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...this year.” The No. 10 Radcliffe heavyweight crew’s first opportunity for timed competition did not materialize this weekend thanks to unfavorable conditions on the Charles River Basin. Originally scheduled as a dual meet, the race moved upstream and was run as an untimed event. Rowing from the BU Bridge back towards Harvard to finish at the Weeks Bridge, the Black and White raced five varsity boats as well as the novice squad, while six varsity crews from Brown also raced the course, where headwinds and crosswinds proved challenging to navigate. The heavyweight crew team...
Senior Dara Wilson posted a season-best 14.46 in the 100-meter hurdles as one of three Harvard competitors to finish second in an event. Sophomore Hilary May’s 800-meter performance of 2:12.86 not only marked a second-place effort, but also a new outdoor best for the sophomore. Classmate Thea Lee earned fourth in the event by dropping more than a second from her personal best with a 2:15.24. With so many quality showings early in the season, Crimson coach Jason Saretsky pointed to the effect of group mentality within the squad...
Vanessa Duran, who was in charge of the event, reassured her, saying, “They’re probably more scared of you than you are of them...
...opportunity city officials don't want to slip by them again. In 1901, Chicago won the right to host the first- ever Midwestern Olympics, in 1904, but lost the Games to its then-rival St. Louis after that city threatened to host a competing event. For many here, the prospect of hosting the Olympics is a point of significant pride, evidence that America's third-largest city has shed its image as a blue-collar also-ran to the more urbane coastal centers. And the city's mayor, Richard M. Daley, clearly views winning the Games as a capstone...
...young musicians, raised behind the Israeli security barrier surrounding much of the West Bank, there was an added bonus to the trip: it was the first time many of the kids had seen the Mediterranean sea, which shimmered in the Spring sunshine. The kids even coaxed the event's benefactor, Sheri Arison, a philanthropist and probably Israel's wealthiest woman, onto the dance floor. (See pictures of Israel's recent war in Gaza...