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885:Ben Wallis
497:2023-12-23
474:References
469:1994, 2022
236:Early life
193:California
128:California
109:California
89:(freshmen)
33:Head Coach
965:Mike Teti
761:row2k.com
609:11 August
231:Biography
189:2001–2004
143:2023–2024
133:2010–2023
125:1997–2008
115:1982–1994
105:1973–1980
94:1970–1972
87:Princeton
83:1966–1969
1312:(2018– )
1161:(2021– )
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975:(2018– )
62:Syracuse
422:Cornell
270:Harvard
98:Harvard
871:(1912)
863:(1909)
346:Pac-10
295:Pac-10
213:rowing
182:Brown
119:Brown
30:Title
728:2011
697:2011
671:2011
642:2011
611:2024
584:2011
537:2011
465:IRA
178:1990
155:USNA
137:Yale
42:USNA
38:Team
420:of
290:Cal
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