This all-girls high school has more swimming medals than most countries

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Yorktown has Torri Huske. Tom Dolan also went there.

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Anonymous wrote:This headline and article actually made me realize how few countries get multiple medals in the Olympics. It’s still amazing that SR has three alum in the games together and that they’ve won four medals in three events (two of them have a medal for the same relay event), and I think it’s so cool how they have known each other and supported each other since some were practically toddlers. I loved the article. But it really brings home how privileged a handful of countries including the U.S. are to rake in the medals they get.

ALUMNI. The word is ALUMNI. Why are you people so stupid about the English language?

Singular: Alumnus
Plural: Alumni

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge swimmers featured in Washington Post yesterday. Lots of school pride these days at SR because of these amazing alumni!!

https://wapo.st/3WLRKHB

Visi has the most. Do I gotta count them for you?🙄

Snarky rivalry aside, I’d actually be interested. I love it when local school/place names get mentioned at the Olympics. I grew up in Oakton and was so excited when the announcer mentioned that one of the U.S. divers was from Oakton last night - just before they absolutely flubbed the dive and dropped to last place. 😬😂 Which Olympians are Visi grads?

If there are any, VISI is not promoting it in any way on their social media. Gonzaga had an alum receive a bronze medal for rowing and that's all over their social media, and SR has also posted about Paris as well. A lot of local media have been publishing articles about the athletes in Paris, but I haven't heard of any from VISI.

Just goes to show you the extreme wealth required to support the training required of an Olympian.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This headline and article actually made me realize how few countries get multiple medals in the Olympics. It’s still amazing that SR has three alum in the games together and that they’ve won four medals in three events (two of them have a medal for the same relay event), and I think it’s so cool how they have known each other and supported each other since some were practically toddlers. I loved the article. But it really brings home how privileged a handful of countries including the U.S. are to rake in the medals they get.

ALUMNI. The word is ALUMNI. Why are you people so stupid about the English language?

Singular: Alumnus
Plural: Alumni

Alum is a common abbreviation

[Anonymous]

And if you’re going to be pedantic, a girl from SR is an alumna, plural alumnae.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This headline and article actually made me realize how few countries get multiple medals in the Olympics. It’s still amazing that SR has three alum in the games together and that they’ve won four medals in three events (two of them have a medal for the same relay event), and I think it’s so cool how they have known each other and supported each other since some were practically toddlers. I loved the article. But it really brings home how privileged a handful of countries including the U.S. are to rake in the medals they get.

ALUMNI. The word is ALUMNI. Why are you people so stupid about the English language?

Singular: Alumnus
Plural: Alumni

Wrong. They are alumnae.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This headline and article actually made me realize how few countries get multiple medals in the Olympics. It’s still amazing that SR has three alum in the games together and that they’ve won four medals in three events (two of them have a medal for the same relay event), and I think it’s so cool how they have known each other and supported each other since some were practically toddlers. I loved the article. But it really brings home how privileged a handful of countries including the U.S. are to rake in the medals they get.

ALUMNI. The word is ALUMNI. Why are you people so stupid about the English language?

Singular: Alumnus
Plural: Alumni

Wrong. They are alumnae.

Thank you, Latin feminine plural endings are ae, they are alumnae.

[Anonymous]

Rich families with access to private coaches and a pool at school.

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Holton has twins competing for Ireland

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Anonymous wrote:Holton has twins competing for Ireland

What sport?

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Anonymous wrote:Rich families with access to private coaches and a pool at school.

Ironically, these particular swimmers would have rarely swum at SR.

Two practiced at Georgetown Prep and the other American U during their high school years. High level club swimmers train with their club teams all season in this area. NCAP doesn't practice at SR, All Star Aquatics does. The SR coach is an ASA club coach.

The coincidence of being SR students has a lot to do with knowing that SR HS was willing/able to accommodate them as elite athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich families with access to private coaches and a pool at school.

Ironically, these particular swimmers would have rarely swum at SR.

Two practiced at Georgetown Prep and the other American U during their high school years. High level club swimmers train with their club teams all season in this area. NCAP doesn't practice at SR, All Star Aquatics does. The SR coach is an ASA club coach.

The coincidence of being SR students has a lot to do with knowing that SR HS was willing/able to accommodate them as elite athletes.

My daughter was at NCS when Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal. I don't know whether she swam for SR on not, but she at least attended meets, because the NCS girls were so excited to see her. And she was lovely to them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rich families with access to private coaches and a pool at school.

Ironically, these particular swimmers would have rarely swum at SR.

Two practiced at Georgetown Prep and the other American U during their high school years. High level club swimmers train with their club teams all season in this area. NCAP doesn't practice at SR, All Star Aquatics does. The SR coach is an ASA club coach.

The coincidence of being SR students has a lot to do with knowing that SR HS was willing/able to accommodate them as elite athletes.

My daughter was at NCS when Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal. I don't know whether she swam for SR on not, but she at least attended meets, because the NCS girls were so excited to see her. And she was lovely to them.

As the PP said, these elite swimmers like Katie don't practice with the team at SR, however, they do swim in all the meets. My daughter is friendly with a swimmer who practices pretty much 7 days a week with her club coach but swims in the meets with SR. This gives the SR coach the opportunity to work more closely with the rest of swimmers who are not at that elite level.

[Anonymous]

Still waiting on that list of Visi olympians. Pp, you offered it, why not post it?

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Anonymous wrote:This headline and article actually made me realize how few countries get multiple medals in the Olympics. It’s still amazing that SR has three alum in the games together and that they’ve won four medals in three events (two of them have a medal for the same relay event), and I think it’s so cool how they have known each other and supported each other since some were practically toddlers. I loved the article. But it really brings home how privileged a handful of countries including the U.S. are to rake in the medals they get.

ALUMNI. The word is ALUMNI. Why are you people so stupid about the English language?

Singular: Alumnus
Plural: Alumni

It’s a shorthand. Do you get this bent out of shape if people say grads instead of graduates?