Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crew settled, the Bruinr picked up three seats on the Crimson. It was here at the 500 meter mark that Harvard faced a potential disaster when sophomore Dave Fellows's "Rod Laver autographed model" tennis hat flew from its perch stop the number-seven oarsman and fell onto the slide of stroke Gene LaBarre's seat...
Crimson coach Steve Gladstone's varsity took advantage of calm water and near-ideal conditions to sprint home in 6:38,l full 16 seconds ahead of the nearest challenger. Dartmouth rowing in its first race of the year, despite the fact that the Indians still have only 500 meters of ice-free water in Hanover, finished a strong second. Dartmouth posted a 6:54.0 for the 2000-meter course...
...Crimson were never really challenged at any point in the contest. At the 1000-meter mark. Harvard had already built up an imposing two-length lead, which steadily increased during the second thousand meters of the race. the lightweights were still accelerating when they crossed the finish line with a large expanse of open water between them and their nearest competitor...
Radcliffe led during the first 500 meters of the 100-meter race, contested in rough waters and against a strong headwind, but Vesper pulled back ahead to win in a very slow time...
Brown's second varsity boat won by five lengths, completing the 2000 meter Charles River Basin course in 6:56:0 while the freshman eight turned in a 6:47:2 for a three-length...