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...men’s side, finishing fourth out of 18 entries and second amongst university crews. “Even though it’s the fall, it’s still a race, and we still get excited for it,” senior stroke Andrew Boston said. “It breaks up the fall season—the fall season is a really long season, and this is a fun weekend. Rowing-wise, it’s fun to get on a race course and get some hard strokes in and get the season going...
...Final.And the victory was from start to finish—an impressive feat for an American squad that usually falls behind the blistering pace set by European crews at the beginnings of international races.“A lot of the Europeans go off the line at ridiculously high stroke rates,” Lofgren said. “But our coach [Dave O’Neil] believes in long, strong strokes, and even though it was slow and steady, we still got off the line first.” This success did not go unnoticed. As a result...
...contributor to the success of the women’s varsity lightweights a sesaon ago, as the varsity eight took home a silver medal at Eastern Sprints and grabbed a bronze at IRas in 2006.And she did it in just one year.Starting off her freshman season stroking for the varsity eight, Kharrazi rowed in the lead position throughout the spring—a tremendous feat for a first-year Radcliffe oarsman and only duplicated recently by last year’s co-captain, Sarah Bates ’06, who was the varsity stroke as a freshman in 2002.But when...
...only follow the path laid them by a group of lightweights racing in a four for the first time all spring.Harvard bolted to a quick lead off of the start, pacing the field through the first 500 meters.“From 600 meters in,” says stroke and 2006-2007 captain Nick Downing, “we were in absolute control of that race. There’s a point in a race where I think to myself, ‘It would be an absolute travesty if we lost this race...
...what they lack in height the pair have made up for with their dedication. As sophomores, both were moved up from an undefeated second varsity into the varsity eight for last May’s Eastern Sprints, Kitovitz as stroke and Stegmaier as seven-seat. They both continued to jockey back and forth in the stern pair of the top boat for the rest of that season...