Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...raced throughout his career, Coastal had not been entered in the other Triple Crown events. He came to Belmont as the perfect dark horse for a race that treats long shots kindly. Casual racing fans may favor the julep-soaked hoopla of the Kentucky Derby or the high-speed sprint of the Preakness, but the Belmont and its demanding distance hold a special place of honor among horsemen: "The Test of the Champion." Only a horse in top form and full of racing heart can make the final closing rush for this third and most difficult leg of the Triple...
...minutes, the freshmen heavies embarked on the Grand Finale. As the boats came into the view of the crowd gathered at the home stretch, Yale held about a half-length lead on Harvard and Northeastern. With just 400 meters to go and the boats in an all-out sprint to the flag, the Harvard eight suddenly stopped dead, Cornell and Wisconsin whisking past like a pair of flashes...
...prisoners" louder than ever and vowing revenge for the May 6 loss to Yale, was just one of four boats that could not make up the difference. After rowing furiously hard through the middle 1000 meters of their race, the lights fell victim to exhaustion in the closing sprint. The Elis took an obnoxiously comfortable win while hard-charging Princeton closed with a flourish that left Harvard third...
...undefeated Elis took an early lead in the Eastern Sprint championship race in Worcester and steadily expanded its lead over the 2000-meter course, finishing with a length-and-a-quarter margin over the Crimson and a time of 6:09.1 to Harvard's 6:12.5 and Dartmouth...
...sprint was amazing," bow seat Nelia Worsley said after the race. "If Meg had known, if anyone had known we would move like that, we would have sprinted earlier and caught Wisco...