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Through it all, the Harvard rowers had a focus—training so that they would never have to suffer the pain they felt after losing to Wisconsin at Eastern Sprints a year ago. Amid the chaos off the water rose a crew whose commitment on the water could never be shaken...
...their unrelenting dedication, Harvard was rewarded handsomely. The first varsity became the first Crimson crew to win Eastern Sprints since 1990 and the first ever to win an Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship—a race it usually skips for Harvard-Yale regatta training. Given a Harvard-Yale victory this upcoming weekend, the boat will become the first to go undefeated since 1980, which was back before official national titles existed in men’s crew...
Harvard also won the overall point trophy at Eastern Sprints and at IRAs, a reflection of the program’s depth beyond the varsity boat. The Crimson’s second varsity finished third at IRAs and won Sprints in dramatic come-from-behind fashion. The Harvard freshman boat also finished third at IRAs but second in Sprints. Those crews not only competed well in their own right, but by providing intrasquad competition, they helped build the varsity into the unbeatable specimen that won every race by open water...
...three-day-long University shutdown on Thursday, when they announced that classes would meet on a “walk-in” basis, meaning that students and faculty were encouraged to walk to classes, in keeping with the state ban on non-emergency traffic on all roads in eastern Massachusetts...
...favorite teachers—one of whom taught Allen Far Eastern philosophy—were Harvard grads and encouraged him to apply...