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...Eastern Sprints in May. And the Varsity, especially proud, won both the Eastern Sprints and the big Yale Race. The last of the "Big Three" races for the Crimson would be at the end of that week--the Men's Collegiate Nationals, known more commonly as the Cincinnati Regatta...
They seemed to be on a roll. And going by Harvard's general luck in the nationals in the past--the Crimson had won the heavyweight title at the prestigious Cincinnati Regatta for the past three years--most of the rowers believed they would leave Ohio with the national title...
Instead, the Crimson mainly focused on Washington as the team to beat. It was the Washington team that had taken the top honor away from Harvard in the first regatta of the year in San Diego in April, by a very close margin. The Crimson went to Cincinnati determined not to let that happen again...
...After a loss like that, it's very easy to get distracted," explained Bernstein. He says the team is not doing that. The rowers are out on the water twice a day again, more determined than ever to get that victory back from Wisconsin at the famous Henley Royal Regatta in England in the coming weeks...
...compete in the Goodwill Games and the Olympics. He was enticed to try the crew program by former Brooks student and Harvard oarsman Donald Fawcett '89, who told the high school senior of the excitement of rowing for Harvard. Fawcett sent Sharis a postcard from the Henley Royal Regatta in England and the Boxford native was convinced to give the sport...