Word: vespers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that surprised, even shocked, the old alum, one aspect of the mixed racing was pleasantly familiar to him; Harvard rowed the course in the shortest amount of time. In fact Harvard's heavyweight mixed bag powered the three miles in 16 fewer seconds than Vesper, the second quickest eight...
Kelly, a powerful freestyler out of Philadelphia, where she trained with the Vesper Boat Club, stroked her way to wins in the 100-, 500-, and 1,000-yd. freestyle events, setting two new team records in the 1,000- and 500-yd. swims. In the marathon 1,000, Kelly smashed Maura Costin's old record of 11:10.5 as she turned in a 10:57.25. Kelly's 5:23.83 clocking in the 500 edged Laurie Downey's old record...
...oldest of 15 children, Walsh got her first serious swimming experience with the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia. Under the tutelage of her coach, Mary Freeman Kelly, Walsh accumulated a long list of accolades...
Harvard fours, including two boats made up by splitting the undefeated eight that conquered Henley last July, secured fourth, fifth, and seventh places in a race won by the U.S. Olympic four from Vesper. The lead lightweight fours grabbed third in a contest in which the difference between that place and the sixth was .6 seconds...
...Vesper triumphed in the women's eights, a class which encompassed 40 shells, while the Radcliffe boat trailed, finishing a distant seventh...