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...Heaving a 16-lb. metal ball farther than anyone else in the world takes prodigious strength. It also takes grace, balance and technique. Parry O'Brien was a shot-put champion whose great innovation was a 180� spin that built momentum for his toss. He broke the shot-put world record 17 times between 1953 and 1959 and in four Olympic Games took home two gold medals plus a silver. O'Brien, 75, had a fatal heart attack while competing in a Santa Clarita, Calif., swim meet...
Finkton—who wasn’t even originally planning on competing Saturday night—was declared champion. Looks like this is one Harvard kid who’s not going to get schooled...
...prefrosh. “They thought it’d be funny to try and get me to do something like that.” Finkton had reason to thank his prefrosh by the end of the night. After three rounds of competition, he was crowned freestyle champion. Aside from Finkton and Lombardo, Saturday’s competition also featured William C. Quinn ’10 a.k.a. ‘Jam Master Q,’ Malcolm R. Rivers ’09, Lev A. Shaket ’10, and Suffolk University freshman Cameron B. Parke...
...shoot our potential. I would argue that happened almost all year long and was exemplified by today.” Shuman led the competition during the first two rounds on Saturday, only to finish in fourth place yesterday. The freshman ended up two strokes behind the individual champion, Columbia’s Chris Condello. Shuman said he was “knee deep in divets” during the third round, which he finished seven strokes over par. Freshman Danny Mayer finished 19th individually, scoring 21 strokes over par. He had three birdies during the second round, his best round...
...winter and early spring. Though some facets of their games showed their potential for success, none of Harvard’s golfers mustered a solid enough all-around performance to break into the top five, with the Crimson’s lowest-scoring golfer, sophomore and defending Ivy League champion Emily Balmert, coming in seventh with a combined score of 238 (78-80-80). That performance did, however, earn Balmert a spot on the All-Ivy team. “Emily worked really hard to make sure that her long game was cooperating,” Rhoads said...