the choice for Elite Youth Rowing on Cape Cod. Congratulations! Abbie and Eliza named to the 2011 US Jr. Women's National Team What a year for Phoenix Racing. The following is a summary of the accomplishments of these remarkable 4 young women. Championship Victories: SRAA National Championships Stotesbury Cup NEIRA C.R.A.S.H. B's - Coxswain (High School) Medal Tally:
The girls rowed in FL, PA, NY, CT, NH and MA During this spring, they took gold in the 4 largest regattas on the East Coast Nationals, Stotesbury Cup, Saratoga Invitational and NEIRA's These accomplishments were rewarded with scholarship offers exceeding $680,000 The girls are off to NSU, Phillips Exeter and Kent Abbie and Eliza gained Jr. National Team invitations to sweep selection camp and will likely spend the summer in either Germany or the Czech Republic To truly understand their accomplishments its worth considering the following; These 4 make the most unlikely foursome, 3 rowers and a coxswain 2 freshman, one sophomore and a lightweight senior height range from 5'2" to 6'3", weight range from 105 lbs to 142 lbs As such, in nearly every race they were either the youngest, lightest or both! No boathouse, no training facilities, no infrastructure, no outside support of any kind just 4 remarkable young women in the constant pursuit of perfection.  Congratulations on a remarkable journey, your futures are filled with opportunity. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. Invictus by William Ernest Henley Phoenix News
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