Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity sailing team and MIT tied for second place in the Nevins Trophy Regatta at King's Point, N.Y. last weekend. Princeton, with a total of 124 points, won by three points...
Harvard, MIT, and Princeton all held the lead at various times until the last race. Rodriguez called the regatta, which was marked by keen competition between these three schools, "the most thrilling in my last two or three years...
Officially, the margin of triumph was three-quarters of a length and the time was 6 minutes, 57 seconds. Though the race was close, the lightweights had conquered Thames and four other heavyweight crews to win the Thames Challenge Cup. Harvard was the only American victor in the entire regatta...
...lightweight crew: to beat the heavyweights in a straight race." The eight was the lightest crew there, and were proportionally handicapped. The careful training of long months on the Charles and in the tank, however, paid off; for the first time in the 128-years history of the Henley Regatta, Harvard triumphed...
Henley soon lost the glamour of regatta week. The grandstands disappeared, traffic flow through the quaint town square returned to normal. But to eight Crimson rowers, their coxswain, their coach, and to their thousands of fans, this little village would always be a symbol of a magnificent effort.The lightweight eight in the Thames lock...