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Following a 10-0 dual season campaign, Harvard concluded its year with a bronze medal at the IRA National Championships this past weekend, just three weeks after falling to Princeton at Eastern Sprints. The Tigers, who couldn’t keep pace with the Crimson in the final dual meet of the season, capped the year with gold, while the Navy Midshipmen separated the two crews with a second-place showing in Saturday’s Grand Final...
...means did Harvard disappoint in its final race of the season. The first three quarters of the race were neck-and-neck, with Princeton taking a slim lead at 750 meters before the Crimson inched ahead just after the 1,000-meter mark. The Tigers surged ahead down the stretch, though, and Navy also found its way past the Crimson. Less than two seconds separated all three of the top boats, as Princeton set an event record...
...start put Washington and the Crimson in the lead early in the 1V contest, but the Golden Bears quickly asserted themselves, pulling ahead in the second 250. Cal and the Huskies eventually separated from the rest of the competition in the third 500, with the Golden Bears’ final time of 5:23.897 missing a course record by just one-fifth of a second. Harvard crossed the line 7.2 seconds behind Cornell in a time...
...were a little disappointed with the final race,” Locke said. “We had a good first half, but the second half was not as good as we had hoped...
...Grand Final also featured a pair of crews that left competition in the dust, but this time the Crimson came in right behind. Washington and Brown battled for the top spot, with the Huskies prevailing in an event-record 5:32.083, but Harvard also showed the resolve that has carried the crew for much of the season, as it separated from a tight rear pack to capture bronze...