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Eastern Sprints will be a test.For the Radcliffe lightweights, it will be a challenge to reassert its lost number one ranking.And for the heavyweights, Sunday will determine if the team’s streak of eight straight NCAA championship births continues.Both squads simply hope they can pass.Over the past eight seasons, the Radcliffe heavyweights have received a bid to the NCAA Championships—to which only 12 teams are invited annually—an unprecedented modern run. This year, however, the streak is in jeopardy, as the heavyweights have lost four straight regattas and post a No. 18 ranking...
Fortunately for the Radcliffe crew team, novices have proved be just the opposite. The influx of strong freshman and first-years into the program this year, particularly in the heavyweight program, has bolstered the Black and White in their quest for nautical domination...
Take freshman Elizabeth Demers, a member of Radcliffe’s first varsity eight and a prime example of the instrumental novice presence on the women’s heavyweight team...
...It’s a reflection of what’s going on throughout the whole country,” senior heavyweight Laura Martin said. “There has always been a novice program separate from the varsity, but now, we’re using the fastest freshman up into both the 2nd varsity eight and 1st varsity eight to get the best speed...
...unexpected defeat.In Princeton, the No. 1 lightweight squad could not make it three in a row against the No. 2 Tigers this season, losing the momentum it had built up during the team’s previously undefeated season.On the Charles River the same day, the Black and White heavyweight crew fell to unranked Boston University, stretching the team’s losing streak to four races.At the lightweight showdown between No. 1 and No. 2, Radcliffe was favored to win, but the team’s advantage hung on a thin thread. That thread broke on Saturday...