Madison Students Earn International Rowing Success
Ratcliff sisters receive silver medals in respective events at World Rowing Junior Championships
After a grueling summer preparing for the World Rowing Junior Championships, the Ratcliff sisters finished their summer break with silver medals around their necks. Georgia and Carolina Ratcliff both rowed for the U.S. Junior National team — Georgia on the junior women's four and Carolina for the junior women's eight — and both U.S. boats walked away with second-place finishes in Plovdiv, Bulgaria last month. "It was incredible," said Georgia, a senior at Madison High School. "It was great to win silver, and even better to have my sister be there with me and win, as well." Carolina described the intense atmosphere before the championship — starting with tryouts during which "the coaches are nothing but hard on you" to the two-a-day …
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