Word: meters
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Four of the five Harvard squads slid by Penn and Cornell to finish first in the 2000 meter race Saturday at Lake Cayuga in Ithaca. Yet, top honors eluded the Crimson varsity boat which had to settle for second place three seconds behind the Big Red squad...
Harvard jumped to an early six-seat lead as sophomore coxswain Greg Soghikian started the team at a 38-stroke cadence before settling the crew at 33 strokes. But Cornell pushed ahead at the 600 meter mark with a sustained drive...
Both freshman teams triumphed as the first boat came together at the 1000 meter mark when coxswain T. Parker Gallagher called for a back-to-back power 20 and power 10. The second boat also took the lead at the halfway point, as they made their way through the S-shaped course...
...most encouraging was the modus operandi. The crew jumped out in front early in the 1500-meter regatta, and stayed on top all the way. Princeton wound up second, almost two boat lengths behind, and Cornell trailed far behind, almost 19 seconds off the pace...
...harriers also looked tough in the sprints. Tri-captain speedster Joe Salvo cruised to victory in the 100-meter dash in 10.4 seconds, over and out good buddy. Junior Marc Chapus clinched the 200 dash in 22 flat, and the 440 relay team waltzed to the finish line past a Princeton dropped baton...