Word: penne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard oarsmen paid particular attention to the margin of victory over Penn, as Yale, ranked number one in the nation to Harvard's two, defeated the Quakers by 13.4 seconds on the Housatonic River last weekend...
Heavy favorites after winning the San Diego Crew Classic over fourth-placed Penn and sixth-place Navy in the season opener, the Crimson struggled against a turbulent sea, made more worrisome by a strong tail wind. According to a crew truism, such winds minimize the difference between crews...
...were a little more careful than usual and our stroke was a little lower, but Navy and Penn were catching crabs [improper oar entries into the water which slow or even stop a boat] right and left, so we had to be careful," Gardiner added...
...Crimson's margin of victory was 12.5 seconds, close enough to the Yale bulge, and an even tighter match considering Yale and Penn rowed into a head wind--which is known to maximize race margins. Harvard and Penn rowed with a tail wind, which tends to shorten times between crews...
Next weekend, in the forum of the Eastern Sprints, Yale and Harvard will square off to determine national supremacy. Noting the respective margins over Penn, Porter said, "What it means is that it's going to be a very close race next weekend...