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...Harvard had held the top rank in the nation after easy victories in its first five races. The race began as usual, with Harvard starting strong and holding a six-seat lead through the first 1500 meters of the course. However, Navy bested the Crimson boat in the final sprint, upsetting the nation’s top seed by half a second...
Harvard learned its lesson and devoted significant portions of practice to the sprint, after receiving a wake-up call...
Going into the climactic race of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association’s national championships on Saturday, the Harvard heavyweight first varsity expected its toughest challenge, a sprint down to the final 20 strokes. Never mind that the Crimson had won every other race this year by more than a length. This time, with the stakes so high, highly touted boats from Washington, Wisconsin and four-time defending champion California were supposed to make it close...
...Crimson varsity boat fell back a couple seats off the start, but pulled ahead by the 500-meter mark. Knowing of the Lions’ fast sprint at the finish, Harvard did not just sit on its lead...
Radcliffe thrived during the middle 1000 meters, making a significant dent in the Tigers’ lead as the race reached the final sprint...