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...finished the weekend in fourth place. In the first round, Harvard took revenge on No. 4 Cornell, a team they had lost to, 6-3, earlier in the season. This time around, the Crimson had the edge and defeated their Big Red opponents, 5-4. A loss against eventual-champion Trinity sent the Crimson into the bronze medal matchup against a strong Rochester team, where it battled for third, but came up short, losing 7-2.Harvard deemed the fourth place finish a success, but the team is looking to exhibit its individual talent and make a big impact on the college...
...finished the weekend in fourth place. In the first round, Harvard took revenge on No. 4 Cornell, a team they had lost to, 6-3, earlier in the season. This time around, the Crimson had the edge and defeated their Big Red opponents, 5-4. A loss against eventual-champion Trinity sent the Crimson into the bronze medal matchup against a strong Rochester team, where it battled for third, but came up short, losing 7-2.Harvard deemed the fourth place finish a success, but the team is looking to exhibit its individual talent and make a big impact on the college...
...stellar performance this season that Leen sits one position below him in the rankings. O’Connor defeated Leen this past November at the Binghamton Brute Open, just miles from his hometown. While O’Connor’s 7-5 overtime victory over the defending national champion was one of the best of his life, he described it quite humbly and simply: “really close match.” O’Connor conveys this level of humility not just in casual conversation, but in wrestling spheres as well. He bounced back from a torn...
...result, wind turbines now dot Denmark, the country gets more than 19% of its electricity from the breeze (Spain and Portugal, the next highest countries, get about 10%) and Danish companies control a whopping one-third of the global wind market, earning billions in exports and creating a national champion from scratch. "They were out early in driving renewables, and that gave them the chance to be a technology leader and a job-creation leader," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council. "They have always been one or two steps...
Harvard women’s swimming and diving looks to make a splash tomorrow in East Meadow, N.Y. at the three-day Ivy League Championships. The Crimson (6-1, 6-1 Ivy) has been cruising through its season, losing only one meet to the reigning three-time Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers (7-0, 7-0). When Harvard faced the Tigers earlier this month, Princeton escaped by a narrow 22-point margin, and this weekend the Crimson is looking for revenge. Harvard is in an eerily familiar position heading into the weekend’s meet. Last year?...