Word: oarsmen
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...hard to make a prediction about this lightweight crew. First, the oarsmen are, for the most part, new to the varsity boat; second, coach John Higginson is fresh this season, trying to fill the rather large shoes of departed Steve Gladstone...
While Higginson received some good returning oars from last season's second varsity, he is unfortunately blessed with only two returning oarsmen from last year's Yardling crew...
...British are a more relaxed nation of oarsmen than the Americans; the training is not what I was used to at Harvard," he said...
...next few weeks will decide the boatings for this season. Parker has already started seat racing in earnest. In a seat race two boats race any given distance and then pull to allow two oarsmen to switch across. Then the crews race over the same distance and any difference in margin indicates who made the boat go faster...
...grueling time of year for the oarsmen--not only do they lay seven months of training on the line but they must spend Spring vacation here as well, working out twice...