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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NCS is slightly better academically but no where near as good athletically. I mean come on. Most sports stink at NCS. They tend to have only one standout athlete per grade. None of the teams in any sport do anything beyond playing in the ISL and a top girl athlete who is smart enough to go to NCS is giving up playing on an outstanding high school team which few want to do. [/quote]

It's the best crew program in the region. Won the top two prizes at Stotesbury the past three years in a row. That has had an impact on the entire program. A lot of girls who would be strong contributors in other sports choose instead to devote the year to rowing.[/quote]

I have kids on the close.  Yes, NCS has an amazing rowing team but your statement that it takes top athletes away from other sports is just not true.  Crew is a Spring sport.  The top lax players still play lax (and there is only 1 per grade) they don't row crew.  Only other main sport NCS has in Spring is track and field.  Crew is an awesome endeavor and a huge boost for admission to a top academic school if you are great (I am not knocking crew in any way here) but its doesn't draw from the same athletic pool as other sports.[/quote]

Crew conditioning is now a year-round activity, and coaches know which kids don't train in the fall and winter in favor of other sports. Those girls don't typically end up in the top boats. Message received by the all-around athletes, the ones who would elevate an outstanding team -- if they want to row in the spring, they'd better be all-in.[/quote]

What everyone is saying (not sure if this is muliple people) is only partially true.  Yes, the crew program has had a lot of success.  No, this has not come at the expense of the overall sports program. Yes it is true that almost all girls also do winter conditioning but that leaves the fall free for a second sport if they choose (and some do).  The only sports offered in winter are basketball and swimming - so maybe 1 - 2 would-be great swimmers and basketball players have been lost to crew.

But the bigger point is that crew is not a particularly large program by design.  They only race 4 boats so there is a limit on the overall size of the team.  Plenty of girls at the school to field several great teams each season.[/quote]

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