Word: tailwind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Northeastern, which beat California in a morning quarterfinal by 3.8 seconds, presented a much greater challenge for the Crimson, the regatta's defending champions. But aided by a strong tailwind, Harvard gradually pulled ahead of the Huskies--leading by one-quarter length at the 500-meter mark, onehalf length by the 1000-meter mark and three-quarters of a length with 500 meters...
...There are headwind crews and there are tailwind crews," Harvard's eight-man added, "but the good crews can win in both types of conditions...
Harvard's lightweight JV rowed brilliantly in the strong quartering tailwind, shattering the previous record--set by Yale in 1982--by over three seconds...
...junior varsity action, the Dartmouth crew used a slight tailwind top soundly beat Radcliffe...
Where they were was in the inside of a course with a wicked bend at the 600-meter mark. Going from a crosswind to a tailwind after the curve, the Crimson oarsmen found themselves a length behind a host Penn squad and far behind the Midshipmen...