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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is elite level athlete?  You are either recruitable, or not recruitable.  [/quote]

Sometimes sailing, water polo, and equestrian is not a Div 1 recruit but bc of club teams they are quite valuable to a school if individual natl champs [/quote]

Water polo and equestrian are NCAA sports.[/quote]

Not at every school.

At most top private schools (other than Stanford, Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth) equestrian is a (competitive) club sport. Some schools are hoping to convert it to NCAA eventually.
[b]Yet some private schools in T25 are actively looking for nationally ranked equestrians.[/b][/quote]

The nationally ranked part is what I have seen missing in the back and forth about sports and team captains. People are correct when they say that being the captain on a random HS team isn't a real strong EC. But they are incorrect in believing that being the captain and a player on a nationally ranked team isn't a strong EC, it's an outstanding EC. It's the level of excellence that matters. Virtually every kid on a nationally ranked top 20 basketball team is recruitable. Choosing not to play doesn't diminish the accomplishment.[/quote]

Nationally ranked sailors/equestrians at our nonDMV private have shockingly good results [/quote]

Yes, because they are nationally ranked. No one is arguing that... we're talking about being captain of your private school football team that has never won a game all season. [/quote]

Right. That’s almost irrelevant. Nice filler EC. Maybe #9 in list?[/quote]

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