Word: paced
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...second varsity crossed the line in 5:59.5 and Princeton trailed in 6:03.6. After a fine first 500 meters, Yale fell slightly off the pace and finished...
Princeton fell off the pace early, but the Bulldogs shot out of the start at a higher rating than the Crimson and bolted to a quick half-boat advantage...
...second varsity fought a similar battle on Saturday morning, but it was Princeton who kept pace with the Crimson for the race’s first 1,000 meters. The Tigers jumped out of the start and took an early two-seat advantage over both Yale and Harvard, and the Bulldogs also maintained a slight advantage over the Crimson. For the first 200 meters, all three boats were locked in a push for first place, with all three bow balls pushing forward in a fight for position. By 300 meters down, both Yale and Princeton sat four seats...
Perhaps some rowers are told to pace themselves—to take the first 500 meters hard, to settle into a steady base cadence, to take a 20-stroke sprint at the 1,000 meter mark. To go all out at the finish: they’re racing, after all, even though they remain in one painful spot for 2,000 meters...
...report also found that the average salary of college professors has not kept pace with inflation for the first time in eight years...