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Rumson Crew Carolynn Diakon Broker and Owner is proud to announce the donation of $2000 for the newly formed Rumson Crew Program. The Rumson Crew team will practice and compete on the Navesink River. The 2007 Rumson Crew season will include competitive races on the Navesink River as well as in the tri-state area. The donation from Resources Real Estate is in response to the recent Rumson Crew fundraising campaign that kicked off on January 12, 2007. Rumson Crew is a new program managed and supervised by Rumson Recreation and lead by coach Dan Edwards. The 2007 season will start with approximately 60 students from grades 9-12 that live in Rumson. In the summer, the program will offer a program for students in grades 7and 8 as well as an adult rowing program. Rumson Crew, initially for students of Rumson Fair-Haven High School is sponsored by Rumson Recreation and the Borough of Rumson. Rumson Recreation will match the first $27,500 raised for the program. Here are some very interesting facts of Rumson Crew and rowing programs for our youth: Rowing is the fastest growing sport in America (especially women's rowing) New Jersey is the capital of Rowing the U.S. The Olympic Committee recognizes the USRA, Princeton, NJ as the governing body for rowing in the U.S. The U.S. Men's Olympic Team won Gold and the U.S. Women's Olympic team won Silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics 50 New Jersey High Schools have Crews The first collegiate athletic event in the U. S. was a crew race between Harvard and Yale Rowing is all inclusive: the ultimate walk-on and team sport. Athletes and non-athletes alike excel in rowing through pure determination. Rowers can compete at 130 lbs, 145 lbs, 155 lbs, and heavy weight, both boys and girls. Donations to the program can be made to the Rumson Endowment Fund specifying the rowing program on the memo line of the check