Word: rando
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Olympic rowing consists of several "sweep" and "sculling" events. Rando it more accustomed to the sweep style of rowing, which requires the rower to handle only one oar, because he has practiced the technique during his four undergraduate years at Harvard...
...Rando, along with his current teammate, senior Nick Peterson, hope that they will be able to win a place on the Olympic squad in the straight pair event...
Peterson and Rando were both on the Harvard team that lost to Brown by one second in the national championship race last year. Both say that even though they lost, the race is among the highlights of their crew careers...
...Rando describes the "hell" of a crew race in a very matter of fact way: "It's sort of a blur of lactic acid and adrenaline. You start out very frantically...build up close to maximum lactic acid build-up and try to hold," Rando says...
...addition to Rando and Peterson, senior Sara Simmons may also vie for a chance to compete in the Olympics...