Word: sprinting
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...took a length's lead over Williams into the last 500 meters of the 1500-meter contest, but confusion over the location of the finish line resulted in a late sprint. Williams had cut the lead to two seats before Radcliffe responded by upping the cadence with only ten strokes to go and preserving the victory...
...final sprint was the big story--for the last two weeks, when Harvard needed the fast finish, it wasn't there. And Saturday was the right time to find it, for the Navy crew was not about to fade or catch a crab, as Columbia and Dartmouth were kind enough to do last month...
...meters Navy made its move, picking up the cadence to 39. The Harvard lead soon dwindled to six seats, but the Crimson met the challenge with a 400 meter sprint, and the crossed the finish in 6:09, edging Navy by a second...
...against Harvard, for even this year's young boat has gelled quickly, outdueling Syracuse in a stretch sprint and breezing over Brown in a confidence-builder last weekend. The outcome of this race will indicate what Harvard faces in a coming showdown with Penn and at the Eastern sprints...
Coach Pappy Hunt watched his 440-yd. relay team clip a full second off the old standard and sprint to first place. Kathy Rice, Val Moore, Kim Claermont and Pat Golpaul passed the baton across the victory stripe...