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...Ullrich warns, "messin' around with relative margins of victories is like playin' Russian roulette. We're a much better crew than we were at this time last year," Ullrich said. "We only lost one oarsman to graduation from last season and since a narrow loss to Washington this April in San Diego, we've been untouched...
This mark is second only to Harvard's streak of 31 in a row during the mid-1960s. In fact, the streak began when Higginson was an oarsman on the heavyweight side of Newell Boathouse. Under Harry Parker, Higginson rowed in the number two seat of the varsity shells of 1961, '62, and '63. These crews recorded two Sprint titles and two wins over Yale at New London, Conn...
...real problem with some of the crew exercises, as shown in my second example--the ergometer--was the mental anxiety which was bound to linger in anticipation of the next day's workout. The ergometer is a machine which an oarsman rows upon in practice and the act of rowing turns a flywheel. The problem is that an oarsman cannot ease his effort because that will slow the flywheel and in turn, make the next stroke all the more difficult. The exercise causes all kinds of muscles to scream out in pain. There were several times when I stopped...
...racing season is the high point of the crew year, and it is this season which is said to justify the enormous amount of work which an oarsman undergoes. Princeton has been working hard and Penn has been working hard, so Harvard must work even more to be ready for the racing season. But for me, this was never the guiding reason behind crew, although winning races was very much a high point of the crew experience...
Gladstone will be replaced by John Higginson a former Crimson heavyweight oarsman who has been coaching and teaching at Noble-Greenough for the last six years. Higginson has already moved in and assumed his coaching duties at Newell Boat House and only awaits approval of his contract by the Corporation before his appointment can become official...