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While junior Becky Christensen was busy last week getting old injuries examined, the Penn Relays were the farthest thing from her mind. But when doctors said her foot was cleared for jumping, she decided at the last minute to head off to Pennsylvania to compete with some of the best...
Michelle Guerette ’02, Caryn Davies ’05, Nicky Gavel ’06, and rising senior Esther Lofgren are among the women who have been invited to train with the national team in Princeton, N.J. in preparation for the Beijing Games in August.
Guerette, the only member of the Radcliffe contingent who has officially qualified for the Beijing Games, also has one Olympic competition under her belt. She was a member of the quadruple scull boat that placed fifth in Athens.
The third-place finish was good enough to earn Lofgren an automatic invitation to the eights selection camp, which will start later this week. From now until June 25th, Lofgren will be competing for a spot in the eight-seat boat that will travel to Beijing to compete in August...
How do you manage a stock market full of neophyte investors? Very carefully, China is learning. After regulators put a trading tax in place last May, the market plunged by 10.3% in the space of a week. And for many investors, that was a rude introduction to the basic lesson...