Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conditions had not changed for the varsity heavyweight's race, the last of the afternoon, there would have been no chance for setting a record, since most of the crews were rowing into a head wind. But the breeze shifted just before the last race, giving the varsity a favorable tail wind...
...heavyweight varsity crew set a new course record Saturday, capping off the most successful day for Harvard crews on the Charles River in recent history. The Crimson swept all six races in the Compton and Biglin Cup regattas...
Easily defeating Princeton, Dartmouth, M.I.T. and B.U., the heavyweight varsity rowed the mile-and-three-quarters course in 8:45 flat, shaving five-tenths of a second off the previous record set by Cornell in 1952. This was the second year in a row the Crimson set a record in winning the Compton Cup, having broken the old mark on Lake Carnegie last year...
...hour later Benjamin faced the Big Red's Nat Cravener in the two-mile. The two men raced neck-and-neck until Cravener passed Benjamin with two laps to go. Again Benjamin turned on his overwhelming finishing kick, winning this time by more than 15 yards in the meet record time...
...Katterman was not through yet. After the Quaker and Crimson mile relay teams had battled it out for three laps, he and Gordon hooked up in another battle, with Katterman coming home first. The team's 3:19.8 was good for another meet record...