Crew (Girls)

Deerfield girls crew is comprised of 30 energetic rowers and coxswains. Our four Varsity crews row Fours, while our Novice crew (fifth/sixth boat) rows eights. During our season, we race against some of the fastest rowing teams in New England, including Winsor, Miss Porter's, BB&N, and Choate.

We practice and compete on the Connecticut River, tens minutes from campus. In the spring of 2004, we moved into our brand new boathouse, which houses our racing shells, workout rooms, and rowing ergometers.

Our team has traditionally had success through the season and at the NEIRA Regatta (New England Championships). Our alumnae have gone on to compete at colleges around the US, including Harvard/Radcliffe, Brown, Yale, Princeton, University of Michigan, Penn, Cal/Berkeley, US Coast Guard Academy, and others.
Our team prides itself on training hard, racing competitively, and having a great deal of fun along the way.

Deerfield Grads at the NCAA Rowing Championships: Katherine Faherty '05 (William Smith College), Phoebe Robinson '05 (Harvard/Radcliffe), Emily Parfit '03 (Harvard/Radcliffe), Lou Kinder '05 (University of California/Berkeley), Julia di Bonaventura '05 (Brown), Sarah Thompson '05 (US Coast Guard Academy), Catherine Hart '06 (Yale) at the 2007 NCAA Rowing championships in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Varsity

Wayne Berger

A 1984 graduate of Deerfield, Wayne earned his BA in History from Cornell University and his MEd in Educational Technology from Harvard's School of Education. Before returning to Deerfield in 2010 as college advisor, Wayne served as a teacher, administrator, and coach at Hotchkiss, Loomis Chaffee, Groton School, and Harvard University. Wayne's daughter, Anna, is a member of the class of 2016; his son, James, is in eighth grade; and his wife, Suzanne, is a member of the Alumni and Development Office. Wayne is the Head Boys and Girls Crew Coach and Assistant Coach for Boys and Girls Swimming.

Send email to Wayne Berger (wberger@deerfield.edu)