Word: tailwind
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...Crimson finished almost a boat length ahead of Dartmouth, using an effective move in the final 500 meters to gain nearly four more seats in the choppy waters of a brisk tailwind. Harvard crossed in a time of 6:05.6, and Dartmouth followed in 6:07.6. Third-place MIT finished...
Aided by a swift quartering tailwind, the Black and White broke out fast against Northeastern and BC and spent all 2,000 meters widening...
Though Radcliffe had spent part of the week preparing to race in a headwind, a tailwind presented itself on Saturday, and the Black and White used it to its advantage. Though the wind made for unpredictable choppy waters, it also gave Radcliffe added speed...
...Someone made the comment “Well yeah, it was good a thing we set the world record, because if we hadn’t set the world record, we would have come in third.” A lot of it was the really strong tailwind. I actually think our heat was our best race. We were almost a little more, not hungry, but we definitely just were out of it (the start). In the final we were almost a little more conservative off the start, because we didn’t want to waste our energy...
After turning in the morning’s best qualifying time, the Black and White struggled in the Grand Finals, especially during the second 500 meters. Radcliffe fell behind Brown, Yale and the Tigers, and could not make up the distance with the strong tailwind that was blowing...