The second freshman race was more of the same. Harvard won with a time of 6:24.4, 5.1 seconds ahead of Dartmouth and more than 45 seconds ahead of MIT.

Harvard leads the Biglin Bowl series with 37 victories to MIT's five and Dartmouth's one. The Crimson has won the last four meetings of the three teams.

Yesterday, the lightweights went to Princeton, N.J., to face Rutgers on Lake Carnegie.

"They've posted some good results all year and are known as a crew that won't give up," Fallows said. "Their strategy was to go very hard. They front-load their race with everything they've got with the intention of gaining an insurmountable lead."

The Scarlet Knights' stradegy would prove futile as the Crimson swept the races, winning by at least three seconds in each instance.

The first varsity boat won with a time of 5:50.6 The second varsity boat cruised to a time of 6:05.6. The third varsity boat defeated the Scarlet Knights with a time of 6:24.0.

"We went in with the goal of putting together a complete race, combining the good start and good finish with a solid middle of the piece," Fallows said.

The first freshman boat had the closest contest of the day, winning by 3.05 seconds with a time of 6:20.0 The second boat won by almost 15 seconds with a time of 7:15.2.

The Crimson has next week off before facing Princeton and Yale the following week to start the Championship season.

"We know that we are in their ball park," Fallows said. "We'll just work hard over the next two weeks."

Radcliffe

The No.12 Radcliffe heavyweight squad was in action on Saturday with mixed results against No. 21 Cornell and No. 7 Princeton.

The black-and-white's third varsity boat was the only winner for the team. Radcliffe finished with a time of 7:49.2, followed by Princeton with a time of 7:52.3 and Cornell at 7:58.4.

The first and second varsity boats both came in second behind Princeton's squads. The first boat lost by 6:40.8 to 6:41.5, and the second boat fell behind 6:57.1 to 6:59.1. Both teams finished well ahead of Cornell's boats.

"Princeton is always a very, very fast team," senior coxswain Diane Makes said. "We were obviously very disappointed to lose by two seats [in the first varsity race.]"

In that race, the Tigers pulled out in front at the start. Radcliffe stayed with Princeton through the first part, before the Tigers began to pull away.