Word: raymonds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After graduating from Princeton in 1968 where the heavyweight eight never finished better than third in the IRAs, Raymond made his first Olympic appearance in Mexico City as part of an American coxless four, which finished fifth...
...Raymond moved up to the American eight for the Munich games. That group, dominated by Crimson rowers and coached by Harvard's living legend coach, taciturn Harry Parker, came home with a silver medal...
...Raymond might be considered lucky to have been rowing at all in 1972. After his graduation from Princeton, he had gone into naval aviation before considering that "since the Vietnam war was really going then" he might be safer in another part of the navy. Appropriately, even if only through what he terms "unbelievable luck," Raymond found himself coaching the Naval Academy freshman heavyweights in 1970 and 1971. His term over, he escaped from the Navy...
...first came to Harvard for the 1974-75 school year, during which he coached the freshman lights. After two years with the Radcliffe heavies, whom he guided to one third-and one second-place Eastern sprint finish, Raymond moved away from Harvard rowing for a year...
Perhaps it's too early to tell, but don't expect Peter Raymond to have the same problems. He has an easy manner and a quick, good-natured, if sometimes sarcastic, wit He respects his rowers, attributing the success of past Harvard crews to the fact that Harvard students are "special people." He says, "They come to Harvard with definite goals...