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Eastern Sprints will be a test.For the Radcliffe lightweights, it will be a challenge to reassert its lost number one ranking.And for the heavyweights, Sunday will determine if the team’s streak of eight straight NCAA championship births continues.Both squads simply hope they can pass.Over the past eight seasons, the Radcliffe heavyweights have received a bid to the NCAA Championships—to which only 12 teams are invited annually—an unprecedented modern run. This year, however, the streak is in jeopardy, as the heavyweights have lost four straight regattas and post a No. 18 ranking...
...they haven’t let that stop them. With its success so greatly resting in the hands of walk-ons, the lightweight team has found solace in its freshmen and sophomore novices this year. In addition, recruits such as Rebekah Kharrazi have also produced an immediate influence on the team’s success...
...Rebekah]’s done an amazing job transitioning; she’s very poised and brings that to her rowing,” senior lightweight co-captain Sarah Bates said. “It’s also amazing how the group of novices, who have never rowed before last fall, have come so far, and the work Eric Catalano has done is amazing to mold them to help the team...
...Jamie didn?t tell me this in spoken words. I watched him type his answers to my questions using a lightweight keyboard. His mom, Sheree, held the keyboard as Jamie typed one-handed. After he finished each answer, he would read it to me aloud. He speaks clearly with good intonation and has worked hard to achieve this, but he still finds it difficult to speak without typing first...
...biggest race of the season looming a week away, Radcliffe could have easily looked past MIT on Saturday and stumbled. Lucky for the Black and White, the squad hit the race running and never looked back. In a dominating performance on the Charles the past weekend, the Radcliffe lightweight varsity four and novice eight boats notched important victories over the team’s Cambridge rival to reassert the Black and White’s momentum, which it had lost last week against Princeton. “Those races were pretty inspiring for everybody,” lightweight co-captain...