What is the difference between a freshman, novice, and varsity rower?
A freshman is any 9th grade rower or coxswain. A novice is any first-year rower; thus, a 10th grader in her or his first season is a novice. Someone who starts rowing as an 8th grader can still row in the freshman category in 9th grade. Anyone who is not a 9th grader who has rowed for Yorktown at least one spring season is considered varsity.