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...definitely a lot more speed to come from this boat. We’ve yet to have the perfect race.”After the start, Princeton jumped out to a quick lead, using the race’s first 20 strokes to put a comfortable half-length margin between itself and the trailing Crimson. In the early going, Harvard sat nearly even with MIT. At the 500-meter mark, the Tigers held a six-seat advantage over the Crimson. Coxswain Joe Lin called out an early move to keep Harvard close, urging his boat to push back on Princeton...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Surge Keeps Compton Cup in Cambridge | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...They’ve had really high expectations put on them since they were sophomores, and they’ve found a lot of speed this year.”The No. 1 Princeton crew asserted itself immediately, snatching four seats off of the high 20 to claim a half-length lead over the field in the first 500 meters. Harvard’s own start was shaky at best and landed the Crimson in an early sixth-place hole. “We just got dropped off the start,” Kitovitz said. But we kept our composure...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cups Up: Second Varsity Powers Heavies at Sprints | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

Instead, Harvard plowed through the Northeastern boat after the two boats settled to a base cadence, establishing a half-length lead by the time they entered the second...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Heavyweight Crew Overpowers Huskies in Dual Race Finale | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...first varsity eight event, the Black and White took the lead from the beginning and moved to a half-length advantage by the 500 meter mark...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Heavyweight Crew Heavies Easily Breezes By BU, MIT | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

Twenty hard strokes at the 1000-meter mark erased another half-length from the French according to senior six-seat Cameron Winklevoss, and the subsequent increase in the base cadence from 36 to 38 strokes per minute allowed the Crimson to put a further dent into the lead...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Heavyweight Crew Downs U.K., France | 7/2/2004 | See Source »

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