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What a difference a week can make.Seven days ago, the Harvard varsity lightweights opened their season with a dominant performance in Ithaca, where the first varsity dismantled crews from Penn and Cornell in a one-sided fashion uncommon to lightweight rowing.But on Saturday, in the only home race the lightweights will have all year, the Crimson fell flat in front of its partisan crowd. Harvard’s first varsity dropped a back-and-forth battle to Dartmouth on Saturday, relinquishing the Biglin Bowl for the first time in three years. Though the second varsity rowed to a four-seat...
Championships are not won in the regular season, but they can be lost. The Radcliffe crew is doing all it can to prevent the latter from happening. Last weekend, both the lightweight and heavyweight teams put out solid efforts against the best competition, solidifying the Black and White’s position as a top contender coming into the heart of the crew season. Despite the heavyweights’ loss at No. 1 Princeton on Sunday, the two teams now boast a combined 8-1 mark for the season. “Everyone is going to be working extra hard...
...masters degree in economics from Columbia University. At Harvard, Foote lived in Whigglesworth his freshman year and in Eliot House, where he was elected to the House Committee. As a sophomore, he ran for Student Council President. In his early Crimson years, Foote was a sports writer, reporting on lightweight crew, before becoming managing editor his senior year. As a Quaker, his pacifist beliefs led him to serve two prison sentences during World War II. The first indictment came in 1943, when his conscientious objector status during a draft led to a conviction for violating the Selective Service...
...We’re always looking to start a new streak, but we’ve put it all behind us,” lightweight captain Dan Reid said. “We’re focusing on this year, how to move the boat fast this year, and playing it as it comes...
...don’t think you can get any tighter than last year’s Sprints finish,” Reid said. “The lightweight league has gotten so competitive over the last couple years, so we know that we’ll never have the luxury of a row over. It’s always ultra-competitive and tight and you’ve got to go out and do what...