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...immediately following the Olympic Trials. Edwards eventually traveled to Cambridge and spoke to the entire Harvard team, warning the Crimson eight of the challenges it would face being “white, Harvard, and a team.” Edwards was right. Stan Wright. a black U.S. track coach was just one of a bevy of critical voices of the Harvard eight, saying, “If Negroes want to demonstrate, I don’t think they need the Harvard crew.” To fuel the fire, the Harvard oarsmen wrote letters to the other American athletes, disseminating...
...call of the Charles.Hailing from Ithaca, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Penn., respectively—the homes of lightweight crew powerhouses Cornell and Penn—Mulcahy and Young have long been exposed to top-notch crews.By living in places where crew was a prominent sport, the two benefited from great coaching and plenty of local competition when they were rowing in high school.“Some of the high school boats that come from smaller programs in less crew-centered areas only have a couple chances to race at the national big regattas—a couple of them every...
Over the past seven years, women’s lightweight head coach Cecile Tucker has molded the lightweight crew program into the championship contender it is today. Upon the birth of her second child, however, Tucker will hand the reins over to coaches Will Stevens, who will direct the varisty, and Seth Davis, who will head the novice and walk-on programs. This represents a major transition for the entire team, especially the upperclassmen who have worked under Tucker.“It’s definitely going to be a big change,” says sophomore Lizzy Mazjoub...
...with an involuntary dip into New England’s spring waters—waters not yet warm in late May and early June, waters still chilled by the schizophrenic weather that marks racing season from beginning to end.It is perhaps the sports tradition most similar to dousing a coach with Gatorade after a huge victory, but few coaches weigh under 125 pounds and are flung with ease into the icy depths of Lake Quinsigamond. But coxswains won’t complain about that. Their job is endlessly stressful and rife, perhaps, with misplaced blame, but a sopping...
...have such a successful freshman boat coming in, and I think the forecast to bring those two groups together [the varsity and the freshman eight] is good,” said soon-to-be head coach Will Stevens, who is set to take over for lightweight varsity coach Cecile Tucker while she takes maternity leave. “I think the team has already done that this fall, and we’re going to be able to focus on working as a squad to get the fastest speed...