Cambridge holds weight advantage for Boat Race

Cambridge holds weight advantage for Boat Race

Published Mar. 10, 2014 11:08 a.m. ET

LONDON (AP) Cambridge will hold a slight weight advantage of about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) in the annual Boat Race against Oxford next month.

The Cambridge crew weighed in Monday at a total of 791.6 kilograms (1,745 pounds), while Oxford came in at 772.6 kilograms (1,703 pounds).

The 160th edition of the race will be held on April 6 on the River Thames.

The heaviest crew member will be Oxford president Malcolm Howard, a Canadian Olympic medalist who weighed 108.2 kilograms (238 pounds).

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Cambridge leads the series with 81 victories to Oxford's 77, with one dead heat in 1877.

Oxford won last year's race with a length-and-a-half victory.

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