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...HC: What collegiate boats would you especially want to beat? AB: We always have the river rivalries--Northeastern and B.U. We were actually able to beat Northeastern pretty badly this past weekend in Rochester, NY, and did really well. We are looking good in terms of river rivalries, but beyond that, Brown was the national championship boat last year and they'll be here so it'll be a good chance to measure off them. I don't even think they graduated that many kids. And also there's a lot of good non-Ivy League schools that have...
...HC: On that note, maybe you can tell me about how you've seen the Head as a race change over the years. LO: There are very strict rules regarding entries in race categories or categories of events, so it's changed in that way, but I think the heart and soul of the Head of the Charles hasn't changed at all. There's every age racing in this, and it's wonderful to see Ernestine Bayer at age 93, or whatever she is, rowing down the river as she has been for the last 30 years, and then...
...HC: Are there any particular memorable or poignant moments that you remember from past Heads? LO: Well, on a personal note, something that means something to me is that every year since 1980 I have raced in this race with the 1980 Olympic team, which was the last Olympic team I was on, and was the one boycotted by Jimmy Carter when the U.S. team didn't go to Moscow because of the boycott. And we feel as strongly today as we did then that it was a mistake, that it used amateur athletics in completely the wrong...
...HC: How is [Head Coach] Charlie Butt? AM: He's phenomenal. I think he's one of the best, if not the best coach. SR: Yeah, well, he's been on the National Team, he coaches the Olympics, he was on the National Team for 10 years. AM: Supposedly, they just kind of build the boat around him. SR: Well, he's incredible. I think a testament to Charlie's success is that he wins with very different groups of guys. I think we won five or six national championships in the 90s and they were obviously all different guys...
...HC: Is your team excited for the Head? SR: Yeah, it's not every day that 500,000 people are cheering you on. It's not like the spring where you're racing at six in the morning and it's just people's parents and siblings watching. Especially when you're racing between the Weeks Bridge and the Anderson Bridge. It's basically all of Harvard cheering for you. It's a great feeling. You don't get that anywhere else...