Word: jv
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...JV lights, despite the disappointment of being seeded second for the Sprints, will benefit from the arrangement of the preliminary heats. Harvard will face a relatively weak group of boats in the preliminaries, while Navy and Princeton, the two other powerful entrants in the JV field, will battle it out with each other in the other heat...
Navy is seeded number one in the JV division on the basis of an early season win over the Crimson, despite the fact that Princeton has convincingly outrowed the Midshipmen, and Harvard's win against the Tigers last weekend...
Harvard's second boat and freshman crews are rated overwhelming favorites to take their respective championships back to Newell Boathouse. Last season the JV and Yardling shells finished third and second respectively...
Then, the unbeaten Harvard JV led Navy all the way down the 2,000-meter course to take a length victory, and a sweep was a distinct possibility. But Penn jumped the Harvard varsity at the start, leading by a half-length for a time. Then, at the midway point, the Crimson, stroked by Gene LaBarre, caught the Quakers and had begun to pass when the Penn shell filled with water...
...JV race was tension-filled and close from start to finish...