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...disappointment of ending a five-year winning streak would be dwarfed by the events of the following week, when Harvard lost to Princeton for the first time on the Charles in coach Harry Parker’s 43-year tenure. While the Crimson entered the race as the underdog, it still had a considerable amount of tradition on its side. And even though Harvard enjoyed a three-seat lead for the first half of the race, the Tigers eventually pulled ahead for a 3.2-second victory, beating Harvard by a full boat length. “It?...
...getting his rowers to peak at the right time.2006 was no exception, as the Harvard men’s lightweight crew coach watched his top two boats medal at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships (IRAs) on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.Despite coming in as a significant underdog, the varsity eight was just edged by Eastern Sprints champion Cornell in the Grand Final, falling 0.076 seconds short of taking home the gold medal.Meanwhile, the varsity straight four outraced a field packed with heavyweight boats to capture the national title.“It’s fantastic...
Obama also said there were many similarities between Patrick’s run for Massachusetts governor and his own underdog candidacy two years ago in the Illinois Democratic senatorial primary...
...With a 52%-48% margin, Nagin, a pro-business Democrat who cobbled together enough conservative white support to give him the edge, cast himself as the underdog, a non- politician who had performed admirably under the unprecedented pressure of Katrina. Landrieu, who comes from a powerful Democratic political family (his sister is U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and his father was the city's last white mayor), ran a cautious campaign that was long on money but short on specifics...
There were the high hopes so common to March and early April, and a pair of resounding dual victories to open 2006. But unknowingly, unintentionally, and uncharacteristically, the Harvard varsity lightweights assumed the role of the underdog for the final three weeks of the dual season...