Word: headedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HARVARD CRIMSON: How many years have you raced in the Head? You're the cox? SUJIT RAMAN: Yeah, I'm the lightweight cox. This is my third Head. It's funny, some people describe the Head of the Charles as a coxswain's race because the river is so windy that sometimes it comes down to how aggressive you are, how ballsy you are, on the course. And, it's a fun race especially from a coxswain's perspective because you also have to be talking for twenty minutes-- ANGUS MACLAURIN: More like fourteen! SR: Well, yeah! But, right...
...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. And the fact...
...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...
...HARVARD CRIMSON: Are there any special challenges going into the Head that you're telling your team about? CHARLIE BUTT: It's always a coxwain's race, because there are always radical turns involved, as well as other crews to consider--whether other crews will yield, or if you have to yield to another boat. And there are three miles--small, small problems are magnified by the number of strokes taken in the race. You're probably talking 4 to 500 hard strokes, and one inch in a 500 stroke context is a considerable margin. So small problems will generate...
...What are you personally looking forward to in the Head? This will be your last regatta. CG: Yeah, it's hard to believe. I think just getting out there and being able to race in front of the crowd. I mean, it's our one race that we race right by Harvard, coming by the stretch with the Weeks footbridge and past our boathouse. Most of our other races are down by MIT. And it's so loud and there are so many people watching and yelling and it's just great. My family is coming to watch...