Yorktown senior makes Olympic team in record fashion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You all are missing the point entirely. Jealous posters love to bash Yorktown as second tier, overrated, etc., because it's become so expensive to buy into the district now.

Here you have a star who any high school in the area would love to have. Her parents could have sent her anywhere. Obviously the school isn't "overrated" to them.

There are those who know, and those who only think they know.

I am a Yorktown parent -- and a Yorktown basher. It is unbelievably overrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

And the Sun Gazette actually highlights it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

Meant nothing to you. It isn't all about full-ride scholarships to Ivy League schools and Olympic teams.
But I understand your intent was actually to belittle any achievement by Wakefield and keep Wakefield "in its place."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

who peed in your Cheerios?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

Lots of boats can win titles, but for a Varsity 8 boat to win is a very big deal. Wakefield now joins W-L and Yorktown (and other elite rowing programs) as having V8 state championships. (The varsity 8 is the premier boat in rowing.)

[Anonymous]

Fabulous to watch her and Congratulations to team USA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

Lots of boats can win titles, but for a Varsity 8 boat to win is a very big deal. Wakefield now joins W-L and Yorktown (and other elite rowing programs) as having V8 state championships. (The varsity 8 is the premier boat in rowing.)

I think this is the PP's problem. Maybe her girls weren't on the Yorktown Varsity 8 victory and WAkefield's joining their ranks diminishes Yorktown's superiority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a lot more impressed by the Wakefield girls winning the state rowing title (VASRA) today than I am by the fact that a single top swimmer happens to attend Yorktown. Crew is actually a team sport and the coaches clearly are building an excellent program.

Wow. That’s actually huge. That rowing title would be the first Varsity 8 state championship boat in Wakefield HS history. Hope the school puts a banner up.

Congrats to the Wakefield girls!

My girls rowed for Yorktown and won all kinds of titles. It meant nothing. One, maybe two, teammates were semi-recruited by colleges.

But, hey, if any of those Wakefield girls make the Olympic rowing team come back and let us know.

Lots of boats can win titles, but for a Varsity 8 boat to win is a very big deal. Wakefield now joins W-L and Yorktown (and other elite rowing programs) as having V8 state championships. (The varsity 8 is the premier boat in rowing.)

I think this is the PP's problem. Maybe her girls weren't on the Yorktown Varsity 8 victory and WAkefield's joining their ranks diminishes Yorktown's superiority.

So bizarre for the Yorktown poster to make such a BFD about the swimmer and then turn around and dismiss the Wakefield girls out of hand.

There are plenty of local rowers recruited by schools, and some ended up on Olympic teams as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, the Olympics. Next, Stanford.

https://sports.yahoo.com/arlingtons-torri-huske-makes-u-002123895.html

So much for Yorktown being overrated.

Yorktown had nothing to do with it.

Thank goodness Duran didn’t have to sign off on her going to the Olympic trials. She would of had the same fate as our track team at the state championships.

[Anonymous]

Do you people know the meaning of churlish? That describes this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you people know the meaning of churlish? That describes this thread.

It’s a bit late to try and hit the reset button on this one. OP set the tone and then doubled down.

[Anonymous]

Oh well! I'm just going to be delighted that Torri made the team and will be cheering her on with my teens who see her as a great role model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm so excited to have two local swimmers to cheer for! Go Torri and Katie!

Make that 3. On the men’s side, Andrew Seliskar from McLean is also going. He’s a TJ alum (2016, I think) who swam for TJ while he was there. How you become an elite swimmer and graduate from TJ I have no idea.