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...Harvard heavyweight varsity eight missed the Grand Final for the first time in 44 years, while their lightweight counterparts also came up empty in the morning heats, falling short of the Grand Final for the first time in over six decades...
...It’s pretty tough—it was really disappointing,” said Jeff Overington, five-seat of the varsity lightweight eight. “But I think it’s impressive that Harvard has such a good record. Most other teams have good and bad performances at Eastern Sprints, and Harvard has consistently been really good. But it’s disappointing to not continue that historical performance...
Both the varsity lightweight eight and the heavyweight varsity finished second in their respective petite finals, while the Crimson second heavyweight varsity boat peered headed for a gold medal before an oarsman caught a crab in the last strokes of the race. The second varsity finished second, Harvard’s third and fourth varsity heavyweight eights finished one-two in the third varsity final and both freshman heavyweight eights won gold. The lightweights went without a medal in the top two races for the third straight year but captured bronze in the second freshman eight event...
...heavyweight varsity eight entered Eastern Sprints as reigning champion of five of the last six Eastern Sprints titles, including a gold medal-finish last year...
...second heavyweight varsity eight, the EARC’s No. 1 boat, fell to Wisconsin for the second straight year, felled by a caught crab in the final 20 strokes of the race. The Badgers crossed the line with a time of 6:17.21, just 0.2 seconds—a bow ball’s distance—before the Crimson finished in 6:17.43, despite having caught a crab during the furious fight to the finish...