After sitting out the 2011 spring season due to a shoulder injury, Harvard senior and heavyweight rower Sam O’Connor returned to the first varsity boat this season, and it was like he never left.

Both the Harvard heavyweight and lightweight crews have experienced success during the 2011-12 season. Heading into May’s EARC sprints, both crews boasted undefeated records. While the heavyweights finished in second, the top-ranked lightweights came out on top.

After the Harvard men’s lightweight crew first varsity boat took the lead in the second half of the EARC Sprints championship race, the Crimson could not be caught.

Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew both competed in Worcester, Mass. on Sunday for the EARC Sprints championship. While the heavyweights were defeated in the first varsity race, they came away with a freshman eight title and an overall team win. The lightweights secured the varsity title for the second year in a row and placed second as a team.

Andrew Campbell established himself as the top U.S. single sculler in the summer of 2011

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It was another weekend of dominant racing for Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew.

The chance to compete in the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, may be awaiting two members of ...

Saturday proved to be a long but successful day of racing and traveling for the Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crews.