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Thanks to Pat Miller, the Harvard liaison for NCAA eligibility, Catliff did not lose the right to play for Harvard. She filed the waiver to release Catliff from the NCAA restrictions, which an NCAA committee approved on Friday, the day before Catliff's game...
...NCAA Administrative Committee ruled that Catliff was still eligible under a provision to the rule that allows an athlete "to participate in a competition officially recognized as directly qualifying the athlete for final Olympic tryouts," according to NCAA official Jamie McCloskey...
Though the competition was not a direct qualifier, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee was planning to attend to watch Catliff play. Said Miller, "Catliff has a good chance of being observed...
...committee which decided Catliff's case is composed of six of the highest NCAA officials. The committee meets bi-monthly by conference call, and grants waivers like Catliff's with a two-thirds vote...
Although Harvard Coach Jape Shattuck was fairly sure the waiver would be approved. Harvard Athletics Director Jack Reardon '60 was not so confident of the outcome. He said yesterday "I wanted to be sure he [Catliff] knew nothing was for sure...