[readarmy1976]

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[readarmy1976]

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[readarmy1976]

P.S., Just don\'t be fooled into thinking this beautiful story accurately reflects reality, as a quick youtube search will show...

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[readarmy1976]

P.S., Just don\'t be fooled into thinking this beautiful story accurately reflects reality, as a quick youtube search will show...

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[Mick]

P.S., Just don\'t be fooled into thinking this beautiful story accurately reflects reality, as a quick youtube search will show...

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

I looked at 1/2 dozen Youtube videos for Jill Costello.  Don\'t quite get what you mean.  Can you be more specific?  I must have missed it...

[Mick]

P.S., Just don\'t be fooled into thinking this beautiful story accurately reflects reality, as a quick youtube search will show...

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

I looked at 1/2 dozen Youtube videos for Jill Costello.  Don\'t quite get what you mean.  Can you be more specific?  I must have missed it...

[readarmy1976]

Sure, I thought the great heights of inspiration, unity, caring, etc. portrayed in the article, with jill costello as a kind of girl coxswain-marter, were not there in the related vids. Those are more like, "Hope you get better! (hey man, grab me another cold one.)" The story of people banding together to save jill / win for jill made me weep, but the youtube stuff didn\'t show anything so intimate. It just looked like business as usual at college. What the article portrayed was a religious happening. But jill\'s cancer didn\'t appear to transform life on the rowing team all that much. That said, RIP Jill and great writing from SI.

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[readarmy1976]

Sure, I thought the great heights of inspiration, unity, caring, etc. portrayed in the article, with jill costello as a kind of girl coxswain-marter, were not there in the related vids. Those are more like, "Hope you get better! (hey man, grab me another cold one.)" The story of people banding together to save jill / win for jill made me weep, but the youtube stuff didn\'t show anything so intimate. It just looked like business as usual at college. What the article portrayed was a religious happening. But jill\'s cancer didn\'t appear to transform life on the rowing team all that much. That said, RIP Jill and great writing from SI.

If you didn\'t see this one, it\'s a real tear-jerker, and a nice portrayal of college years in the Bay Area.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a.../index.htm

[Leftcoast]

There\'s a Stanford angle to this ..... at a recent football game Stanford received the Annual NCAA Sportsmanship award at least partly for reaching across rivalry lines to support Costello.   Jill\'s parents were on the field when the NCAA presented the award.

Perhaps Fullmetal can comment on the story - he mentioned it several times in posts covering last year\'s Pac 10 and NCAA competitions.

[Leftcoast]

There\'s a Stanford angle to this ..... at a recent football game Stanford received the Annual NCAA Sportsmanship award at least partly for reaching across rivalry lines to support Costello.   Jill\'s parents were on the field when the NCAA presented the award.

Perhaps Fullmetal can comment on the story - he mentioned it several times in posts covering last year\'s Pac 10 and NCAA competitions.

[fullmetal]

I have a feeling Jill would be slightly embarrassed to read the article, particularly given how the article portrays her matter-of-fact approach to life.  I would not use the term slavish to describe the article\'s tone, but the article is quite an adoration of Jill, and I have to say, it\'s not without reason.  It was quite a feat for her to deal with The End as well as finish the season and her degree.

Jill\'s cancer did become, however, the rowing team\'s focal point and motivation--that the varsity eight would vote her into the boat despite her physical condition and time spent away from the team speaks for itself.  You wouldn\'t get overly emotional in a youtube video meant for inspiration to a teammate anyway, imho.  

And maybe that was Jill\'s aim--to not rock the team\'s boat.  It sounds like she tried not to change anything for anyone else by leaving the effects of her illness outside of her interaction with the team.  After all, a team with national title aspirations needs to keep clicking along with as few distractions as possible, right?

Oh, and the Stanford women\'s crew wore racing jerseys in support of Jill during the annual Big Row.  The recap from that dual is here: http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-crew/...10aaa.html.

[fullmetal]

I have a feeling Jill would be slightly embarrassed to read the article, particularly given how the article portrays her matter-of-fact approach to life.  I would not use the term slavish to describe the article\'s tone, but the article is quite an adoration of Jill, and I have to say, it\'s not without reason.  It was quite a feat for her to deal with The End as well as finish the season and her degree.

Jill\'s cancer did become, however, the rowing team\'s focal point and motivation--that the varsity eight would vote her into the boat despite her physical condition and time spent away from the team speaks for itself.  You wouldn\'t get overly emotional in a youtube video meant for inspiration to a teammate anyway, imho.  

