Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Grabbing a two-seat advantage off the start, the B.U. lights settled down to a 35-stroke-per-minute cadence sooner than the already trailing Radcliffe crew. Cox Susie Peterson called for a silent power ten on the settle, moving the Crimson back within striking distance. However, B.U. pulled out to a length bulge in the second 500; and the Radcliffe team could not recover, although it moved up on the leaders in the final 250 meters, upping the cadence to 38 and sprinting the last 40 strokes...
Later in the day, four J.V. members combined for the first time to put together their second win for the day. Bow Noreen Hughes, two seat Lauren Blum, three seat Cathy Vance, and stroke Kate Heller finished just under seven seconds ahead of the Smith team, despite Heller's inexperience as a stroke...
...start wasn't really great. At 20 meters we had maybe a seat lead, but I guess we really took it out," Gordie Gardiner, senior captain and stroke, said after the race...
...varsity stroke Cynthia Strong said yesterday Yale was "within reach." She explained, "Last year we tended to let ourselves get scrambled. This year our heads are very together. I think we can pull this upset...
Columbia may have been thankful for that one stroke of luck. They would, however, have needed many more double faults to give the Crimson even a hint of trouble...