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Men's Heavyweight Crew Sweeps Harvard-Yale Regatta | Sports on Astini News
Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2012 by astini
It's not The Game, but The Regatta.
And after Harvard men's heavyweight crew's sweep of Yale in the 147th showdown between the two sides, the Crimson has now dominated both historic events in the 2011-12 season.
"All of the seniors thought it was really important to us to leave a little legacy as we are graduating," said senior Nick Jordan, five seat of the second varsity eight. "I was really proud of all of the boats doing well in occasionally tough conditions."
With Saturday's results on the Thames River in New London, Conn., Harvard recorded its fifth straight sweep of the Bulldogs and its 12th varsity win over Yale in its last 13 tries.
The Crimson seniors capped off their H-Y careers by never having experienced a loss to their historic rivals during their four years on the team.
"It's pretty special that no boats have lost to Yale in my memory," captain Michael DiSanto said. "I have never been down here and known a loss to Yale. We have now tied the longest record for consecutive sweeps at five, and it was cool having been a part of four of them."
Jordan reflected on the uniqueness of the historic Harvard-Yale Regatta experience.
"You are engulfed in the team all the time and away from all other distractions," Jordan said. "You really appreciate the guys in your crew and the tradition of Harvard rowing as a whole."
The Harvard first varsity eight capped off its undefeated dual season with a 9.9-second victory over the Bulldog crew on the four-mile course. The Crimson finished in 19:41.3.
The Harvard rowers' previous H-Y experience helped contribute to their success on the longer-distance course.
"[Harvard coach] Harry [Parker] builds in training for this race throughout the year, since our first week in school," DiSanto said. "It is not the first time we are seeing the four-mile distance.... And, as a senior, you have done it a few times before. We had four seniors in the boat, so we had some knowledge of how to race the four-mile distance, which was helpful."
The second varsity race was the most uneven matchup of the day. The Crimson took the lead early in the race and continued to stretch it throughout the three-mile course. Harvard won in 14:55.5 with a 31.7-second margin over Yale.
"I think Yale just didn't show up to race," Jordan said. "We were pretty confident going in. But we thought they were going to be aggressive off the start and try to throw us off our game, so we tried to do the exact same thing."
After taking a boat-length lead over the Bulldogs, the whole boat was energized to keep increasing the gap.
"We took 12 seconds in the first third of the race," Jordan said. "We kept going for more. We got pretty tired for the second half of the race because we had put a lot into the first half. But by then, we had a really good margin and just cruised on over to the finish."
The freshman eight posted an 8.5-second win over Yale after the two-mile race had to be paused and restarted by officials. Large waves from a passing speedboat disrupted the crews and threatened to affect the race. After the restart, the Crimson finished off the last half mile of the race for a combined winning time of 10:25.6.
The combination fours raced on Friday, with both Harvard crews finishing ahead of the Bulldogs. The Crimson A and B fours finished in 11:22 and 11:27, respectively, over Yale's time of 11:48.
IRA National Championships are the last remaining event of the collegiate rowing season. Harvard looks to boost its speed as it will face big-name crews in the faster-pace championship racing.
"We have certainly picked up some speed from where we were at [EARC] Sprints," DiSanto said. "Harry [Parker] has worked us hard, and we have responded well. I am excited to get on the water down in New Jersey and see how fast we can get it going."
—Staff writer Alexa N. Gellman can be reached at agellman@college.harvard.edu.
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