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Radcliffe Heavyweights Overcome Northeastern, Brown and Charles

VARSITY 1. RADCLIFFE (bow Deborah Porterfield; 2, Jennifer Lowe; 3, Ellen Kennelly; 4, Anna Seaton; 5, Jennifer Hale; 6, Eleanor Prior; 7, Alison Townley; stroke Marianne Romak coxswain, Mary Boland) 8:07 45 2 Brown 8:13 11 3 Northeastern 8:16 44

SECOND VARSITY 1 RADCLIFFE (bow Laurie Doucette; 2, Lauren Crocker; 3, Mary Farrell; 4, Christina Erickson; 5, Serena Eddy; 6, Anne Gregory; 7, Liza Paschal stroke Jocelyn Mcarther; coxswain Rachel Ward) 2 Brown 3, Northeastern.

FIRST NOVICE 1 RADCLIFFE (bow Julia Holland 2, Beth Steinhorn; 3, Martha Rodgers; 4, Donna Marcin; 5, Kim Brown; 6, Carolyn Greis; 7, Jenny Honig; stroke Susan Forter coxswain Margaret Liu) 2 Brown 3 Northeastern.

In two weeks, the Black and white head for Lake Waramaug in New Preston, Conn, for the Eastern Sprints. The heavies will confront the most talented crews including the top-ranked Badgers from Wisconsin, whom they don't race during the regular season.

The J.V. heavies season had a happy ending this weekend.

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After losing every race of the season, the J.V.'s last race doubled as their first victory. The Black and White eked out a narrow win over Northeastern by just two seconds, while Brown fell by a boatlength.

Eager for a victory, stroke Jocelyn McArthur, replacing injured stroke Tina Holt, started the race at an unbelievably aggressive 44-stroke rating.

The first noviees' stroke, Jenny Rudolph, was also sidelined with an injury. The novices suffered their second disheartening loss of the season to Brown Radcliffe held the lead for the almost entire race, until the Bruins sprinted to a tour tenths of a second triumph.

THE NOTEBOOK: Townley yesterday scored the best hour-mile ergometer time in the country, notching a 303. Townley's efforts bettered the marks of several members of the 1984 United States Olympic team.

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