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Raiders Crew Go National

Dean Edwards

J.E.B. STUART HIGH’S crew team closed out a powerful 2009 season.

J.E.B. STUART HIGH’S crew team closed out a powerful 2009 season. The team returned with several high honors from last weekend’s Nationals championship of the Scholastic Rowing Association of America, held in Princeton, N.J. Senior Abby Voss, pictured above in an earlier competition, placed third in the Women’s singles event. The Men’s quad team – consisting of Jacob Derzon, Jason Earnest, Francis Kinney and Alex Trakowski, came in sixth place. The national appearance followed the team’s strong finishes at the state level earlier this month. (Photo: Courtesy Keith Venzke)

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