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For UW men’s crew, there’s a method (and a payoff) to the madness

The beauty of coach Michael Callahan’s program is that it’s calibrated to break through all the intermittent pain and heartbreak to peak on the last day. This year, that meant using a rare duel-meet loss – to archrival Cal, no less – as the impetus for the soul-searching and seat-switching that pushed them toward the...

The Huskies’ men’s crew has become a dynasty of historic proportions, a program gaining international acclaim, and a self-sustaining force. They will graduate 14 seniors, but as one of those, Eric Ledbetter, said last week, “There’s 30-something other guys hungry to take our spots.