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...strong seasons in 2006 and 2007, Cornell bested Harvard twice when it counted most. And in ancient rowing tradition, race winners take home the losing crews’ T-shirts along with their gold medals.Watching Cornell put on the Crimson colors is an unpleasant sight for any Harvard oarsmen??but especially for Mulcahy, who returned home to see the Cornell crew sporting his shirt during practice in Ithaca.“I spent a lot of time in the summer out in a single on the inlet, and since we start later, Cornell is typically out for about...
...each of the past two seasons, the varsity lightweight boat has included two walk-ons. Two walk-ons were on the second varsity eight last year as well.By the time freshman year ends, the best walk-ons have become largely indistinguishable from recruited rowers. Usually only 12 to 15 oarsmen??recruits and former walk-ons–return for the sophomore-year campaign. “It’s really the people who have rowed before who choose to stick with it,” Muri says. “Those who rowed before they came here...
While the oarsmen??s job is to pull the hardest they can and make their boat slice through the water as quickly as possible, with a course as twisted and winding as the Head of the Charles, the role of the coxswain—who steers the racing shells and maps out the general race strategy—becomes as important as ever. A sharp turn taken too gradually and the boat loses a few seconds—precious seconds that no serious competitor can afford. Make that same mistake under a bridge and your day will...
According to Kang, keeping his oarsmen??s minds on “the meat and potatoes” means removing all other considerations to simplify the row, creating an atmosphere similar to that during the first 1,000 meters over which the Crimson has been dominant all season long...
Eight rowers, including six returning oarsmen??co-captain Alex Binkley, Mercaldi and senior Jake Sattelmair along with juniors Pat Haas, Mike Kummer and Rogers—rowed every stroke of every regatta together last year...
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