Squash: not just for Muffy & BiffThose of us who still harbor the image of squash as a fancy prep-school sport, one step down from polo, should take a look at the Wall Street Journal's recent article about the US Junior Squash Championships, held this weekend at Yale. Under the headline "How Squash Got Serious," the Journal reports that "kids and parents [. . .] see the sport as a ticket to a top school":
Competition is fierce, and recruiting is broad-based. "This past season, only one of the top nine men's players at Yale was an American," the Journal reports. As a result, students and parents have "unrealistic expectations" about their admissions prospects, Yale squash coach Dave Talbott tells the newspaper. As you might expect, the high stakes sometimes bring out the worst in the young athletes. US Squash CEO Kevin Klipstein went out of his way to praise "the levels of sportsmanship" at this weekend's tournament. Better than you can say for some top-level college players.
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