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...only previous time when Harvard was invited to compete, Kent School eliminated its entrant. This time, the results were reversed, and the lightweights defeated Kent in one of the most difficult races of the week. Even a London newspaper called the race "the best in the regatta so far," and the extra weight of the prep schoolers almost brought victory. Harvard, however, finished in front by two-thirds of a length in 6 minutes, 58 seconds, the first Thames Cup trial won in a time under seven minutes...
Coach Brown called the race against Benson "our toughest." The men from the RAF covered the course in 7 minutes, 4 seconds, their second fastest time during the entire regatta. Harvard triumphed, however, by over a length in 6 minutes, 58 seconds, their second fastest time of the regatta also...
Officially, the margin of triumph was three-quarters of a length and the time was 6 minutes, 57 seconds. Though the race was close, the lightweights had conquered Thames and four other heavyweight crews to win the Thames Challenge Cup. Harvard was the only American victor in the entire regatta...
...lightweight crew: to beat the heavyweights in a straight race." The eight was the lightest crew there, and were proportionally handicapped. The careful training of long months on the Charles and in the tank, however, paid off; for the first time in the 128-years history of the Henley Regatta, Harvard triumphed...
Henley soon lost the glamour of regatta week. The grandstands disappeared, traffic flow through the quaint town square returned to normal. But to eight Crimson rowers, their coxswain, their coach, and to their thousands of fans, this little village would always be a symbol of a magnificent effort.The lightweight eight in the Thames lock...