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Shaun. mY daughter rowed 4 years scholastically here in Philly. Then recruited to Syracuse. unfortunately was injured in 2nd year.. ( intercostal rib muscle detachment..,.. now THATS painful...!!) I had no idea Philly has such a great history of scholastic rowing until she started.. I guess if you look at old Eakins paintings it becomes more clear! Talk about some cold mornings on the river ... Wind whipping down the Schuykil River ( locals call it the "Surekill" ). I remember these wealthy mainline parent types standing around freezing their asses off muttering to themselves " couldn't this girl have picked a sport like basketball... something with a friggin clock ,.. INSIDE!.. " I tell you those hs girls. worked extremely hard at this sport. Those coaches worked them really hard... very impressive to see.... as I recall NONE of them had boyfriends or even a modicum of social lives..... We went to HOTC twice and once to Canadian Henley....
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