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...Crimson since 2001. “This is something they’ve been going after for past three years,” varsity three-seat Andrew Boston said. “And they put it together really well this season.”Princeton’s varsity eight??composed almost entirely of a 2003 freshman boat that annihilated EARC competition, won a national title, and dominated at Henley—turned its experience and years of frustration toward Harvard into an emphatic row Sunday evening in Worcester...
...good race because it sets us up nicely for next weekend.” It would have been easy for the team to let down, especially in a race against MIT, against whom they were favored. But on a day when the varsity eight??s race was cancelled, the varsity four and novice eight teams did not allow the letdown to happen. The squads took the lead, pushing the Black and White forward for next weekend’s Eastern Sprints. “The race the novice eight and varsity four had,” Antony said...
They never could. Matt Vance, Salsgiver, Klimkiewicz, and Steffan Wilson—the first four hitters in the Crimson lineup, and statistically the finest foursome in the Ancient Eight??went a staggering 3-for-33 on the day. Tigers starters Erik Stiller and Christian Staehely worked quickly, flummoxing them with a steady repertory of fastballs and off-speed stuff, the latter hitting the glove in every count...
...consecutive year.The Harvard varsity lightweights’ surge in the final 500 meters proved too little, too late in a failed attempt to claim the Goldthwait Cup in dual competition with Princeton and Yale on Saturday. An open-water win from the Harvard second varsity and the second freshman eight??s win gave the Crimson its only victories of the day, as Yale snatched the Goldthwait Cup from its recent home in Newell Boathouse.The Crimson first varsity struggled through a shaky first 1,000 meters and came alive only in the final 500, making up enough ground...
...past three years, our team has been getting faster and faster,” Bates said. “We’ve definitely been gelling together as a team more and more.”It is clear this combination of speed and chemistry has keyed the varsity eight??s success this year. But the main spark that has led to the Radcliffe’s assent to No. 1 can not be so readily seen—it takes place in the boathouse and at practice, not at its races.“The people...