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...clouds parted over the Charles River yesterday, the big boys and girls of the Head of the Charles came out to play. The varsity and second varsity of both the Radcliffe heavyweight and lightweight crews competed yesterday, and all posted solid showings in the regatta. The star on the river for the Black and White, however, was the heavyweight freshman eight, which posted a third-place finish on Saturday in the club eight division. This was a good sign of things to come for the heavyweights, as this boat’s success signifies a strong, deep program...
Once again, Harvard’s heavyweight championship four provided the highlight for the Crimson in this year’s Head of the Charles Regatta.Harvard coach Harry Parker historically puts his four strongest oarsmen in that famed four, and, as tradition has it, they rarely let him down.After a two-second loss to Stanford in last year’s championship four event, the Harvard entry defeated the Cardinal and all other collegiate competition yesterday, finishing the course with a time of 16:09.61. The Crimson placed fourth overall behind two U.S. Rowing boats and the Pennsylvania Athletic Club...
...calls for it: after winning a championship race, oarsmen team up to victoriously fling their coxswain off the winner’s dock and into the waters below. “After Sprints last year, we got to throw [varsity coxswain] Jess [Hoy] in,” says senior heavyweight varsity stroke George Kitovitz. “Then we threw [captain] Joe Medioli in there just for fun. It’s a great feeling.”Nothing is so rewarding for coxswains nor so indicative of the size and role differential between coxswains and oarsmen on a crew...
Months after capping off an extremely successful 2007 campaign with a victory at the esteemed Henley Regatta, the Harvard heavyweight crew must confront a problem common to perennial contenders: how to continue the momentum of a successful season last spring while also balancing the fact that this is a new year and a new boat...
...disappointment coming in second,” added junior Simon Gawlik, who rowed in the two-seat of the heavyweight varsity eight last year. “But being so close to the guys who had done so well internationally was pretty good...