What Is It With Yale And Rowing?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I know 3 people that were scouted out fo rowing. Is this some sort of tradition?</p>

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<p>It's called Crew.</p>

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<p>Yes and it is basically the "ivy" sport. Which is good since that's pretty much all the ivy league has, but they are the best at it.</p>

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<p>Squash too</p>

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<p>And football!</p>

<p>oh, wait.</p>

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<p>Crew is an elite sport and elite sports do well at elite institutions.</p>

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<p>harvard currently offers more varsity sports programs (41) than any college in the country. princeton won six NCAA men's lacrosse championships in the 1990s (and a couple more women's ones in the 2000s) and has been ranked as one of the top ten "jock schools" in the country by SI. clearly, both in quantity and quality, the ivy league has a lot more to offer than just crew.</p>

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<p>cool. i would join a rowing team, if i had any upper body strength (or the capacity required)</p>

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<p>^^F Scottie, as much as we Ivies pride in having so many varsity sports, thats only because other schools could care less about providing some sports we have. Crew, fencing, squash...sprint football (major lol) i dont think i could find a person outside of an Ivy school who cares about these sports. =P</p>

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Crew is an elite sport and elite sports do well at elite institutions.

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How is crew an elite sport?</p>

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<p>granted, shrek- i was just offering evidence against the previous poster's claim that crew is "pretty much all the ivy league has."</p>

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<p>Yale has a very nice gym, even for us non-rowers. Its really phenomenal, one of the best parts of campus, especially the renovated work out room (I think its called the Israel Ace Gym or something like that, on the fourth floor). Its the largest gym in the states.</p>

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<p>ah, payne whitney, "the cathedral of sweat."</p>

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<p>My favorite Yale t-shirt, often worn in that gym, is that of the Yale Football Team, emblazened on its back with the statement "Failure is not an option." Ironic, because I thought that was the only option for the Yale football team. I have tried to get one of them for the sheer comedic value of wearing it to a Yale football game, but alas, I have yet to find one for sale at the B&N in New Haven. Shame.</p>

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<p>Rowing is an elitist sport.
Yale is elitist.
This, Rowing goes with Yale.</p>

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<p>"cool. i would join a rowing team, if i had any upper body strength "</p>

<p>For the record, Rowing requires verrrry little upper body streangth; its all in the legs.</p>

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<p>Crew's got a bad rap today for its elitist history. I do crew, and I'm just a normal chick from New Jersey without any sort of special pedigree. It's true that it used to be elitist, but more and more schools are adopting crew now. All you really need is a lake and a boat.</p>

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<p>"For the record, Rowing requires verrrry little upper body streangth; its all in the legs."</p>

<p>Actually, for the record, rowing IS mostly legs but a considerable amount of strength in rowing comes from your arms and back. Rowers have ridiculously strong legs, but also really strong arms.</p>

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<p>im the captain of a new york state crew team and although rowers are somewhat strong with the upperbody, it is not necesary. My freshman year, I had the fastest "erg time," the best measure of a rowers ability, on the team but could not even bench press 100 pounds!</p>

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<p>"for the record" rowing is all about technique
success comes with mastering the stroke and becoming smooth and consistent
once you master your stroke, it becomes easy to perfect (not to say the stroke is easy to master)</p>

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<p>uhh...mirity...dont the skulls cost like $5,000 for the singles and $20,000 for the 4 person ones? yea...because everyone can afford that.</p>