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...first varsity boat, propelled by the strength of the senior class. Physically and mentally, these veterans are ready to prove that Radcliffe is a world class team.The 2007-’08 season ended with a decisive victory in the petite finals at the NCAA Championships. The varsity eight battled to a three-second win over second-place Virginia, and the team finished in ninth place in the point tally. “We’ve been really successful these past years. I remember last year I watched them compete in the NCAAs after we had finished our team?...
...respect for him as a coach.” Since coming to Cambridge, Overington has experienced first hand the ups and downs of collegiate rowing—the team finished second at the IRA National Championships for two years in a row before failing to even field a varsity eight at nationals last spring. “We had some great races in my sophomore year,” Overington said. “We were able to continually improve through the year and ended the dual season with an open-water win at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton race. Last...
...Radcliffe lightweight crew is a program in flux.A team that had consistently won medals at the IRA National Championships, notching a bronze medal as recently as 2006, has fallen short over the past two years.In 2007, the crew’s varsity eight fell just off the medal stand, losing to a suprise Bucknell boat, which won the gold. The team was just four seconds short of third, ending the crew’s six-year run of medaling.Last spring, the program fell to a sixth- place finish, as Wisconsin regained its national championship crown.In order to respond, the crew...
Organizers said they were extremely pleased with the event. Howell said, “Last year, our first discussion had only about eight people. This year, we had about...
...couldn’t help thinking, what if we lost after two and a half years? That’s a lot of stress, and I think part of that helped me deal with the Olympic stress.”In the final, Howard’s Canadian eight took the lead early and maintained it to the finish line. They crossed in 5:23.89, with Great Britain following behind with 5:25.11.“We were able to push the British a lot harder off the line than we expected,” Howard said...