Word: raymonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coach Peter Raymond watched his charges leave the boat in funereal silence, seven seat Pasha Lakhdhir remained on the dock, his feet resting in the boat and his head buried in his arm. The letdown, the sudden drain of adrenalin and the misery of a second loss to despised Yale kept him rooted there for a good three minutes. Finally Raymond's hand descended to grab the hand of his disconcerted oarsman, and the pair walked away from the shell for moment, in the somber aftermath of defeat...
...Peter Raymond's mixture, it turned out, worked perfectly. And as for the pressure--well, every Harvard crew bears the weight of a great Harvard tradition. But Cooley may have best captured the spirit that motivated at least this J.V. boat to win, when he said, "I personally didn't feel the pressure, probably because I didn't think we were going to lose...
...think that anyone expects this to be an easy race for Yale," Harvard coach Peter Raymond said last night. Seeing that its blow-them-away approach was unsuccessful with Yale, Harvard intends to resort to cunning and guile this week. The Crimson hopes to stay with Yale at a lower cadence, saving some of its great power for a final all-out sprint...
...race for first place should be between Harvard and Yale, but Raymond feels that Cornell could also be a threat. The Big Red lost to Harvard by a little over five seconds in the first race of the season...
...Harvard just had nothing left to draw on. And coach Peter Raymond feels that may have been a "tactical error" on his part: "Yale is a slow-stroking crew and I think we overextended ourselves." He feels that Harvard can row as effectively at a lower cadence and save some power for the final sprint...