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Harvard was No. 3 in the EARC going into Sunday, with Brown (No. 1) and Wisconsin (No. 2) seeded in front of the Crimson. Wisconsin eventually bested Brown by a boat length in the Grand Final, while No. 3 Harvard had to settle for a second-place finish behind Navy in the petite final...
...Crimson finished a very close third in its morning heat, with the top two boats from each of three heavyweight varsity heats making up the six-boat final. Harvard fought back from an early deficit to Princeton and Yale off the start—half a boat length and two seats, respectively—to make for a dramatic final 500 meters...
...boat that had found its greatest success in its final sprint—the Crimson varsity snatched wins over Princeton and Northeastern by overtaking both boats in the final 20 strokes of the race during the dual season—came up just short when it mattered most...
...second heavyweight varsity eight, the EARC’s No. 1 boat, fell to Wisconsin for the second straight year, felled by a caught crab in the final 20 strokes of the race. The Badgers crossed the line with a time of 6:17.21, just 0.2 seconds—a bow ball’s distance—before the Crimson finished in 6:17.43, despite having caught a crab during the furious fight to the finish...
Faced with a deflating trip to the consolation race, both boat bounced back with positive showings in the petite final, as the first varsity captured second place (eighth overall) and the second varsity won the consolation race (seventh overall...