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Dangerous weather conditions Saturday morning forced the race to be postponed until 6 p.m., when the Black and White JV took advantage of a slight tailwind to leave its Terrier counterpart 13 seconds behind...
...varsity heavies pulled the most impressive victory of the day, beating the Huskies by two lengths on a quick course with a light tailwind. They took an immediate lead and were up by one length at 500 meters...
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...