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...frosh pulled off the victory despite losing stroke Bob Kubis to stomach illness just two hours before the start time. Senior Graham O’Donoghue, the stroke of the Harvard ‘B’ coxed four, was asked to serve as replacement just hours after his Britannia Cup race...
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Much of the challenge behind the all-Harvard final in the Britannia Cup was simply finding out what to do with the rowers from the second varsity, almost entirely made up of sophomores who were ineligible to race in the Temple Cup because of their victory there last year. The first plan was to create one coxed four for the Britannia Cup and one lighter coxless four for the Visitors’ Challenge...
...teams trained in Cambridge, it became clear that the coxless boat was having trouble steering. The decision was made to switch the coxless boat into the Britannia Cup, meaning that an all-Harvard final would be the best possible outcome...
Unlike the Temple and Britannia Cups which featured a full slate of 32 competitors, the tougher Ladies’ Challenge Plate fielded just six boats. With a first-round bye, the Harvard first varsity required just two races to win the title...