Word: metered
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Penn finally beat Harvard. The unpeaceful Quakers put it all together and romped to a length and a half victory over the heavies last Saturday on the wind-blown Schuylkill River. Navy came in third in the 2000-meter Adams Cup Race (a contest Harvard hadn't lost in the last five years...
...Quakers managed to recover more quickly and retained their half length advantage to the 1000-meter mark. Harvard was unable to regain full balance, and never pressed the powerful Penn boat after that. The Quakers moved about a length in front during the next 500 meters...
Navy should be out of it from the start, but the 2000-meter contest between the two best crews in the East in being watched closely as an indicator of the possible outcome of the Eastern Sprints...
Dave Pottetti, a former high school national champion, won the inaugural running of the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:54.6. edging M.I.T.'s Ben Wilson, the other pre-meet favorite. Wilson was foiled again in the three-mile run, another new event, by Harvard's Tim McLoone...
Penn, which won the 2000-meter Black-well Cup race in a record time of 5:26.8 on Saturday, has a strong contingent and seven veterans back from last year's boat. The Crimson edged that boat by four feet in the U.S. Olympic finals to qualify to go to Mexico...