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...valuable seconds off of its time by the time of its second race. However, while the Black and White was able to narrow the Princeton lead, it never completely bridged the gap, slipping to third in the rankings in the varsity eight grand final after some dramatics in the race??€™s final stretch...
Initially, however, the Tigers lived up to their billing. Princeton jumped out of the start with a half-boat-length lead, holding four seats over the Crimson in the race??€™s opening strokes. But Harvard didn’t panic, and by the time the Crimson settled into its base cadence, Princeton saw its early advantage start to slip away...
Harvard’s steady base cadence brought the varsity boat near even with the Tigers after the race??€™s first 500 meters. For the first 250 meters of the second 500, both boats traded minimal leads, with neither establishing a definitive advantage...
...meters down, the Crimson shattered the race??€™s early parity with a strong move into the 1,000-meter mark...
...against Georgetown last week, and a similar sluggish beginning against Cornell and Penn in the season’s first dual race made the Crimson wary of another poor start against Dartmouth and MIT. In its two previous dual races, Harvard was forced to play catch-up after the race??€™s opening 25 strokes...