Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge Boat Club members D'Arcy MacMahon, Howard McIntyre and Jack Vincent, along with Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett organized a fall race to complement their training. Hailing from England, Arlett proposed a "head of the river" race, similar in format to races taking place across the Atlantic...
Rowed over the Rochester course today to prepare for tomorrow's race with a last minute lineup change. Weather is warm and humid with a little breeze. The river is narrow and winding and our coxswain is constantly telling us when a buoy is coming up under our riggers, which is annoying as hell, but I guess it beats unexpectedly hitting a buoy that throws off your stroke. After launching off their wobbly plastic docks, we went upstream to the starting line doing some 20s at 3/4 pressure, 22 and 28 strokes per minute. Then we turned around and headed...
Friday Race Day! Today I rowed 4-seat for the first time since I can't remember. Before heading out, we gathered around for the customary Friday sacrifices to the River gods, a boathouse tradition...
...Harvard men's water polo team brought plenty of offense back to New England after its weekend excursion to California, and the Crimson unpacked its baggage last night at MIT, the trade school down the river...
...What collegiate boats would you especially want to beat? AB: We always have the river rivalries--Northeastern and B.U. We were actually able to beat Northeastern pretty badly this past weekend in Rochester, NY, and did really well. We are looking good in terms of river rivalries, but beyond that, Brown was the national championship boat last year and they'll be here so it'll be a good chance to measure off them. I don't even think they graduated that many kids. And also there's a lot of good non-Ivy League schools that have had good...