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B-CC girls finish with a flourish to claim the WMIRA rowing title

Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Gonzaga, which defended its crown, claimed Sunday’s titles.

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The Bethesda-Chevy Chase girls prevailed Sunday at the WMIRA championships. (Noah Ferguson for The Washington Post)
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Fear began to creep into the minds of the rowers on the Bethesda-Chevy Chase girls’ top varsity eight boat at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing Association championships Sunday. The top-seeded Barons trailed Whitman with less than 700 meters left, and they were feeling the heat.

“I was like, ‘I really don’t want silver; I really want to win,’ ” B-CC senior Gigi DuFour said. “We knew we wanted it the most, so we just pushed.”