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Lawler placed eighth in the final heat of the 100-meter butterfly against a field featuring more than one likely Olympic medalist. Ian Crocker broke his own world record by 0.22 seconds with a time of 50.76 seconds, besting Phelps by 0.39 seconds...
...Crimson, hindered by the slowest start of any of the competing crews at the regatta, had previously enjoyed such overwhelming superiority against its collegiate opponents that a sizeable deficit incurred in the opening 20 strokes could be erased by the 500-meter mark...
...three strongest boats in the heat—USA1, Italy and Egypt—slowly extended their respective leads over the Crimson during the next 500-meter stretch. But, fueled by its proximity to the eights from France and Great Britain, Harvard launched a last-ditch bid for the final spot in the A Final, pulling to within striking distance, 0.63 seconds out of fourth place by the race’s midway point...
Twenty hard strokes at the 1000-meter mark erased another half-length from the French according to senior six-seat Cameron Winklevoss, and the subsequent increase in the base cadence from 36 to 38 strokes per minute allowed the Crimson to put a further dent into the lead...
...first varsity boats took aim at the four-mile course—far longer than the standard 2,000-meter race—with Harvard and Yale remaining close for the first quarter of the race. But, at the one-mile mark, the Crimson opened up a lead over the Bulldogs and never looked back...