Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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Heavyweights hold on to Olympic Axe

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008

In its fifth year of competition, the Olympic Axe trophy has not yet left the Gilder Boathouse.

The men’s heavyweight crew team ensured that the Axe would not make the nearly 200-mile trek to Hanover, N.H. as the Elis swept the Big Green this Saturday. In the Bulldogs’ second home weekend of the spring season, the home team won every race by a margin of at least 10 seconds.

After a loss to Brown on March 29 and a seventh-place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend, the Olympic Axe is the first race the Elis’ varsity eight has won this season. The Bulldogs beat...

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