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Radcliffe's final time was 3:55.6 into a stiff headwind. The varsity four, with stroke Barbara Norris, Anne Robinson at three, Robin Lothrop at two, Sarah Kuhn at bow, and coxswain Amy Sacks, took a come-from-behind victory. A bit of psychological warfare ensued before the race began as the crews were lined up at the stake boats. The B.U. stroke, in the lane next to Radcliffe, yelled across, "Listen, girls, they have the finesse, but we have the power...
...were watching out for the B.U. first boat," said stroke Norris. "And we didn't see their B boat move out on us." But after the settle, Radcliffe began to eat into the B.U. advantage, so that by the 400 meter mark, Radcliffe had pulled even. By the 500-meter point, Radcliffe had opened up a four-seat advantage, and was moving on every stroke. By the 750 mark, Radcliffe had a length of open water, and school was out for the beleaguered Terriers...
...Radcliffe lightweight boat of Coxswain Barbara Galton, stroke Dottie Kent, Lia Lent, Roxanne Malenbaum, Janet Gilmore, Chanan Tang, Martha Tullis, Meredith Beck and Katie McIntyre lost to the B.U. lightweights by nearly a length...
Rowing against a slight headwind the Harvard lightweight JV's with coxswain Burt Levitch, stroke Jerry Boak, Dave Porter (7), Rich Harper (6), Tim Hackert (5), Mark Sieber (4), Jack Foley (3), Greg Miller (2) and Woody Harlan at the bow slot, took off against their arch rival Princeton, and never looked back. Rowing at a 36 for most of the race, Harvard crossed the finish line at 6:30.8, with Princeton more than a length behind coming in at 6:36.2. Navy was third...
...Yardlings jumped right out at the start and were never headed. By the 500-meter mark they had a substantial five seat advantage, increasing it with every stroke. By the 1000 mark the frosh had open water on its nearest rivals and cruised to victory home-free...