Word: midshipmen
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...more than a length with just 700 meters to go, the Crimson allowed its lead to slip away in the face of a Midshipmen challenge, punctuated by a spirit-breaking sprint that snatched away the victory...
...both No. 4 Yale and No. 6 Princeton on Lake Carnegie in its final dual of the season to retain the Goldthwait Cup, continuing on its road to recovery following a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of No. 1 Navy just one weekend ago. After being nipped by the Midshipmen last year, the Crimson similarly defeated its other Big Three rivals...
Ceding just “a seat or two” while waiting to counter with a sprint of its own, the Crimson retained its composure, one week wiser after falling apart when the Midshipmen had successfully begun to walk back through Harvard’s boat...
Unable to improve significantly upon its base pace, the Crimson slipped from two seconds ahead to just over one behind at the finish, falling short of the nation’s top spot by a mere five feet. Last season’s contest was even tighter, when the Midshipmen caught Harvard from behind with 10 strokes to go, eking out a 0.46-second victory. In both cases, the Crimson, its seasons still in relatively nascent stages, cited the lack of sprint practice as the cause of the downfall...
Though the Midshipmen held their own for the first three-eighths of the race, the Crimson punished their opponents heading into the midway point. After failing to achieve separation through 750 meters, Harvard had open established open water through 1,000 and coasted to the nearly nine-second lead, never allowing the Navy boat to creep back into contention...