Word: sprint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson, on the other hand, has beaten all challengers except M.I.T. in the E.A.R.C. 2000-meter sprint, which the Engineers won by one tenth of a second. Yale placed sixth in this regatta...
...Crimson oarsmen's lead over their rivals that they never had to sprint. Still they recorded their best time of the season for a mile and three-quarter course, 8:55.3 as against Cornell's 9:04.5. Rowing conditions were good; the water was slightly lumpy but there was no headwind...
Walsh easily won the 440 in 54.5 seconds. The feature of this race, however, was the stretch sprint of Welch, who drove up through the pack in the last turn to take second place...
Last week at Annapolis for the Eastern sprint regatta, McMillin got another chance to change M.I.T.'s status. With 34 eight-oared shells from 13 colleges competing, spectators saw the biggest flotilla ever assembled for a crew regatta in the U.S. But for McMillin there was only one other shell on the Severn River: undefeated Harvard, which had lost only nine varsity races since 1937, had already beaten M.I.T. twice this year...
...Elis out stroked Harvard throughout the whole of last week's race, and still had the power left for a final sprint. Since then Haines has been concentrating on developing a stronger finish for his varsity, which has been the smoothest looking boat on the Charles all year, but still seems to lack the final punch. In an effort to find more power he has juggled the varsity eight in practices, but has finally decided on the same boastings as last week...