Word: yales
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...victory is Yale's second straight and fourth ever in the Sprints. The Elis also earned the Rowe Cup, signifying the highest combined total of points in the varsity, junior varsity and freshman races at the heavyweight level. Harvard won the Rowe Cup in 1978 and 16 other years, but lost at all three levels this year, giving Yale its second Rowe...
Both leaders began the race without any problems, but Yale soon opened up a quarter-of-a-length lead which it maintained until the 500-meter mark...
With one-quarter of the race gone, Yale moved to a three-seat lead, rowing at a 36-strokes-per-minute cadence, and Harvard, at 37, still could not gain...
...Harvard eight, averaging 6-ft. 2-in. and 175-lbs. is Parker's smallest heavyweight crew ever. Yale, boasting two men at 6-ft. 7-in. and several at 6-ft. 3-in., maintained a steady cadence throughout the race, but by virtue of its longer, more powerful strokes, pulled away from the fast-plowing Crimson...
...Yale's junior varsity, which won in 6:25.4, also opened up the margin with 500 meters to go, while Northestern (6:28.8) just nipped previously undefeated Harvard (6:29.3) at the finish...