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Away from the friendly confines of Blodgett Pool, the Harvard men’s water polo team stumbled this past weekend at the ECAC Championships, suffering its first multi-loss weekend of the season to finish in eighth place.Coming off an impressive comeback win against MIT, the team lost a bit of luster in foreign waters, losing two games on Saturday against Princeton and Johns Hopkins, 10-8 and 13-11, respectively.The frustration continued yesterday, as the Crimson finished the weekend with its largest margin of defeat, falling 17-11 to George Washington.Marked by offensive inconsistency and an unusual number...
...approach shot close and managing a low putting total” was the name of the game. Harvard’s two most notable individual performances came from sophomore Sarah Harvey, whose 153 (77-78) tied her for third, and senior Jessica Hazlett, who earned a tie for eighth with her score of 156 (79-77). Sophomore Claire Sheldon tied for 14th, shooting a 159 (78-81). Her 21 pars were the second most of anyone in the field. Freshman Mia Kabasakalis tied for 25th with a 162 (80-82), and junior Ali Bode recorded a 165 (86-79), putting...
...held steady in all categories since the most recent set of national tests in 2005. (Only Rhode Island and North Dakota missed the mark.) Reading scores among fourth-grade students edged up a few points to reach a historic high, as did math scores for both fourth- and eighth-graders. But there wasn't much narrowing of the achievement gaps between white and minority students. And there are still far too many kids scoring below basic levels in math and reading, as detailed in the maps above. [This article contains a diagram. Please see hardcopy...
...them is junior receiver Nick Johnson, who has averaged more than 27 yards per catch this year. Junior punter Jason Leo’s 43.3 yards per punt will also be a challenge for the Crimson. His record for average yards per punt stands at eighth in the nation and he has a personal long record of 65 yards...
...weekend, managing a fourth-place finish. The Crimson, which gained a total of 286 points over the two-day contest, was just one point better than fifth-place British USA, and two points in front of Penn in sixth. Harvard, which ended its first day of the regatta in eighth place, used a key performance from freshman skipper Teddy Himler and freshman crew Grace Charles in B-division to boost the Crimson in the overall rankings. “[They] had a really fantastic Sunday afternoon,” senior captain Kyle Kovacs said. “They?...