Varsity Crew
Recent History
The team has won the NEIRA (New England) team championships 14 times. In 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2010, first boats all went on to win National Championships.
The Coach
Head Coach Chris Richards began rowing in high school, continued at Harvard, and still competes at the Masters level. He has been head varsity coach since 2001.
Philosophy
“Belmont Hill crew strives for excellence,” Coach Richards explains. “We work very hard with the goal of making the fastest boats we can, all while maintaining the highest standards of teamwork and sportsmanship.”
Depth of Program
In addition to varsity, there is a team at the Middle School level. Tobias McDougal and Will Ryan ‘17 run the Middle School team.
Belmont Hill Crew at Collegiate Level
Many of Coach Richards’ rowers compete at the college level. “Almost all of our most talented kids go on to row in college,” he explains. “ I can only think of one in the past eight years or so who did not.”
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Other Teams
Schedule
Schedule
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Kent School
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Deerfield Academy
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Charles River Course | Scrimmage | Details about Varsity Crew | ||||
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Phillips Exeter Academy
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Charles River Course | Details about Varsity Crew | |||||
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Hopkins School, Pomfret School, Northfield Mount Hermon
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Pomfret School | Details about Varsity Crew | |||||
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Pomfret School
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Pomfret School | Details about Varsity Crew | Win | ||||
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Northfield Mount Hermon
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Pomfret School | Details about Varsity Crew | Win | ||||
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Hopkins School
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Pomfret School | Details about Varsity Crew | Win | ||||
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St. Mary's School
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Pomfret School | Details about Varsity Crew | Win | ||||
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Brookline High School
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Charles River Course | Scrimmage | Details about Varsity Crew | ||||
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Middlesex School
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Middlesex School | Details about Varsity Crew | Win | 4-0 | |||
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Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
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Charles River Course | Details about Varsity Crew | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Phillips Exeter Academy
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Phillips Exeter Academy | Details about Varsity Crew | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Noble and Greenough School
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Charles River Course | Details about Varsity Crew | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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Choate Rosemary Hall, Brooks School, Groton School
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Brooks School | Details about Varsity Crew | Subscribe to Alerts | ||||
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N.E.I.R.A Regatta
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Quinsigamond State Park | Details about Varsity Crew | Subscribe to Alerts |
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Meet the Coaches
Meet the Coaches
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Head Coach
Mr. Richards has been at Belmont Hill since 1991 and is the former Chair of the Classics Department. In 2018, Mr. Richards became the recipient of the Byrnes Family Chair in the Humanities which was established in 2000 by Bill Byrnes ’40 and Randy Byrnes ’65 to honor a faculty member for excellence in the teaching of language, literature, philosophy, history, or the arts and for a broad commitment to students and school life. Mr Richards teaches Latin Alpha, Latin 2A, Latin 4, and Latin 4 AP. He serves as head coach of the Varsity and 3V8 Crew teams, as well as the Third Cross Country team.
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Having received his Ph.D. in English in the spring of 2021 from Tufts University, where he was also a first-year writing program instructor and technology and teaching assistant, Dr. Calloway joins Belmont Hill as a faculty member in the English Department. With extensive experience as a coach of the high school program at Riverside Boat Club and as a member of the varsity rowing team at Dartmouth College (where he received his B.A. in English with honors in 2012), Dr. Calloway will also coach crew. Prior to his time at Tufts University, he worked at the Frederick Gunn School, where he also taught English, and served as both a dorm parent and student advisor.
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Mr. George joined Belmont Hill in 2010. He teaches AP Statistics, Geometry, and other courses in the Math Department. He coaches Fourth Soccer and Varsity Crew and also oversees Community Service programming.
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Mr. Lopez-Menzies is the assistant director of Community and Diversity, assists in the Admission Office, works with student affinity groups, coaches basketball and crew, serves as a faculty advisor to students. A graduate of Yale University with a BA in political science, Mr. Lopez-Menzies is currently completing an MA in clinical psychology from Columbia University Teachers College. He is the co-founder and president of Crew Haven, an organization committed to removing barriers to access and opportunity in rowing.