Word: coxswaine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three weeks ago at the national championships in Cincinatti, Harvard edged out Princeton by only 47-hundreths of a second. That victory was followed by an unexpected Princeton protest, later withdrawn, that the champions had lodged their extra weight, required to make up for the weight of the coxswain, under the number five seat instead of within reach of the coxswain, as is customary...
...That was a bogus protest," said Harvard coxswain Devin Mahony, who became the first female cox ever to win the Grand Challenge Cup. Princeton withdrew its complaint because there are no formal rules regarding the placement of the extra weight, only customs...
Three weeks ago at the national championships in Cincinatti, Harvard edged out Princeton by only 47-hundreths of a second. That victory was followed by an unexpected Princeton protest, later withdrawn, that the champions had lodged their extra weight, required to make up for the weight of the coxswain, under the number five seat instead of within reach of the coxswain, as is customary...
...That was a bogus protest," said Harvard coxswain Devin Mahony, who became the first female cox ever to win the Grand Challenge Cup. Princeton withdrew its complaint because there are no formal rules regarding the placement of the extra weight, only customs...
...Coxswain "Helen [Lee] was creating opposition for us by calling out moves by imaginary teams," explained stroke and Co-Capatain Chris-Doye...