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...effects of the disqualification were nearly erased by the impressive performance—and sizable margin of victory—of Harvard’s B boat. Junior co-captain Potts skippered the second boat, which featured a rotating crew of freshman Ruth Schlitz, Darst and Yu. The rotation worked wonders as the B boat finished the weekend with 58 points, 16 ahead of second-place Tufts...
That one-off race did nothing to dampen the B boat’s performance, as it still finished solidly ahead of Tufts, a margin that nearly made up for the points Harvard lost on the A boat disqualification. The Crimson ended the weekend a mere six points behind the Jumbos...
...Sweet Sixteen—two weeks ago at Stanford—the 15-seed Harvard upset second-seeded Utah, in the first round, and went on to beat fifth-seeded Penn State by an even more decisive margin of 33 points...
Last weekend, Radcliffe fell further behind, crossing the line 1.5 seconds after Princeton. Despite a stronger start than at the Knecht, the Black and White was unable to put together the quality sprint that made the previous margin miniscule...
...strong start had Radcliffe ahead by a boat length almost as soon as the race began. Over the next 1,000 meters the team extended that margin to three boat lengths, and the sprint to the finish was a race between the Black and White and the clock, because the Hoyas were out of contention...