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...Cal established as much as a seven-seat lead before the Crimson made a concerted push after the halfway mark. Washington began to fade at the 1000, and Princeton and Harvard found themselves battling one another yet again. Both boats used the bow ball-to-bow ball race to edge up on first-place Cal, which could never establish an open-water advantage over either crew...
...Cal was unable to get open water which was huge psychologically,” Boston said. “Keeping contact with the boat, we were able to push back through them...
Harvard and Princeton drew even with Cal with about 600 meters to go, and then the Crimson dismantled the other boats with a powerful sprint in the final 500. With 400 meters to go, Harvard surged forward for its third consecutive national title, leaving Princeton and Cal in a race for second...
...Crimson finished in 5:31.68, Princeton followed in 5:32.94, and Cal took home third place in 5:35.9. It was Harvard’s closest win at IRAs in the three-year run—the Crimson won by open water the two times before—but the three-seat win was more than plenty for a crew that entered the season...
Entering the race with the third-fastest qualifying time, the first varsity found itself in the fourth position following the first 500 meters of the grand finals, with Princeton leading and Cal and Virginia close behind, separated from each other by two seats. Less than that distanced them from the Black and White. By the next 500-meter mark, the Cavaliers had fallen off pace and were passed by Radcliffe, which built a two-seat advantage...