Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bolles' oarsmen, on the other hand, start each stroke with a gigantic pull which eases off toward the finish, enabling them to finish their stroke smoothly and shoot their hands back into position for the next cycle with a smooth, even motion...
...until the last two minutes that the stroke oar alters his stopwatch planning to fit the situation. Then, if he is behind, he stakes everything on a final sprint to the finish. This is the most crucial and exciting part of the race, for the oarsmen are already dead tired, and a higher stroke increases the chance of a mistake...
Kennedy, refusing offers of watches, hourglasses, and other servile instruments, barked out crisp times throughout the Varsity race. It appeared from his information that Harvard started fast, dropped to a 34 for the body of the race, and rose to a 36 or 37 at the finish. He dismissed briefly suggestions from others that they might be rowing at a more leisurely rate, urging the information that in a race a crew has to maintain a beat of at least 32 to stay in contention...
Harvard, in the meantime, had worked out to such a clear lead that it never had to raise the pace higher than 35 to finish with an easy open-water victory...
...Rouner managed to keep the Crimson shell out in front all the way, but second place changed hands several times as the stroke went up to 38 nearing the finish. Penn's sprint failed, however, and the Sailors coasted in a deck-length back of Harvard and a third of a length in front of the Red and Blue...