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With Election Day in full swing in New Hampshire—a hotly contested state in this year’s presidential race??€”Harvard GOPers put forth a final effort to secure a win for President Bush. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Kerry had won the state by a margin of 3 percent...
Harvard began the race aggressively, taking advantage of an early opening to pass a moving Princeton crew. Although Harvard was forced to pass Wisconsin on the outside, the crew made up for the loss of time with a burst of speed just beyond the race??€™s one-mile mark...
...Crimson boat (12:12) held an advantage throughout the first half of the race, leading the USRowing crew by four seconds at the race??€™s first marker. And though Harvard eventually settled for second place, the closest collegiate boat—Wisconsin—crossed the line more than 23 seconds after the Crimson in a distant fifth. Princeton finished sixth with a time...
...crews enjoyed success comparable to the men’s over the weekend, although an initial 30-second penalty in the Women’s Lightweight Four race nearly cost the Black and White a first-place finish in the Lightweight Fours. After a scratch in the lightweight eight race??€”this fall, only seven varsity lightweight rowers are primed for competition—the women’s four crossed the finish line first. But judges assessed the Radcliffe boat a crippling penalty for interference against the Georgetown crew, and the once-champion lightweight four fell to sixth...
...shortened course changed the game plan for the women’s eight, who came in looking to settle hard for the three-mile race. An unpredictable wind—combined with the abbreviated race??€”allowed Radcliffe to row at a higher stroke rating. That rating did give the Black and White a faster start, but the eight grew tired at the race??€™s final turn...