Word: lightweights
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...risk of either being a slow heavyweight or, hopefully, a fast lightweight,” said junior lightweight rower Dan Reid...
You’ll never see any of the Harvard men’s lightweight rowers at a Weight Watchers meeting talking about their splurges for the week. But though they avoid the diet shakes and packaged meals, many are forced to go to similar lengths in order to shed those last crucial pounds needed to race...
Generally the rowers who choose to drop down into the lightweight division are those whose weight hovers just above the maximum—they tend to weigh between 160 and 180 pounds. These rowers can row as heavyweights and let their size dictate how far they can go or they can row lightweight and use their larger size to their advantage to excel in the field...
...appears pretty inconceivable that any sane rower would choose to make the jump from the heavyweight division down to the lightweight division, but there are a brave few who decide to make the commitment and take the risk...
Reid decided to make the switch to lightweight after his freshman year. He weighs in at around 169 pounds right now, which puts him on the cusp for both teams, but he feels that he can make a much bigger contribution to the lightweight team than he ever could as a heavyweight...