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...Cliffe eight, obviously miffed at the Sprints Committee's decision to seed Princeton first, completely dominated the eights competition in yesterday's regatta on the Charles River Basin After destroying the competition in the morning heats with a very fast 4:08 clocking and a 14-second spread against a blustery 20 m.p.h. headwind, Radcliffe pulled away in the second 500 meters of the finals to win the title by open water...
...biggest surprise of the race was the total collapse of first-ranked Princeton. The Nassau eight, on the strength of its undefeated record and one-second win over Radcliffe, had been given the top seed. But the Princeton women never got untracked, finishing the morning trials in a lackluster time of 4:20.9 and limping home fourth in the finals...
...number two seed could work to Radcliffe's advantage though, as Princeton must face Conn College in the morning preliminaries, while Radcliffe's toughest foe will be the Williams eight that finished a distant third to the 'Cliffe last weekend...
Although the 'Cliffe eight didn't gather in the number one seed, the Radcliffe fours entry will be the top ranked boat Sunday. Princeton is ranked second. The 'Cliffe quartet also has been realigned since last Sunday's triumph over Williams. Baker has moved Judy Levine to bow, with Kathy Barbash at two, Debbie Harrington at three and Dottie Kent at stroke. Sally Parker will cox the four...
...Crimson is seeded second in the regatta and, if the seeding committee had simply gone by times over the season, probably should have been seeded first. But the lower seed may well work out in Harvard's favor...