Word: nereus
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...varsity heavyweights didn’t share the lightweights’ luck against Princeton. The Tigers dominated the women’s varsity heavyweight event, finishing first amongst intercollegiate crews yesterday. The Dutch rowing club ASR Nereus bested Princeton by two seconds for the overall crown, and Yale finished third...
...Harvard freshmen crew coasted to the quarterfinals of the Temple Cup, before falling to the eventual champion, the Netherlands’ Nereus, by two lengths...
Friday presented the first real challenge of the tournament, as the Crimson drew the Netherlands’ Nereus crew in the quarterfinals. The Crimson fell behind early and never could make up the ground, as the Netherlands’ crew finished in a time of 7:04 with Harvard two full lengths behind. But it wasn’t as if the Crimson ever had a fair shot at advancing...
...With the Nereus crew taking its semifinal race by a narrow one-quarter length margin, the stage was set for an all Netherlands final. Nereus charged out of the gate, taking the lead by the Barrier point and maintaining it for the duration of the race, as it finished in a time of 6:52—12 seconds faster than it finished in its quarterfinal defeat of Harvard...
...served as redemption for the Nereus crew, which was eliminated in the semifinals last year by Princeton...