a team bonding event with the varsity girls after practice today at the boathouse. It should run no later than 7PM.

DROP OFF: When you drop your athlete off please drop them off and leave the boathouse. Once an athlete arrives at the boathouse on race day I require their undivided focus. Parents hanging around the boathouse causes distractions for both coaches and athletes. We ask that all parents drive over to the other side of the lake and view the regatta with all other spectators (This is also the best vantage point for watching the races). After your athlete’s race is over and they have been dismissed by their coach they are allowed to be picked up.

UNIFORM: All athletes are asked to arrive wearing the Mercer unisuit. As it will be cold, I would recommend athletes coming in layers which they can take off before racing.

VOLUNTEERING: We still need many volunteers for Saturday and Sunday!! Please remember that as this is a home regatta and we ask all families to contribute 4 hours of volunteering. Please click here to sign up to volunteer.

SUNDAY RACES: Boats must place top 4 in their heat on Saturday to race in the semis Sunday morning. To advance to the final boats must place top 3 in their semi. Below are the approximate of arrival and racing for those events. Those racing Sunday morning that advance to the final will stay at the boathouse in between their races. This is mandatory. Those racing on Sunday morning please come with a packed lunch to eat in between races (hopefully we qualify from the semis to finals!!).

WEATHER: Sunday is scheduled to be quite windy. As this is a qualifying event for varsity crews to advance to Youth Nationals, the schedule may change on Sunday to accommodate getting those events in. Please be aware that the schedule might change due to the weather conditions.

SCHEDULE: Below is the schedule for our boats. Here is the schedule for this weekend’s racing. As it might change please keep checking back.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

GO MERCER!

Coach Maddie
609x799x7100 x103
609-306-5453

Attention all Mercer Varsity/Novice Girls:

There will be a girl’s team wide bonding activity after practice this Friday, May 6th at the boathouse.

The event should go no later than 7PM.

Please arrange carpools/rides home appropriately!

If you have any questions, please contact Coach Maddie – 609-799-7100×103

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

The following novices need to sign the US Rowing Waiver to compete this weekend. There are two options of membership – to race at US Rowing Mid Atlantic Regionals (this weekend’s race) US Rowing requires a Championship membership.

To complete the waiver please go to – https://membership.usrowing.org. Once you select to sign up for an individual membership, under organization please search Princeton National Rowing Association and when prompted for the club code enter – ACY67.

The following athletes need to sign the waiver and create a membership or upgrade from Basic to Championship.

Below are also the line ups for this weekend! Once the schedule and lane draws come out I will have more information for you.

Coach Maddie
609-799-7100 x103
609-306-5453
malden@rowpnra.org

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

The season is quickly coming to an end! Coach Zach and I are so excited by all the improvements our athletes have made in the past few weeks!

We have to big races ahead – Regionals (next weekend) and MAPL (Saturday May 14th). Next weekend is the US Rowing Mid Atlantic Regionals. The event is held on both Saturday and Sunday. With 19 entries in the Girls’s Youth Novice 8+ event and 16 in the Boy’s Novice 8+ the athletes will have a chance to progress through heats, semis and finals. A progression entails that during the course of the heats and semis boats will advance to the next round or be eliminated depending on how they place in their race.

An official schedule has not been released. However, it is expected that all novice eights will race the heats in the afternoon on Saturday, semis on Sunday morning, and finals late Sunday afternoon.

PNRA is still in need of for volunteers for next weekend. We ask all families contribute four volunteer hours for this regatta! Please sign up here.

Once I have the schedule and lane draws I will send out an email detailing all regatta information.

Below is a list of novice girls expected to race next weekend. Coach Zach will be sending his racing roster out by Sunday. It is expected that all athletes racing are at practice everyday the week leading up to a race.

Olivia A
Emaan A
Milana A
Anika B
Chloe C
Sophie C
Erin D
Drishti D
Ruhee D
Eveline E
Olivia ED
Amy G
Lauren G
Kristen H
Erin H
Paige H
Sunny H
Elena K
Aylin K
Morgan L
Olina L
Ellie M
Parkie M
Abby M
Mary O
Maddy P
Alexa S
Neha S
Hiran S
Caroline S
Charlotte S
Krithika V
Holly W
Sarah W
Eileen Y
Audrey X

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Looking forward to a great Friday practice!

GO MERCER!

Coach Maddie

609-799-7100 x103

609-306-5453

malden@rowpnra.org

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

The following novices need to sign the US Rowing Waiver to compete this weekend. There are two options of membership – Basic or Championship, for US Mid Atlantic Regionals athletes are required to have a Championship Membership so I suggest paying for that now.

To complete the waiver please go to – https://membership.usrowing.org. Under organization please search Princeton National Rowing Association and when prompted for the club code enter – ACY67.

