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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

Congrats to the Wakefield girls![/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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