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...Saturday though, it was Harvard’s turn; BC, BU, Berklee, MIT, Emerson, and Tufts had already staked their claim and chosen one band apiece to send to the final round set for April 14 at Paradise Rock Club near BU in Boston. There, the winners of each prelim will compete for the ultimate prize: their name in Rolling Stone magazine and on RollingStone.com, a three-track EP recording session at a top studio in New York, and a cash prize. The stage was set, the Loft packed with a sold-out crowd of low-top Nike Dunk SB?...
Although he still notched very good times in the semifinals and finals the next day, Rathgeber couldn’t pull of a repeat performance of his scorching prelim time, which elevated his ranking to 14th in the world in the event. After finishing second in his semifinal heat, Rathgeber swam neck-and-neck with American teammate Robert Margalis—one of the top swimmers in the world—in the finals, but Margalis ultimately pulled away to finish second behind Thiago Pereira of Brazil. Pereira set pool and event records by clocking in at 1:57.79, while...
...here? A wake?") to find his uncle and Dallas steaming about the smear item Sidney had planted, Curtis paces, runs fingers through his greasy hair, and then picks up their cue: they want a fight, OK, he'll bounce, circle, jab and jabber like a boxer in a Garden prelim. Out on 52nd Street with J.J., he pleads, "Stop beating me on the head, let me make a living" - and on the second phrase Curtis rubs his thumbs against his forefingers like a cartoon usurer and glances imploringly to heaven. Sidney: such a thespian he is. For Curtis, the performance...
Unfortunately, Smith’s swim was followed by a disappointing 500 freestyle race for John Cole—the sophomore’s prelim race was clocked at 4:26.22, locking him in the consolation heat of the event at finals. Despite a 4:23.07 finish in the evening that would have earned fourth place (behind Klete Keller and Erik Vendt of USC and Michigan’s Andrew Hurd), Cole was stuck with points for ninth place...
Other Crimson swimmers who turned in all-star performances include sophomore Jane Humphries in the 200-yard I.M. (8th, 2:06.85, 2:05.41 prelim), junior Janna McDougall in the 100-yard freestyle (8th, 52., 51.29 prelim) and 100-yard backstroke (5th, 57.36, 57.10 prelim), and freshman Katie Wilbur in the 400-yard I.M. (5th, 4:28.14, 4:27.80 prelim...