Why is Yorktown Crew a club sport?
Rowing at Yorktown is actually a hybrid. Crew athletes earn YHS Varsity letters like athletes in all other varsity sports, but unlike other Arlington County-sponsored sports, much of the crew budget comes from the parents of the athletes, and from fundraising activities of the rowers/coxswains themselves. The equipment and travel requirements for rowing make the sport a costly activity compared to something like basketball. Nonetheless, Yorktown rowers compete in a scholastic league, against other high schools all along the East Coast and Midwest. You will wear Yorktown uniforms at every regatta, and will be representing Yorktown and Arlington County at every regatta.
