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...grads and brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss reached the final of the men’s pair for the US, placing sixth overall, after a tense semi-final in which they moved up from fifth to second position in the last 500, fully earning their spot in the last race with a time of 6:36.65.“In the semi-finals we started well. We still hadn’t dropped that much by 1600,” Tyler said. “It seemed like some of the guys who were out in front had paid...
Though the Crimson heavyweights may not have had a stellar season last year, there was one area in which they shined: the freshman squad’s record in spring 2008 was the stuff dreams are made of. The first freshman boat went undefeated in dual racing and finished up the season in similarly spectacular style, with victories at Eastern Sprints and the Harvard-Yale Regatta, a semifinal place in Henley Royal Regatta’s Temple Cup, and a third-place finish at IRAs to very strong California and Washington teams.“Bill [Manning] is a really...
...race for the Presidency pushes towards that fateful November Tuesday, many of us continue to be concerned about our country’s place in today’s world. “The Freedom Agenda: Why America Should Spread Democracy (Just Not The Way George Bush Did),” journalist James Traub’s pointed study of America’s attempts to promote democracy abroad and the damage those attempts have done to our image, could not have come at a better time.Traub takes the reader through the history of America’s foreign expansion...
...freshman year competing for the Crimson, Schreck discovered he had a lot to learn. “Collegiate rowing is a totally different world from high school rowing in a number of different respects,” Schreck observed. “The mental aspect, the training, the racing, everything is just a level up in intensity.”Despite the adjustment period, Schreck has learned much—and thrived—under Parker’s tutelage. Since rowing in the second freshman eight, Schreck has worked his way up. Last season, he rowed in the varsity...
...lightweights also fell short—their varsity crew was conspicuously absent from the Grand Final for the first time in over six decades.For the heavyweights, the Sprints result differed markedly from their performance during the rest of the season. The varsity eight went 5-1 in dual racing, falling only to Brown. At the San Diego Crew Classic—the regatta that kicked off the 2008 spring season—the heavyweight eight defeated strong Western crews from California and Stanford en route to a third-place finish. The optimistic start and consistent dual racing performances only sharpen...