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Penn, on the other hand, has made a number of line-up shifts in its two races. Coach Joe Burk rates his rowers on a point system depending on their performance during practices, and those with the highest point total over the last 50 races start on the varsity...
...Quakers plan surprises for the race. "We'll just row the race that we can do best," Burk said. A lower-stroking boat that the Crimson, Penn will probably start at a medium-high 39 strokes and then settle to a 36-37 until the final spring...
...sure that this is a typical Harvard crew," Burk said. "They will be just as tough as Harvard crews in the past, and the race can go either way. Which ever beat is 'on' the day of the race will win," he said. "We're hopeful that...
...Burk says his unique selection system for boat placement this season has worked "extremely well." Those who will row in the first shell are chosen by a point system based on how many races each oarsman has won during work-outs...
This means there are continuous shake-ups in the boatings during the season. Burk believes eight men rowing together for six weeks "become set in their patterns, and get to be too dependent" on other members of the boat...