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eight: the most common shell in intercollegiate rowing. An eight has eight sweep oarsmen...
Featured in David Halberstam's book The Amateurs, Tiff is famous for his immensely powerful stroke. The oarsmen of the "Rude and Smooth," who dismantled Yale in record time, were known for their brash and flamboyant personalities and unparalleled rowing prowess...
lightweight: a shell with a specific weight limit. For men, the boat must average 150 pounds per oarsmen. For women, the average must be 129.5 pounds...
Since Parker began the novelty of year-round training for the spring crew season many years ago, it has become harder to get people to commit so much time of their collegiate lives throughout the academic year. Some of the special activities for the oarsmen during the off-season training period include the Tail of the Charles--the freshman equivalent of the Head of the Charles--in the fall, and the Crash-B Indoor Rowing Championships in the winter on MIT's simulation ergometers...
Harvard (4-0) finished the final race in 5:51.04, finishing almost 12 seconds in front of the Wisconsin Badgers. Earlier in the tournament, the oarsmen eliminated Washington and UCLA. Brown, Penn, Stanford and California-Berkeley filled out the eight-team field in the early-season tourney...