Word: oarsmen
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...oarsmen moved into the lead with 350 meters gone and steadily pulled away until, at 1200 meters, they left California and Wisconsin fighting for the scraps of second place...
...Harvard heavyweight crew opens its 1979 season today at the San Diego Crew Classic where Harry Parker's oarsmen begin their battle to regain supremacy after a disappointing 1978 campaign...
Parker settled the lineup during the grueling "seat racing" over spring break. In "seat racing," the coach timed his oarsmen in various combinations until he found the eight that worked together best...
...Eight months of training is made worthwhile in the six minutes when you prove yourself tougher, physically and mentally, than the other boat." Every victory also adds to the crew's wardrobe; each oarsman receives the racing shirt of his counterpart in the losing boat. And, of course, the oarsmen get to throw their loudly protesting coxswain into the river--even if the water is 38 degrees and polluted...
...Hulk" because of his physique, was nearly painted green for the race. The crew also enjoys private screenings of recent movies each night, and stages an extremely "rude" talent show, with each skit designed to outdo the others in (?) comedy. And as a climax to the two weeks, the oarsmen delightedly watch the tradition three-and-a-quarter-mile "coxwain's race." The four Harvard coxswains, urged on by the heavy oarsman who coxes, attempt to row a boat faster than their four Yale counterparts. Harvard, as one would expect, usually wins...