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...together helped us build a really strong relationship.” And despite the fact that the Harvard women only finished eighth at Nationals, the Crimson made up five spots on the final day, as the Devlin and Dalhman crew took third. Fittingly, the very last race of the regatta saw their boat where it often is—at the head of the pack. “Leading for most of the last race was awesome,” Devlin said. “It was definitely a highlight to end the regatta.” Not only...
...vote, the university switched its colors to crimson on May 6, 1875.Another piece of Harvard folklore contends that future university president Charles W. Eliot, while a student rower, distributed crimson scarves to his fellow rowers so that spectators could distinguish Harvard crew from the competition in the Regatta of 1858. After he served as Harvard’s 21st president from 1869-1909, the Harvard Corporation voted to make the color of Eliot’s scarves the official color of the university—crimson. These two snippets of Harvard mythology may in fact be true, but when Harvard...
...fastest-growing markets for dragon-boat racing is the corporate retreat in need of a little excitement. "You can have a big sales meeting, boring meetings for three days, and then one afternoon, we can work with the event planner and produce a four-hour mini-dragon-boat regatta for 500 people," Kerkmann says. It's one of the few sports that can accommodate people of any size and any level of fitness, as long as they can keep their paddle dipping in and out of the water in time with their teammates. "There are no heroes...
...with their game faces on.” For the Harvard varsity, the 2006 Sprints race is a chance to add a fourth consecutive Sprints crown to the trophy cabinet, something no crew has done since the Crimson did so in 1977. In the 60-year history of the regatta, only Harvard has claimed four consecutive Sprints titles—a feat the Crimson has accomplished twice. Standing in the way, however, is a senior-laden Princeton varsity that has spent the last three seasons just one boat out of first place. The Tigers’ dual victory over Harvard...
...really close between about four teams to qualify,” Porter said. “It actually came down to the last race, and I passed two boats near the end. It was kind of lucky.”“The regatta was extremely close,” Schlitz agreed. “It really came down to the wire.”Despite the somewhat lackluster performance, the weekend’s result was still a positive one.In addition to the team’s success, a few sailors picked up individual honors over the weekend...