And maybe that was Jill\'s aim--to not rock the team\'s boat.  It sounds like she tried not to change anything for anyone else by leaving the effects of her illness outside of her interaction with the team.  After all, a team with national title aspirations needs to keep clicking along with as few distractions as possible, right?

Oh, and the Stanford women\'s crew wore racing jerseys in support of Jill during the annual Big Row.  The recap from that dual is here: http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-crew/...10aaa.html.

[jacketree]

Thanks for linking the story, but I\'m surprised you looked to Youtube for affirmation of a life-altering experience.  (Maybe Youtube didn\'t totally capture reality?) I don\'t get the relevance of Youtube here.  I am only peripherally involved in this as an SI parent, but I can assure you that Jog for Jill and all the SI students (most of whom too young to have gone to school with Jill) who helped drum up support for the event, including my son, were very genuine.  Jill Costello\'s courage touched a lot of people.

[jacketree]

Thanks for linking the story, but I\'m surprised you looked to Youtube for affirmation of a life-altering experience.  (Maybe Youtube didn\'t totally capture reality?) I don\'t get the relevance of Youtube here.  I am only peripherally involved in this as an SI parent, but I can assure you that Jog for Jill and all the SI students (most of whom too young to have gone to school with Jill) who helped drum up support for the event, including my son, were very genuine.  Jill Costello\'s courage touched a lot of people.

[readarmy1976]

OK, maybe my perception was/is clouded by my hatred of cal sports. Upon further review, I can see the genuine aspect of it, but once I see cal athletes wearing the cal logo, I go cold. Don\'t be tricked into thinking they are human beings. (by SI, I meant Sports Illustrated. Not sure what u thought i meant)

Thanks for linking the story, but I\'m surprised you looked to Youtube for affirmation of a life-altering experience.  (Maybe Youtube didn\'t totally capture reality?) I don\'t get the relevance of Youtube here.  I am only peripherally involved in this as an SI parent, but I can assure you that Jog for Jill and all the SI students (most of whom too young to have gone to school with Jill) who helped drum up support for the event, including my son, were very genuine.  Jill Costello\'s courage touched a lot of people.

[readarmy1976]

OK, maybe my perception was/is clouded by my hatred of cal sports. Upon further review, I can see the genuine aspect of it, but once I see cal athletes wearing the cal logo, I go cold. Don\'t be tricked into thinking they are human beings. (by SI, I meant Sports Illustrated. Not sure what u thought i meant)

Thanks for linking the story, but I\'m surprised you looked to Youtube for affirmation of a life-altering experience.  (Maybe Youtube didn\'t totally capture reality?) I don\'t get the relevance of Youtube here.  I am only peripherally involved in this as an SI parent, but I can assure you that Jog for Jill and all the SI students (most of whom too young to have gone to school with Jill) who helped drum up support for the event, including my son, were very genuine.  Jill Costello\'s courage touched a lot of people.

[fullmetal]

St. Ignatius HS, I believe.  It\'s got a good rowing program.

I still see a bit of red when I see a kal uniform =\\

[fullmetal]

St. Ignatius HS, I believe.  It\'s got a good rowing program.

I still see a bit of red when I see a kal uniform =\\

[jacketree]

Yes, sorry, SI is St. Ignatius in San Francisco; Jill Costello\'s alma mater. The SI alumni magazine ran a long story on Jill, and the whole thing is still a big deal at school.  Interesting Stanford-related SI aside: Last night at the football banquet, they had seniors introduce the juniors and sophomores, tell the crowd what was so great about them, and give them their blocks.  After my son\'s introduction, I turned to my wife and said \'that kid (the senior) should run for office. Holy cow; I\'m not that well-spoken.\'  Found out later that he just committed to Stanford crew.

SI sports the red and blue.  Kumbaya.

[jacketree]

Yes, sorry, SI is St. Ignatius in San Francisco; Jill Costello\'s alma mater. The SI alumni magazine ran a long story on Jill, and the whole thing is still a big deal at school.  Interesting Stanford-related SI aside: Last night at the football banquet, they had seniors introduce the juniors and sophomores, tell the crowd what was so great about them, and give them their blocks.  After my son\'s introduction, I turned to my wife and said \'that kid (the senior) should run for office. Holy cow; I\'m not that well-spoken.\'  Found out later that he just committed to Stanford crew.

SI sports the red and blue.  Kumbaya.