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...time in seven seasons.“It has been a hard week because coming off of last weekend’s loss [to Brown], I think a lot of guys were a bit demoralized and a bit frantic to make things right,” varsity stroke George Kitovitz said. “I thought there was a positive response from the boat all week. Everybody just knuckled down a bit and thought of what they could do to get us a win.”Every Harvard-Princeton race, whether an April dual showdown or a Grand Final...
...first varsity eight was unable to race its way past the defending national champions in the finals of the Copley Cup, as Harvard mustered a third-place finish behind the Huskies and Princeton. “It was a really strong field,” senior stroke George Kitovitz said. “We had seven boats in the race that have a good shot at winning nationals. It was a good start to the season but we’re never happy when we lose.” After a rocky start, the Crimson found itself a length down...
...gold at the World Championships in Munich this summer. The U.S. Rowing boat started fourth and overtook the Crimson in the final strokes of the race.“By the end, it was just a case of holding the Americans off,” senior stroke George Kitovitz said. “It’s something we’re all really happy with—holding off the best boat in the world for 99 percent of the race.”Harvard’s strongest and most experienced rowers typically comprise the championship four...
...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. Like football coaches, coxswains...
...sale of the much-discussed shirts. “I like them because they don’t say ‘We’re raising awareness for HIV victims,’ but I can understand what they mean,” said George A. Kitovitz ’08. Others were more critical. “It’s a little over the top. They’re using crazy means to draw attention to an extreme problem. It kind of makes sense, but it’s a little disingenuous,” said Nikhil...