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...meeting of the titans of lightweight crew, No. 1 and undefeated Princeton hosted No. 3 Radcliffe for three races on Lake Carnegie in New Jersey for the Class of 1999 Cup. Though the Tigers left with the prize, the Black and White made an impressive showing in this Ivy battle, winning the third varsity four. The morning skies cleared just in time for the varsity eight race to kick off a pleasant day for racing. In the varsity eight race, the Tigers held on to a thin, three-second margin to win over the Black and White, finishing...
Blink, and you would have missed it. Early Saturday morning on the Charles River, the Harvard men’s lightweight crew team finished .05 seconds—less time than the blink of an eye—behind Dartmouth to lose the Biglin Bowl for the second time in three years. Despite the varsity eight’s close loss, the team performed strongly as a whole, winning three of the day’s five races. Additionally, the varsity eight, novice eight, and second novice eight all handily defeated MIT, as the Engineers finished at a distant third...
...same age as TIME, and your pictorial display of 85 back issues [April 14] brought back memories. During 1944 - 45, as a soldier in France and Germany, I received TIME in an abbreviated overseas issue. It was smaller than your regular magazine, printed on a lightweight paper and contained text only - no pictures or advertisements. It would be interesting to see one of those old TIMEs again. William Sale, Norfolk, Virginia...
...Going into the race we knew that Stanford was still the team to beat,” Stevens said. “They’re probably the fastest lightweight boat in the country. We have the expectation that we will be the fastest team by the end of the season...
...consecutive years, the Harvard varsity lightweights have taken silver to Cornell’s gold at the IRA national championships in June. The emerging Cornell-Harvard rivalry gained ground last year, as the two lightweight squads traded No. 1 and No. 2 rankings throughout spring 2007. Then Cornell snagged its second-straight national crown in Camden, N.J., edging Harvard by just over one second in a dramatic grand final.On Saturday, the Crimson again found itself trailing defending champion Cornell, this time in Harvard’s season-opening dual race on Lake Cayuga.The Crimson’s three varsity eights...