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Bill Leavitt's once-beaten Yardling crew, with Nick Platt at two in place of Fritz Schwarz, races an Eli eight which finished two and a half lengths ahead in the Eastern Sprints. The lanky 'Crimson yearlings have rowed well over the past week and have learned to handle rough...
The freshman victory was Coach Corey Whyn's seventh straight after a loss to Exeter in the season's opener. Crimson defeats came in the first singles, where Steve Gottlieb lost to Bill Cullen, 6-0, 6-4, and in the fourth, where Dough Gardner was edged in three sets...
Coughlin attended Roxbury Latin and did not learn to row until his freshman year at college. He made the Yardling lightweight eight that year and has rowed with the varsity ever since. He rowed at both two and four this year.
The varsity 155-pound crews closed a dismal season Saturday, losing in the preliminary heat of the Eastern Rowing Championships at Princeton, but an undefeated Yardling eight easily topped 11 other freshman eights to win the first championship for Crimson teams this spring.
Princeton's freshman eight finished more than two lengths back in the finals as the Yardling won in 7:41.4. The Crimson shell was never headed and did not even sprint at the finish, closing with an easy 34.