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Raised in competitive Ivy League rowing towns, captain Pat Mulcahy and fellow senior Matt Young were brought up to hate Harvard, their hometown schools’ rival on the water.But in the end, the two lightweight standouts couldn’t resist the call of the Charles.Hailing from Ithaca, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Penn., respectively—the homes of lightweight crew powerhouses Cornell and Penn—Mulcahy and Young have long been exposed to top-notch crews.By living in places where crew was a prominent sport, the two benefited from great coaching and plenty of local competition when they...
Over the past seven years, women’s lightweight head coach Cecile Tucker has molded the lightweight crew program into the championship contender it is today. Upon the birth of her second child, however, Tucker will hand the reins over to coaches Will Stevens, who will direct the varisty, and Seth Davis, who will head the novice and walk-on programs. This represents a major transition for the entire team, especially the upperclassmen who have worked under Tucker.“It’s definitely going to be a big change,” says sophomore Lizzy Mazjoub...
...nobody else in the boat does. Eight oarsmen perform in perfect sync throughout a race, their cadence and power output dictated by the coxswain who quite literally operates the driver’s seat.“On the water, a coxswain has three jobs,” says lightweight men’s coxswain Kevin He. “You have to steer on the water, be the motivational person on the water, and be the coach on the water. You have a lot of multitasking to do.” “The coxswain becomes the team...
...Greatness does not come around often. But for anyone who caught a glimpse of the Radcliffe lightweight novice eight last season, they found...
...have such a successful freshman boat coming in, and I think the forecast to bring those two groups together [the varsity and the freshman eight] is good,” said soon-to-be head coach Will Stevens, who is set to take over for lightweight varsity coach Cecile Tucker while she takes maternity leave. “I think the team has already done that this fall, and we’re going to be able to focus on working as a squad to get the fastest speed...