Word: metered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Penn/Navy Adams Cup race was a crucial one for the Harvard crew. Harvard was trailing for most of the length of the course, but managed to pull away in the last quarter of the 2000-meter race. Harvard had shown its ability to handle pressing situations...
...ended up losing to both Princeton and Yale at the double-duel regatta between the three schools. After a two-week break in its racing schedule, Harvard set out for Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. to compete in Eastern Sprints. The crew was ahead for the first 1950 meters of the 2000 meter race, but was passed by Princeton in the sprint...
...Eastern Sprints Regatta, held at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., is an all-day event in which collegiate crews race 2000-meter heats to qualify for an afternoon 2000-meter final. The winner is invited to the prestigious Henley Regatta in England, an honor which Harvard only nearly missed, as the afternoon saw two second-place finishes by the Harvard men's heavyweight and lightweight teams...
...meter mark, Harvard began to makeits move. Passing Yale and Princeton, the Crimsonstill found itself a boatlength behind Penn.Several hundred meters later, Penn found itselfunder heavy pressure from a relentless Harvardboat who by now had shaken itself clear from thepack...
...finals, the Crimson lightweights stormedout to an early lead, leaving everyone butPrinceton in the dust. By the 1000-meter mark,Harvard clung to a six-seat lead over the Tigers,but Princeton began to slowly turn up thepressure. At 500 meters, the Tigers began theirsprint and did not pass the Crimson until thefinal strokes of the race...