Word: headwind
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Annapolis, the JV lights defeated Navy by five lengths in a time of 7:25.3, almost 20 seconds better than the Middies' varsity time. The Yardling lightweight crew won in 7:14.4, but the absence of a strong headwind, which slowed both the varsity and JV boats, apparently accounted for the low time...
...Harvard's crew: the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges sprint championships, by a length, at Lake Quinsigamond, Mass. Despite choppy water and a 15-knot headwind, the unbeaten Crimson crewmen stuck to their shovel-like smooth-water oars, leaped into the lead at the start of the 2,000-meter race, and held on to edge Cornell, chalk up their fourth straight victory, and establish themselves as a top candidate to represent the U.S. at next autumn's Olympics in Tokyo...
...Goldthwait Cup at Yale, coach Fred Cabot's varsity lightweight crew weathered a stiff headwind and very hot weather to defeat Princeton by two and a half lengths and Yale by four...
None of the lightweight crews was ever in trouble. The varsity led from the start and pulled out ahead in the body of the race, rowing at a 33 stroke per minute pace. Both the JV and the freshman boats won by four lengths, and the latter, rowing without headwind, posted a faster time than the varsity...
...closest race of the afternoon, Coach Fred Cabot's varsity 150's bucked a stiff headwind and a rapid tide to pull out a six-tenths of a second victory. Behind at the start, the Crimson quickly took the lead and held it over the higher stroking Lion eight for the rest of the race...