For both teams, the 2V race was at least as impressive, if not more so, and the heavyweight 1F’s win gave the Crimson a sweep of the top three heavyweight races.
“Those guys have pushed us, have been working extremely hard,” Meyer said of the lightweight 2V. “Their strokeman ‘Flo’ [sophomore Florian Mayr] sets a really nice strong base...They significantly controlled the body of that [Grand Final] race.”
“The 2V and the freshmen were awesome: great to see them dominate,” Jordan said of the heavyweights.
And still, no one stop to celebrate—the boats move ever forward, to the heavyweights’ storied race with Yale and to IRAs, where both boats look to avenge disappointing 2010 finishes.
Only time will tell if Harvard’s top boats on both teams are stoppable.
—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.