Word: coxswaine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What the coaches do here is create the idea that, 'Yes, rowing is fun and a great way to spend time,'" said Mark Coyne, Harvard's varsity lightweight coxswain last year. "This includes a series of challenges designed to get you deeper into the program and to eventually get you freshmen who haven't raced yet," Harvard freshman heavyweight Coach Fred Brochelt said. "But it is also the culmination of our fall season on the water...
...Coxswains go out of their minds. It's a coxswain's course." Jones said. "Every boat needs the finesse to thread the course and pass other boats. Everone wants to be on the inside curve...
...coxswain (cox): the little person in the rear of the shell. He or she stears the shell, keeps the rowers informed of their progress in the race and controls the pace of the shell by calling for power strokes and the sprint...
shell: the proper name for a thin boat, which holds one, two, four and eight rowers and perhaps a coxswain...
...championship heavyweight crew consisted of senior bowman Dan Grout, junior Donald Fawcett, senior Steve Wayne, sophomore Jon Bernstein, sophomore Peter Sharis, junior John Rusher, junior Philipp Schuller, junior stroke John Amory and senior coxswain Jim Crick...