Word: sprint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lighter (by 40 Ibs.) Cambridge shell jetted to the lead at a 42-stroke-a-minute clip. Harvard fell gradually behind. According to Coach Bolles's strategy, his crew was to conserve its strength at first, catch up with Cambridge in an all-out final sprint. But by the time Harvard made its bid, the smooth-stroking Cambridge "fast foot" had run away with the race. The blue-tipped oars of Cambridge flashed across the finish line almost two full lengths ahead of the pride of the U.S. Eastern crews. Boston and M.I.T. puffed in Harvard's wake...
...varsity race, the Crimson jumped to a half-length lead on the opening sprint and increased it to two-lengths by the Massachusetts Avenue bridge with a 28 stroke. They won going away by three lengths in 7:57. Dartmouth was never in the race, and finished four lengths behind Tech...
...lengths behind, in what seemed like a second race, B.U. sked out M.I.T., the crew which last year was the only boat to beat the Crimson and was the Eastern sprint champion. Teach's coach, Jim McMillin, seemed keenly disappointed by the loss...
Diver Peto Dillingham and sprinter Dave Hedberg in the 100-yard freestyle turned in their best performances of the year, as did the medley relay trio of John Steinhart, Ken Emerson, and Ron Huebsch. Rone Vielman was forced into a spirited last lap sprint to take the 200-yard breaststroke from teammate Emerson, who lost by inches...
Sophomore Dick Fouquet pulled the biggest upset, beating teammate Doug Kinney for the first time. Fouquet had to strain to stay even until the last 80 yards, where his sprint carried him to a two-yard victory...