THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT against the wind, the whole race was like doing a push-up every recovery.”5978 Staines: “With the stiff cross-headwind, the races were coming down pretty much skewed across the course.”5979 Jones: “We ended in last place and because of that, rowed in the petit final the next day. “Although we were both disappointed at not being in the grand final, I think that I was a little relieved as well. I was still very angry at Ted for messing with the boat decision, changing our times and giving us a training plan that caused us to be exhausted instead of feeling strong for the race.”5980 Staines: “Worn out and tired, the sting had gone out of our emotions.”5981 Jones: “We had a couple of beers after the semi-final race, and I felt better immediately. The Petit Final Staines: “After the disappointment of the semi, I didn’t feel the snap. I was just going through the motions.”5982 Jones: “Petits finals are for places seven through twelve. The headwind continued, and we battled the wind and the other crews to an eleventh place in the regatta. Our time was 8:04.8, and we were spent. “At least it was over. “The grand final result was: GDR CZE ROM FRG URS POL 7:17.25 7:19.57 7:21.36 7:21.72 7:24.44 7:28.92 “Yes, the wind had turned around, and instead of a gale from the bow, it was a 5978 Jones, op. cit. 5979 Staines, op. cit. 5980 Jones, op. cit. 5981 Staines, op. cit. 5982 Staines, op. cit. gentle cross wind. Poland, the crew that we had easily passed in the heats, finished sixth. “The result looked like a list of Warsaw Pact nations. Maybe we should have encouraged tearing down the Berlin Wall before the Olympics.”5983 The 1972 Olympics are best remembered for the Black September terrorist attacks. Staines: “I was actually sitting in a beer garden and enjoying myself, in Altdorf, Switzerland. I looked at the television, said, ‘Time to go back,’ walked over to the station and took a train back to Munich and stayed through to the end. The Games resumed after thirty-six hours. There had been some controversy, but the athletes were solidly in favor of continuing.”5984 Luther and his wife Linda were in the Olympic Village relaxing after the rowing events had concluded. After the attack, they left at the earliest opportunity and returned to the United States. Jones: “It was time to retire again, and I swore to never row again. “I kept that promise to myself until 1995.”5985 Nash: “Multi-sport winner in high school, a true phenom for Penn, Lujo was loved by his fairy-tale undefeated ‘68 frosh crew and elected captain. I will always remember him as a gentle giant, handsome and solid, talented, sensitive, a real thinker, and he was the youngest Olympian I ever coached.”5986 1976: Coffey-Staines Four years later, Ted’s post-graduate program, by then known as Penn Elite 5983 Jones, op. cit. 5984 Staines, op. cit. 5985 Jones, op. cit. 5986 Nash, personal correspondence, 2010 1679
