Dartmouth holds an all-novice/freshman event every year for the local New England D-I teams called the Green Monster. The race is simple--all the novices launch together in the frigid cold of Hanover's early interpretation of November. The row up to the start and mill around above the start line until all the boats are there, and then start en masse to the finish line down the Connecticut River. The top two boats from each program are supposed to be even and the combined fastest time of the winner earns their team a Ben & Jerry's Vermonster. How appropriate.
The NU Novices brought 3 of their 4 Novice 8+s up to the race and did very well. The A boat finished just two seconds behind Radcliffe, which was a great improvement on their last race at the Charles. Dartmouth only entered one boat and won, with Radcliffe and NU close on their heels. The B and C boat finished 12th and 15th, respectively.
The Novice team is looking forward to their final race of the year--along with the Varsity squad--the Foot of the Charles on Nov. 17th.
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