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...beyond their grade level (and in some cases much more; two of the school's prodigies have virtually exhausted the undergraduate math curriculum at the University of Nevada, Reno, whose campus hosts the academy). Among Davidson's students are a former state chess champion, a girl who was a semifinalist in the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge at age 11 (the competition is open to kids as old as 14) and a boy who placed fourth in both the Nevada spelling and geography bees even though he was a 12-year-old competing against kids...
...wasn’t particularly thrilled at the loss, but Blake wasn’t distraught, either, as he embraced Agassi after the final point. Blake knew what he’d just had a hand in, and there was just no disagreeing with the bald, 35-year-old semifinalist when he said, “There are few moments on a tennis court that are that special...
...threshold of greatness (Bjorn Borg, who reached the quarter finals in 1973 at 17; John McEnroe, who gained the semis at 18 in 1977). On the other hand, think of Chris Lewis, who made it to the finals in 1983, and last year's quarterfinalist Paul Annacone and semifinalist Pat Cash, who have yet to convert their moments of glory into a permanent condition...
Though Harvard did not control the doubles draw as it did the singles, the Crimson still managed two of the four semifinalist teams...
Though Harvard did not control the doubles draw as it did the singles, the Crimson still managed two of the four semifinalist teams...