Word: meters
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Rowing on the smoothest water all year. Harvard jumped at the start hitting the water at a 44 cadence for the first 20 strokes. Settling into 37 strokes per minute the lights pulled a power ten at the 500-meter mark and a power 20 at the 1000 to gain a two-seat lead on the Tiger boat. But Princeton came back with a sprint of its won and made the race a dead heat by the 1200-meter mark...
Lengthening the stroke and concentrating on power the Crimson fought back with power tens at both the 1300 and 1600 meter points and upped the cadence to a 39. Princeton however sprinted at the finish and crossed the line just two seats ahead of the Harvard shell in a race so close there was never a greater margin than three seats between...
...showings, which have contributed to twin victories in the team's past two meets. Shot-put sensation Kim Johnson made the finals in her event but was nosed out of the scoring by the competition. Lindy Yeagher and Wiley McCarthy ran good races in the 5000- and 10,000-meter runs, while Liane Rozzell cleared five feet, two inches in the high jump, not far below the winning height of five feet, six inches...
...meet May 2. In a decisive 77-50 victory, the Crimson continued a 14-year tradition of defeating Yale in track. However, being gracious hostesses, the Distinguished Performer Award went to a Yalie. Junior Pat Melton earned the honors by winning five events, including the long jump, the 400-meter hurdles, and the 100-yard dash...
Rogers and Ashley both broke the old Harvard Stadium record of 60.0 in the 400-meter run, with Ashley posting a 59.8 and Rogers flying in right behind with 59.9. Yale's Ellis won the race in 59.3. Cathy Busby and Karen Blount qualified for Easterns, unfortunately beyond the deadline, with 12.2 and 12.3 times in the 100-meter dash...