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...violent headwind clearly hampered the varsity eight in the finals. "We were the only lightweight crew there, and so the headwind undoubtedly hurt us the most, especially with our much lighter shell," number seven oarswoman Jane Clark said yesterday...
...long as the Crimson can fight off a case of sloppy starts which have been plaguing them, Harvard should continue undefeated on its course to a showdown at the Sprints with Penn. The J.V. race is set to stroke into a quartering headwind at 11:15 p.m.; the varsity is off at noon...
...eights, obviously tired both physically and mentally from their Sprints victory last weekend, had a closer than expected race with the Bulldogs. A poor start, a hungry Yale crew, and a slight headwind combined to keep Radcliffe even with their competition for the first 500 meters...
Harvard refused to grow shaky and blow the race, however, rowing steadily through the third 500 meters and pulling even farther ahead. Wisconsin pulled up ever so slightly at the 1600-meter mark and then the Crimson went into its sprint, rowing easily and beautifully into the slight headwind to finish the course in 6:02.8, five seconds ahead of Wisconsin and eight in front of Northeastern...
Rowing against a slight headwind the Harvard lightweight JV's with coxswain Burt Levitch, stroke Jerry Boak, Dave Porter (7), Rich Harper (6), Tim Hackert (5), Mark Sieber (4), Jack Foley (3), Greg Miller (2) and Woody Harlan at the bow slot, took off against their arch rival Princeton, and never looked back. Rowing at a 36 for most of the race, Harvard crossed the finish line at 6:30.8, with Princeton more than a length behind coming in at 6:36.2. Navy was third...