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...pounds of Popeye’s favorite last night—and earned a World Wrestling Federation-style winner’s belt and one year of free meals at Harvard Square restaurant b.good. In winning the 3rd Annual Garlicky Greens Eating Contest, the former varsity coxswain for the Radcliffe women’s crew team defeated reigning champion John Pepper, a man significantly larger than she. Salyer got her start in competitive eating by winning a Krispy Kreme-eating contest during her junior year. “Garlicky greens is not something people competitively eat with...
...unofficial host for the Head of the Charles.And as has become custom, Harvard provided the requisite hospitality and competition, serving up the delicate mix of humor and hard work that makes the regatta unique amongst fall competitions.A Harvard men’s heavyweight eight dressed as a rainbow, with coxswain Tope Amos clothed as the cloud. Two varsity lightweight eights donned spray-painted T-shirts proclaiming “Team Butt,” after varsity lightweight head coach Charley Butt.“People were laughing about that—I don’t understand...
...Stroking the varsity eight at Worlds, winning the gold—this is basically saying she is, period, the best.”Lofgren held her own during the intimidating situation. She picked up a bronze medal for her work in the women’s four with coxswain, finishing just three seconds behind gold medalist Australia, which set a world-record time of 6:25.35. And as such a young member of the squad, Lofgren was always learning. As a result, it is most encouraging for the Radcliffe team that Lofgren remains humble and excited to keep growing...
...year I was the only black kid in the boathouse,” he says.Once again, Benkreira was present at the forefront of change sweeping across his school’s crew program. There are now two black oarsmen on Harvard’s lightweight team, and a black coxswain with the heavyweights.Fellow Wilson graduate Aquil Abdullah, the first African-American oarsman to qualify for the Olympics in 2004, is an inspiration to Benkreira and the face of the changes coming to the sport. Abdullah was initially a walk-on at George Washington, where he earned a scholarship after just...
...both the heavyweight and lightweight programs depend on a steady stream of walk-ons. Freshman lightweight coach Linda Muri typifies the effort coaches put into finding walk-ons.“I went through all the athletic preference cards to find students at the lightweight and coxswain sizes,” Muri says. “Then I spent a few nights at home watching movies while I wrote 170 handwritten letters them.”Such effort is especially crucial to the success of the lightweight program, which requires that oarsmen remain under 160 pounds during the spring season...