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Four members of Radcliffe's 1974 sprint champion eight powered the winning boat. They were Katie Moss at bow, Allison Hill at two, Allison Hall at three, Wiki Royden at stroke and co-captain Nancy Hadley...
...straining at the ergometers, puffing up and down the stadium steps and running circuits. During spring vacation the crew stayed in Cambridge and held double daily practices. The boat, stroked by former heavyweight crew captain, Gene LaBarre, '73, edged out Lowell House by what was to become classic Kirkland sprint finishing style, and captured the intramural House championship...
...varsity heavyweight eight was the undisputed national collegiate champion. After trouncing all opposition en route to an undefeated regular season, the heavies captured the Eastern Sprints title. The Crimson went on to overwhelm Intercollegiate Rowing Association champ Wisconsin and handily defeat the University of Washington, the Western Sprints champ, to put to rest all claims that it was not the best in the land. The meeting between the Eastern and Western Sprint champions was billed as the first real race for the national heavyweight title. Although many critics doubted whether Harvard could hold its own against the Huskies, stroke...
Radcliffe achieved unprecedented success, as both the varsity eight and the varsity four won Eastern Sprint titles. Although both boats failed to capture national titles and the right to represent the United States at Lucerne for the world championship, they were defeated by boats made up of the best from several colleges and boat clubs. Both the eight--which last year consisted of cox Nancy Hadley, Allison Hill, Connie Cervilla, Wiki Royden, Judith Ames, Alison Hall, Jenny Getsinger, Marie Adams, and Katie Moss--and the four--Barbara Norris, Anne Robinson, Sarah Kuhn, Robin Lothrop, and cox Amy Sachs--should...
...mustache and trademark eyebrows are snow white, and Wayne Morse looks his 73 years. But he refuses to act the senior citizen. At a Memorial Day picnic, Oregonians, who call him the Old Tiger, watched him sprint across the grass after a sign that had been blown from a tree. Next day Democrats showed confidence in his wind by nominating him for his old seat in the U.S. Senate...