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...boathouse,” he says.Once again, Benkreira was present at the forefront of change sweeping across his school’s crew program. There are now two black oarsmen on Harvard’s lightweight team, and a black coxswain with the heavyweights.Fellow Wilson graduate Aquil Abdullah, the first African-American oarsman to qualify for the Olympics in 2004, is an inspiration to Benkreira and the face of the changes coming to the sport. Abdullah was initially a walk-on at George Washington, where he earned a scholarship after just one semester on the water. He has become...
Still, his late decision revealed great confidence in his own ability. And that confidence was rewarded when Smith edged Aquil Abdullah in the 2,000-m trials by a scant third of a second, or about 18 in. over the 1 1/4 miles of the course. It was the closest finish in trials history. Smith has spent the intervening weeks smoothing out his stroke in two-a-day training sessions on Lake Carnegie near Princeton, N.J., and nursing nagging injuries (back, ribs, thigh) accrued in a decade and a half of competitive rowing...