Members of the Rutgers University womens first varsity crew team battle for position against Princeton University during an open meet on Princeton's Carnegie Lake.

	The team gathers for a pre-practice meeting in the Rutgers boathouse at the break of dawn.
	The Scarlet Knights crew team rows against the current on the Raritan River during an early-morning practice.

	Rutgers crew teammates Sarah Kovach-Orr, left, and Karen Cornell gasp for air following a 2000 meter race against Princeton, Oregon State, and George Washington University.

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