About our Team....

SHHS Raider Crew is celebrating 14 years of junior women's rowing on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, with seven seasons as a varsity sport. We train during the academic year, from fall head season through the Midwest Scholastic Rowing Championships in mid-May. The 2010 spring season had a roster of 21 rowers and coxswains, with a fleet of 8 shells, 36 oars, a boat trailer and equipment trailer, plus 11 rowing machines through donations and fundraising. In 2009-10 we raced in Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Erie, PA. During the fall and spring, Shaker Heights High School provides bus transportation to/from the boathouse on weekday practices. Winter training is conducted at the school.

SHHS Raider Crew has a strong history of volunteerism in events such as the Head of the Cuyahoga and Row for the Cure. We are a member organization of the Cleveland Rowing Foundation.

About our Coaches...

Kaileigh Sansom

Kaileigh was a coxswain for the University of Dayton for four years, for both the Women's Varsity Crew and the Men's Club Crew; she also coxed for WRRA's masters program during the '09 summer season. She was previously coach for St. Ignatius High School's Novice team, achieving 2nd in the Nation for the boys 8. Other coaching activities include serving as assistant coach for the America Rows summer camp, working along side Coach Russ Eckles. Kaileigh is CQL2 within the Cleveland Rowing Foundation boathouse; this allows her to take multiple boats onto the water.

Mark Silverstein