Word: crews
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Sprints: events held each spring to determine Eastern champions. The men's sprints are held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcestor in May to determine the Eastern lightweight and heavyweight championship crews. The women's sprints are a week later on Lake Waramaug in New Preston, Conn. The most important regular event on the crew calendar...
Tail of the Charles: a crew race for freshmen--who are not allowed to compete in the Head--held later in the fall...
tank: a shallow pool with a cement strip, slides and oarlocks set in the center. A tank allows a crew to practice as a unit in the winter...
...shirt: traditional bet on the outcome of intercollegiate crew races. The members of each winning boat collect the shirts of their opponents. At the sprints, the winning crew will pick up 14 shirts after the final race...
Yale: perennially, the second most powerful crew in the East. The Elis share the region's top billing with Harvard after surviving a drought of strong rowers in the early...