'They Just Got Tired Faster'
"We were down by a length at the mile mark, but there we just blew 'em away. And there we knew we could win," coxswain Rekha Nimgade said after the race.
Last week at the Sprints an errant sailboat crossed the novice's path in the finals, costing them a shot at a respectable finish. This week, Nimgade's power effective, for the eight responded by picking up and driving by a fading Yale boat.
"The great thing was that at the beginning of the season a lot of people lacked confidence in themselves. But now I really think they really believe in themselves," Cathy Dement said yesterday.
"The basic gist of the race is simple: we just beat the hell out of them," said Candy Hooper yesterday.
The Radcliffe varsity lightweight four was originally scheduled to race Yale's strong heavyweight novice four, but Yale unfortunately cancelled the contest on Saturday morning.