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...Andrew’s.When Benkreira first laced into his foot stretchers, Wilson’s program was barely on its feet. “When I first joined the team, it was actually kind of a joke,” Benkreira says.But in his junior year, former U.S. Olympian Linda Miller took over the reigns as Wilson’s head coach, and as the crew program got serious, Benkreira got serious about crew.“It’s kind of odd how I came to row, but I’m glad...
...process of going through the trials, and is continuing to do that,” says lightweight varsity coach Cecile Tucker. “[But] the opportunities for success are more limited than [those with] heavyweight crews.”Freshman lightweight men’s coach Linda Muri—a former MIT standout—has encountered the same problem. Although she was a member of nine national teams, Muri never made it to the Olympics, simply because there were not enough seats available.“Lightweight women get the short end of the stick in international...
...just beginning.Now they want to end it the right way. ***Perhaps at the start line, they were unimpressive.Skinny. Short. Maybe a little out of place.There is no lightweight freshman eight event at the IRA Regatta. No lightweight freshman four event, either. So in May, Harvard lightweight freshman coach Linda Muri picks four oarsmen and a coxswain from the first freshman eight to line up in the freshman four open weight race. That spring the freshman lightweight eight had already raced to a two-second win at Eastern Sprints—the first time the Harvard freshman lightweights had won Sprints...
...boat comprised of recruited athletes. As many as three freshman eights compete in racing season—each team needs a minimum of 30 oarsmen and several coxswains—and both the heavyweight and lightweight programs depend on a steady stream of walk-ons. Freshman lightweight coach Linda Muri typifies the effort coaches put into finding walk-ons.“I went through all the athletic preference cards to find students at the lightweight and coxswain sizes,” Muri says. “Then I spent a few nights at home watching movies while I wrote...
...first rotation will be followed by a second show on view through Feb. 25, is a compilation of recent additions to HUAM’s collection of contemporary art. The show’s accompanying statement, written by the Fogg’s former associate curator of contemporary art Linda Norden, cites the exploration of the human figure as a unifying theme...