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...Crimson spent the second half of the race widening the open-water gap between the two boats. As both crews pushed past the MIT boathouse near the 1,300-meter mark, Harvard had established a near two-boat length lead. The Crimson used the final 500 meters to make a further statement against the talented No. 6 Huskies, adding yet more open water to its lead. The heavyweights crossed the line in a time of 5:42.8 Northeastern followed in 5:49.7, just over two lengths behind Harvard...
With the win, the Crimson kept division rival Brown (22-18, 14-6)—which entered the day at one game back in the Red Rolfe standings—at arm’s length and whittled its magic number down to one. Both teams swept their respective doubleheaders...
...Crimson calmly entered the Mass. Ave. Bridge at a slight disadvantage, with Yale still up half a length and Princeton almost a length behind both boats. Then at 1,200 meters down, the Crimson grew tired of the first real deficit it had faced since an opening weekend loss to Georgetown...
...legitimately tough race,” Schroeder said of the battle with No. 5 Yale. “The length [of the race] was just too long. If it was a fifteen hundred-meter race, it might have been different...
Instead, Harvard used that final 500 meters to its advantage. Last weekend against Navy, the Crimson already held a commanding boat-length lead on the Midshipmen heading into the final 500. Saturday, that margin was only two seats—less than one second separated Harvard and the fall of its one-week old No. 1 ranking...