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Ridgewood Crew’s Kat Francis to row at Delaware
Friday, August 2, 2013
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Ridgewood News
When the recent Ridgewood High School grad announced her plans to row for the University of Delaware during RHS National Letter of Intent Media Day on June 12, she became the second Maroon in the past two years to commit to the Blue Hen women’s crew team.
Francis, 18, will join 2011 Ridgewood graduate Kaitlin Flood in Newark, Del. next season after enjoying a highly-successful senior campaign with Ridgewood Crew, a privately-funded club not affiliated with the high school but comprised chiefly of RHS students.
“I knew Kate was there, but I didn’t really talk to her much” during the recruiting process, Francis noted. “It will be good to know somebody who’s coming home to the same place [for breaks and holidays].”