Word: crews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alte Achter: the 1972 U.S. Olympic eight. Made up primarily of Harvard owners, this boat holds a reunion each year at the Head to relive the experiences the crew shared at the Munich Games...
Henley: the most important regatta in the world each year. Held outside of London at Henley-on-Thames, the event pits the best shells in the world against each other. The Harvard heavy-weight crew won the Grand Challenge Cup in July, beating Princeton in the final to claim the mythical world university championship...
freshmen: freshmen are not allowed to row varsity crew in men's competition, so they from their own freshmen boats. The 1983 Harvard freshmen won the Ladies Challenge Plate at Henley, the second most prestigious event at that regatta...
novice: freshmen can row women's varsity crew, so that those that are inexperienced are grouped together as novices...
Rude and Smooth: 1974-'75 Harvard heavy weight crew that won two national titles. So-called because of their rude behavior, shouting epithets at other boats as they put them away in the sprint at the end of the race, and smooth technique...