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...senior at Archbishop Hanna High School in Chalmette, La., San Salvador’s pure swing generated 12 homers and 40 RBI. When he came to Harvard, his natural power stroke impressed right away. Walsh used him at designated hitter and plugged him into the three-hole to begin his freshman season...
...Crimson took a 30-stroke move, as planned, and managed to gain a few seats. But despite 20 good strokes around the 500-meter mark, Harvard lost its momentum and sight of the competition...
Harvard will also gain speed as the boats adjust to the new lineups, as the strokes of both the first and second varsity boats were racing their first races as stroke. The Crimson has the next two weeks to settle into the new lineups as the boats prepare for the EARC Sprint Championships on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass...
Radcliffe’s momentum was broken slightly when Northeastern’s second varsity eight rallied from its third place position after 1800 meters in the final twenty strokes to force a photo finish. After reviewing the videotape of race’s finish, officials declared Northeastern the winner and gave second place to BU, two-tenths of a second ahead of Radcliffe. Indeed, the Terriers and the Black and White were so close that BU edged Radclife by less than a stroke...
When it finally did, adrenaline pushed the Black and White to an even higher stroke rating than it had planned during its new start sequence...