All Roads Lead to Cambridge
We have results from 18 regattas loaded into the rankings. For the girls eights, we can use 5 of them. For the boys, 8. That's a great win percentage for the New York Jets, but less good for us right now.
The problem is geography. The model only compares crews that have raced someone in common. Right now the fall season is two webs that never touch. Based on the authors of this blog living within 50 miles of Baltimore, there is a certain capital area focus as a starting point.
There's ours: SHOP, SWHOP, the Occoquan Challenge and the Occoquan Chase. And there's the Philly to Worcester web: Navy Day, the Christina, the Passaic, the Housatonic, the Riverfront and the Quinsig. Nobody in one has raced anybody in the other. So we can't tell you if Jackson-Reed is faster than CRI. Not yet.
The authors, editors, and data scientists of this site have been waiting on Boston all fall.
Two Webs That Don't Touch
The boys web reaches a little further than the girls. Maverick raced SHOP and the James. Loudoun raced the James and the Ohio. Cincinnati Jr raced the Ohio and Secret City. Three crews, one chain, and suddenly Tennessee is in our rankings.
The girls chain stops at the James. Loudoun's girls skipped the Ohio (sad!), so the Ohio and Secret City float off on their own.
Up north, the other web is already stitched together tight. Connecticut crews raced Worcester. New Jersey crews raced Philly. It just doesn't reach us.
Then there are the loners: Head of the Rock, the New Hampshire Championships, American Lake, Benderson Chase and First Coast. Loaded, and connected to nobody.
The Charles Ties It All Together
Then everybody goes to Boston. Going by the entry list, 81 girls eights and 82 boys eights race the Charles. Every web plugs in. All 19 regattas count, and the rankings grow to 167 girls crews and 202 boys crews.
The map says the rest.
Give Us Something to Rank
For the first time this fall, a DC crew will be measured against Boston, Philly and Connecticut, not just the local yokels. A good day in Cambridge lifts everyone you beat back home. A bad day doesn't.
Rankings update once HOCR results post at juniorrowingrankings.netlify.app. Our local preview, with who to watch, is up next.
Cambridge is where the webs meet. Race hard, watch out for Eliot Bridge, and give us something to rank.
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