Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harry Parker sat on the roof of the boathouse at Lake Quinsigamond, his arms across his knees, looking down the 2000-meter course for the first glimpse of his heavily favored crew...
Parker's face was expressionless as announcements of Harvard's progress came over the loudspeaker, expressionless even as he caught sight of his crew at the 1000-meter mark, and nearly expressionless as he watched Harvard cross the line first, open water ahead of Wisconsin...
Harvard refused to grow shaky and blow the race, however, rowing steadily through the third 500 meters and pulling even farther ahead. Wisconsin pulled up ever so slightly at the 1600-meter mark and then the Crimson went into its sprint, rowing easily and beautifully into the slight headwind to finish the course in 6:02.8, five seconds ahead of Wisconsin and eight in front of Northeastern...
...Yardlings jumped right out at the start and were never headed. By the 500-meter mark they had a substantial five seat advantage, increasing it with every stroke. By the 1000 mark the frosh had open water on its nearest rivals and cruised to victory home-free...
Time and again Wisconsin would try to edge up on the Crimson and Harvard would hold on to the lead, keeping a steady half-length margin. Both crews had pulled away from the rest of the field by considerable margins at the 1500-meter mark, finally finishing nearly two lengths of open water in front of the next boat...