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...members of the Harvard men's heavyweight crew and coach Harry Parker will visit Egypt from December 20 through December 28 to compete in the eighth annual Nile International Regatta, Parker said yesterday. Harvard and the University of Washington will be the only American crews entered in the race, he added...
...Head of The Charles Regatta Committee defines a "mixed eight" as: "four male rowers, four female rowers with coxwain." A pretty straightforward definition, right? Yet somehow the "mixed eight" principle has encountered a whole lot of conceptual difficulty. It seems to rank as just slightly more difficult to grasp than that of a Harvard launch painted flourescent pink, and just slightly less difficult to grasp than John Higgenson rowing in a mixed single. What species of boat is a "mixed eight...
...Bertha" stereotype: the concept of a fast mixed eight can be understood only as being made up of four men and four pseudomen. The team of men and women that I know only missed a couple of buoys; Herzenberg's eight would have been disqualified by the Regatta Committee at the starting line. --Cynthia Strong...
...Head of the Charles gives boats from colleges, clubs and high schools a chance to compete in one regatta. Youth and veteran events provide age-group competition--some high school oarsmen are as young as 14 or 15, while scullers in their 70s compete in the veteran race...
Most of the races carry trophies as prizes, and all give medals to the first five places. Finishers in each event are awarded points toward a team cup, the Paul Revere Point Trophy. Harvard returns as the defending overall champion, with a fleet of 30 boats in the regatta. Yale, the 1976 winner, will enter 23 shells...