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...Harvard wrestling team stormed back from a knee injury that robbed him of a 2007-08 season, refusing to miss a beat after an entire year on the sidelines.Rather than appear tentative in his return to the mat, Caputo simply dominated his opponents, winning five straight matches to claim the Binghamton Brute Open title at 184 lbs, earning a top-10 ranking that would remain all season.But the junior was just getting started. Caputo led the Crimson in wins with a 34-8 record—the fifth-most victories in Harvard history. The standout also notched his 103rd career...
...don’t even begin to tell the story of her sensational campaign. Beginning the season against a Big 12 opponent with more than a dozen games under its belt, Brown hurled a complete-game, two-hit gem to allow the Crimson to claim a 3-2 walkoff victory—its first Opening Day win in five years.“It was my first college start, and my dad was there, and I remember coming off the field and him telling me to call my pitching coach and tell them,” Brown said...
...first two problems became nearly instantly meaningless, since Harvard coach Tim Murphy had clearly solved the third. The Crimson had a 27-0 lead by halftime and went on to win, 37-6, and claim its first Ivy League Championship since...
...regionals by clocking in at 14:01.99 to finish fifth in the 5K run. At the outdoor Heps championships, senior Shannon Flahive capped off her career by winning the heptathlon in dominating fashion—185 points ahead of her next competitor. Richardson became the first Harvard runner to claim the women’s 5000-meter title in 19 years, while Christensen became just the third Ivy athlete to win the high jump event all four years. Despite the departure of many contributing seniors who have made a lasting mark for the Crimson, the program remains in good shape...
...recent weeks, Campbell has told multiple media outlets that Harvard’s decision to bar her from graduation was unfounded and motivated by bias. While she is not making an “overall claim of racism,” she told The Globe, “I do believe I am being singled out...I’m black and I’m poor and I’m from New York and I walk a certain way and I keep my clothes a certain way,” she said. “It?...