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...coxswains' race," Lisa Gianelli, who coxed the third lightweight boat to third place in the lightweight division, said, adding "The start, the bridges, and the headwind that day really tested a coxswain's skill...
Gianelli said the real test for her was her "encounter" with an MIT coxswain. "My boat was obviously faster and when I tried to pass the coxswain wouldn't give way." She added, "I probably lost several seconds trying to steer around, and just when I thought I could pass him we reached the Anderson Bridge which has a sharp turn and a narrow arch. So I sort of sent him into the bridge...
...first day at Harvard, in 1963, coxswain Paul Hoffman walked into Newell Boathouse and tacked up a Mexican travel poster on the locker room door. Almost five years later, in one of the most dramatic races in Olympic trial history, Hoffman and his Newell comrades edged Penn's eight by five one-hundredths of a second to earn a trip to the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City...
...consequences can be disastrous, all of which leads to the next point: where to watch the races. Sweeping curves--either leading into or coming out of narrow-arched bridges--almost guarantee that some gutsy coxswain will make his move, only to lock oars with another crew or be driven into a bridge abutment. Good seats from which to watch all the action can be found anywhere along the river between the Weeks and Eliot Bridges...
...first ten strokes looked strong and Brown faded fast," coxswain Ted Tsomides '82 said. The stroke of the boat was 43 at the start, then settled to a 36 pace for the rest of the race, finishing...