Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wins were turned in by crews; the varsity, J.V. and freshman heavyweight boats swept the Adams Cup races while the three lightwight crews swept Princeton and Yale in the Goldthwaite...
Racing nearly two hours ahead of schedule because of tornado warnings, coach Harry Parker's varsity heavyweight boat took advantage of ideal conditions to defeat Navy by over four lengths in the record time of 5:54.4, six seconds faster than last week...
...heavyweight varsity's impressive and seemingly effortless victory prompted Penn's coach Joe Burk to speculate that Harvard has the best boat in the East. But that was before Yale upset Cornell in an even faster time of 5:53, a new American record...
...takes an even more vivid imagination to envision a close race on the Charles, where the Crimson faces Penn and Navy in the Adams Cup races on Saturday afternoon. Harvard's heavyweight crew is good, but it probably isn't in a class with Navy, a favorite to represent the U.S. in the Olympics...
Cornell's crews will face Yale, another leading heavyweight contender, this week. The winner will very likely be the crew to beat at the Sprints and Harvard will definitely be one of the challengers if it can win the Adams Cup Saturday...