High School Crew

[Anonymous]

Come down to Georgetown this Saturday, April 25, and see some of the local high school teams (both private and public) compete. It's a fun regatta to watch from the waterfront park.

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Anonymous wrote:Come down to Georgetown this Saturday, April 25, and see some of the local high school teams (both private and public) compete. It's a fun regatta to watch from the waterfront park.

Quite a few of the schools might be in Lorton though.

[Anonymous]

My most ironic crew story is the twins who rowed crew for the Olympics ... and missed out on being billionaires from Facebook.

[Anonymous]

My cousin did Crew at Harvard. But she is ridiculously tiny and all muscle. She probably weighs 90 lbs. Does that mean she sat in the front? (Crew expert as you can see)

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Crew at TJ. I can see that these kids have a chance at an Ivy. But the schedule is very very tough with the academics. When parents tell me that they are "doing crew for the Ivies, I just think .... hmmmm, how likely?"

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Anonymous wrote:My cousin did Crew at Harvard. But she is ridiculously tiny and all muscle. She probably weighs 90 lbs. Does that mean she sat in the front? (Crew expert as you can see)

Your cousin was almost certainly a coxswain (often shortened to "cox") -- they steer the shell, call out the stroke rate, try to implement the coach's race strategy. Kind of like a jockey in both role and size. So very small, light kids (boys and girls) can participate in crew also. Generally the coxes work out with the team to further bond with them, so there's good exercise when they are off the water.

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Crew folks in college have no life outside of academics and their sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crew folks in college have no life outside of academics and their sport.

I think that's a good thing now, especially for my DD.

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Anonymous wrote:My cousin did Crew at Harvard. But she is ridiculously tiny and all muscle. She probably weighs 90 lbs. Does that mean she sat in the front? (Crew expert as you can see)

Your cousin was almost certainly a coxswain (often shortened to "cox") -- they steer the shell, call out the stroke rate, try to implement the coach's race strategy. Kind of like a jockey in both role and size. So very small, light kids (boys and girls) can participate in crew also. Generally the coxes work out with the team to further bond with them, so there's good exercise when they are off the water.

yup, they're the brains, so says my DD who is a cox. She hates coxing females though, you know how they r....

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a minority who pays full tuition and he participates in crew. He's not the only one. Check your preconceived notions.

That's nice, but it's an overwhelmingly white sport in college and high schools.

And basketball has become overwhelmingly a sport for Afrocan-American makes. What of it? (or should teams put a quota on A-A's in order to have more diverse teams?)

Stupid AND racist -- a two-fer. (And great job defending the sport of rowing.)

So it's not racist to suggest that crew is a elite white sport yet it is racist to point out the obvious, that varsity, college and NBA are dominated by black athletes ?

One is reminded of the aphorism: "Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and the pig likes it." The fact that you seem to think these situations are analogous demonstrates that you don't get it, and likely won't no matter what arguments are made in response.

With that said, basketball is widely, widely played in this country, by all races and classes. If African Americans dominate the ranks of the NBA and many of the most successful Division I teams, it is because of merit. Rowing is not a broadly participatory sport for many reasons. Is there active racism in the sport today? I'm sure there is not in this day and age. Is there severe underrepresentation of anyone other than affluent whites in the sport? Yes. US Rowing has recognized this and has started programs to encourage participation among more diverse groups (similar to golf and tennis's outreach efforts to underserved communities, which have shown some success).

Serve Your City is a DC organization that is working to introduce underserved DC kids to rowing. http://www.serveyourcitydc.org/

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Anonymous wrote:Crew folks in college have no life outside of academics and their sport.

And the college newspaper and volunteering and dating and being stupid at parties and going out to shows and clubs in DC, that was my experience Disco naps got this rower through college and I loved every minute of it.

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The top male heavyweight rowing schools in the area are Gonzaga and St. Albans.

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Anonymous wrote:The top male heavyweight rowing schools in the area are Gonzaga and St. Albans.

. I believe they won gold and silver, respectively, at the recent nationals. National Cathedral school also won gold at nationals, if I heard correctly.

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Anonymous wrote:Crew folks in college have no life outside of academics and their sport.

this is true, from personal experience. But it got me very very organized my freshman year which has paid off in spades.

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Anonymous wrote:The top male heavyweight rowing schools in the area are Gonzaga and St. Albans.

. I believe they won gold and silver, respectively, at the recent nationals. National Cathedral school also won gold at nationals, if I heard correctly.

Great programs at both those schools. Coaches at both are just exceptional.