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Dartmouth loomed up as a prime early season challenge to the Crimson's eights after it so handily outrowed John Higginson's charges in Henley last summer. And Higginson was not about to let Harvard's crew underestimate Hanover's popock pullers. On Friday he stopped his varsity's pre-race practice to remind last year's first boaters "just how quickly Dartmouth...
...Well, Higginson's fears materialized immediately Saturday as the Big Green jumped out to a half length lead at the outset. But slowly Ned Reynolds and company got their boat together, and by the 1000 meter mark the Crimson eight had pulled even with the host boat...
...race, the Crimson started the floating, staggered start at the high cadence of 43 strokes per minute. By the 1000 meter mark, John Higginson's eight had moved out to a six length lead over the Scarlet Knights...
Last year's varsity boat did encounter some nautical competition from the midshipmen of Annapolis, in the form of a man overboard loss on the Severn River and a good scare from Navy at the Sprints. But by and large John Higginson's first boat easily motored through its opposition with a crew of sophomores and juniors...
...although national team member Lief Soderberg decided to hang up his oar for this year and starboard oarsman Mike Loucks has moved up to the heavyweight ranks, Higginson's eight will still be the boat to beat, as it kicks off its season today against Columbia and Rutgers...