Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carrying that formidable history in its wake, Harvard entered the 1979 race with an uneasy feeling. The lights had been beaten soundly by Yale the weekend before--all except the J.V. boat, which carried a 4-0 record to Worcester...
...likes of which had never before been seen. The one new twist to the story, though, was that Yale had been given the inside track. Harvard went in an underdog, seeded second behind Yale in every race but the J.V. lightweight contest (where Yale had a very weak boat...
Sophomore seven seat Janice Nevin agreed. "We have four sophomores and two juniors in the boat--we're still very young. I thought we rowed a good race...
Coach Ted Washburn's heavyweight freshmen crew, also undefeated before the Sprints, met disaster with about 500 meters remaining, when two members of the team caught crabs (a complete loss of synchronization with the rest of the boat). The Crimson, second before the miscue, settled for fifth behind Yale, Northeastern, Wisconsin and Cornell...
With 30 strokes left in the race, Princeton clung tightly to third, a half-length ahead of the Radcliffe boat. The heavies took it to 37 and then to 39-40, rowing solidly through the Tigers to nab third by a half-second...