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In the past, the Elis have not posed too much of a threat for the Crimson, and with only four returning seniors this year, Yale rose to the occasion.
The victory allowed the Crimson to keep pace with undefeated Princeton atop the Ivy Standings. A tie would have been a significant black mark on Harvard’s Ivy title hopes. Now Harvard will hope for the Elis to disrupt the other league frontrunners.
The Harvard freshman crew had advanced to the semifinals, where it confronted the Yale junior varsity lightweight crew, one of several boats that Yale sent to Henley in the year of its tercentennial. The Crimson pulled off a time of 6:27 to garner the victory over the Elis by...
Though Harvard has had considerable success in the past at Henley, this is the Crimson’s first Temple Cup. Prior to this year, Yale was the only American university to have won the Temple Cup. The Elis captured the cup in both 1996 and 2000.
After falling to Yale in both the dual race and at Eastern Sprints, the Crimson’s grand final victory over the Elis at the National Championship warranted a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta, where Harvard would see some familiar faces.