Even if your athlete’s name is not on this list I would strongly suggest double checking their membership as they expire every year.

Please do this ASAP if your child is listed below:
Audrey X
Chloe C
Alexa S
Erin H
Neha S
Erin D
Sophie C
Kristen H
Mary O
Olivia A
Elena K
Hiran S
Olina L
Paige H
Emaan A
Milana A
Caroline S
Sunny H
Drishti D
Amy G
Abby M
Annie H
Brady S
Devon R
Alex F
Matt O
Ty B
Andrei D
Diana H
Alex G
Conall O
Andrew Y

Coach Maddie

609 – 799 – 7100 x 103

609 306 5453

malden@rowpnra.org

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Mercer Sprints will be held this weekend. We will be racing early Saturday morning. Below is the schedule for the weekend. Please make sure to look closely at the time the athletes are expected to arrive at the boathouse based on what boat they are in.

** MERCER TEAM PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN TOMORROW AT PRACTICE – EVERYONE MUST WEAR THEIR WHITE RACING SHIRT. 

If your athlete does not have a white racing shirt I will give one them one at practice tomorrow!

A few items to be aware of for Mercer Sprints:

 – When you drop your athlete off please drop them off and leave the boathouse. Once an athlete arrives at the boathouse on race day I require their undivided focus. Parents hanging around the boathouse causes distractions for both coaches and athletes. We ask that all parents drive over to the other side of the lake and view the regatta with all other spectators (This is also the best vantage point for watching the races). After your athlete’s race is over and they have been dismissed by their coach they are allowed to be picked up.

 – All athletes are asked to arrive wearing the white Mercer racing shirt and black spandex. All athletes should have a white racing shirt as they will all need one for team pictures this Wednesday. Please make sure athletes come wearing layers as it will be chilly in the morning but should warm up as the day progresses.

 – We still need stakeboat holders for Saturday afternoon and Sunday. I am asking that our novice program fill those spots as our athletes are not racing during those times. It is always a great experience for athletes new to the sport.  Please click here to sign up to volunteer.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

GO MERCER!

– Coach Maddie

609-799-7100 x 103

609-306-5453

malden@rowpnra.org

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

 

Here is an updated schedule for this weekend’s racing

Saturday:

4:00pm – 4:15pm – Arrive and Rig boats at Lake Carnegie

5:05pm – Athletes warmup and coaches and coxswain meet at the launch dock

5:15pm – Crews launch for racing, de-rig, and load trailer

5:30pm – 7:20pm – Racing

7:20pm – 8:00pm – Crews return from racing, de-rig, and load trailer

8:20 – 8:30pm – Depart for dinner at the Mercer Boathouse

8:30 – 10:00pm – Dinner at Mercer Boathouse

10:00 – 10:20pm – CRI & Gonzaga Athletes depart the Mercer Boathouse with Mercer families

Sunday:

8:45 – 9:00am – Drop athletes off at Mercer Boathouse

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Mercer Parents/Athletes,

Here is the preliminary schedule for this weekends scrimmage with CRI and Gonzaga

Saturday:

3:00-5:00pm: Arrive and Rig boats at Lake Carnegie

6:00- 6:15pm: Drive to Mercer Boathouse for dinner

6:15 – 8:00pm: Dinner at Mercer Boathouse

8:00pm: CRI & Gonzaga depart Mercer Boathouse with Mercer Families

Sunday:

8:00am: Athletes arrive at Carnegie Lake

8:20am: Athletes warmup & coaches and coxswain meet at launch dock

8:30am: Crews launch for racing – Priority on dock by race schedule

10:45am: Crew return from racing, de-rig, and load trailer

12:00pm: Depart Carnegie Lake

Preliminary Race Schedule:

Mercer Novice Parents/Athletes,

Mercer Novice Parents and Athletes,

After looking over the forms in our database as well as the forms that have been handed to me recently, I have complied a list of missing forms.
As we ask that swim tests are only performed once, I understand some may be in our summer camp files. However, I do not know the years as to when the athletes attended the camps. If an athlete is missing a swim test and turned on in for a novice summer camp please inform me of the year they attended. Below is the list of missing forms I have. I apologize for any convenience it might be to track down forms that have already been turned in, I am doing my best to collect all the necessary ones. Additionally, if an athletes is missing forms some are easy to reprint and are available here. Please try to turn these forms in ASAP!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Coach Maddie

malden@rowpnra.org

609-799-7100 x103

Mercer Novice Parents and Athletes,

Novice Parents/Athletes,

Please come today prepared with proper running shoes and exercise attire as we will be working out today.

– Maddie Alden

Parents/Athletes,

Here is the information provided at last Saturday’s Novice Parent Meeting as well as volunteer information.

Novice Parent Meeting Information