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...these pages, reviewing a Harvard Jazz Band concert with trombonists Phil Wilson and Carl Fontana. And although Cramer, who would be come The Crimson’s president, expressed hope that “Monday night’s concert will signal the beginning of Harvard’s sprint to overtake the rest of the collegiate runners in a race to recognize jazz’s rightful place on campus,” not much has changed—at least by way of giving jazz greater prominence in the academic world. While jazz has yet to make...
...They didn’t pull ahead any great amount in the first sequence so that put us in a good position to make our move in the middle.”Indeed, Harvard moved through and away from Brown in the middle 1000 and then used a strong sprint to finish two boatlengths up with a time of 6:12.95. Racing in the same event, both Harvard’s third varsity and fourth varsity boats claimed open-water victories over Brown’s third varsity crew, indicating the team’s depth. The first freshman boat...
...that margin pretty consistently. They weren’t ever able to walk away from us, and we were able to walk back a bit at the end. I thought that was really encouraging for us.”The Crimson varsity increased the stroke rating in the final sprint and managed to regain contact with the Cornell eight, but the Big Red’s steady, methodical pace gave the defending champions a comfortable 4.4-second victory over Harvard. Cornell crossed in 5:46.9, with Harvard trailing by just over a boat length with a time...
...finals yesterday was made all the more impressive by the fact that the Huskies defeated the Crimson by over three seconds in Saturday’s preliminary heat. Learning from Saturday’s finish of the strength of Washington’s sprint in the last 500 meters, Harvard pushed itself to create a strong advantage from the start, beginning the race with a cleaner start and upping the stroke rating up to 36 from the 34 they raced at in the prelims. “We had a sort of relaxed sense of power,” Morgan...
BIKESMITH Work stopped at the headquarters of Koga, the high-end-bicycle manufacturer, during the sprint event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Netherlands-based company had sponsored star cyclist Theo Bos, and even watching on TV, managing director Wouter Jager, 48, knew his boy was struggling...