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Swimming for 16 hours straight in freezing water, fighting a 2-m.p.h. current and dodging ships might not be everyone's fantasy. But surrounded by his family on his 69th birthday, upon being asked how he wanted to celebrate his 70th, George Brunstad heard the words "swim the English Channel" pop out of his mouth. At that point Brunstad, who happens to be actor Matt Damon's uncle, had been swimming competitively in Masters programs for 31 years, and he had won more than 100 Masters championships. As he recalls, "Everyone said, 'Yeah, you can do it! That...
Other Harvard scorers include senior Lindsay Yourman (22:25.8) in 129th and freshman Sarah Bourne (22:49.5) in 162nd place. Last year, the Harvard women finished 26th on the heels of Maludzinski’s 69th-place finish...
Fucito knocked in the second goal for the Crimson in the 69th minute of play after Crusader freshman forward Marsalis Beckford tied up the game at 1-1 earlier in the half...
...team also boasts wins at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the New England Sloop Championships and the 69th Boston Dinghy Cup, a few names in an imposing row of top finishes this year. Harvard also captured the prestigious 55th Fowle Trophy in winning the New England Team Racing Championships...
...hold its own perfectly well in the majority of college ranking sources (it was big news, you’ll recall, when an Atlantic Monthly article placed us 5th earlier this year), one such list published in early April held that our fine institution came in at a paltry 69th place. That list, Intel’s survey of “The Most Unwired College Campuses,” was meant to assess the degree to which wireless networking technology has taken hold at educational institutions across the country. To be fair, 69th is nothing to scoff at?...