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...Through Grade 5, the girls wear plaid jumpers and leggings, but the head scarf called a hijab is optional; the boys wear navy dress pants and light blue shirts. Older girls must wear the hijab (light blue for middle schoolers, gray or white for high schoolers) and a calf-length navy top that resembles a raincoat. Wearing the hijab full-time is a big commitment, so some girls take it off as soon as they leave the building. Freshman Sarah Martini says, "I'm not ready to wear it yet. It has to come from the heart." Girls are separated...
...first varsity bested the defending national champion Bears by one boat length in a powerful display...
...time the two boats passed the MIT boathouse at 1,500 meters down, the No. 2 Crimson was almost a boat length ahead of Navy—the Harvard crew had jumped seven seats in just over 300 meters. All it had taken was 25 strokes and Navy’s No. 1 ranking and 14-race win streak could do nothing more than fade amidst the path already laid by the streaking Harvard boat...
...took a near boat length lead by the 1,000 meter mark, and the Washington crew fell slightly off of the pace. Princeton and Harvard—still bow ball to bow ball—crept up on Cal to pull even as the boats entered the final 600 meters...
...Radcliffe fell just short, as Wisconsin took the race and the national title by about three-fourths of a length. Princeton edged out the Black and White for the silver by just over one and a half seconds...