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After conquering the world, Alexander must have felt pretty Great. So just imagine how Stanisa Veljkovik ’07 is feeling these days. Like his fabled countryman before him, the Canaday first-year is making history. Veljkovik is the first student from his native Macedonia to try his luck at this prestigious American university...
...fiery young Spaniard and the quirkily cool Swede were unbeaten in their four matches together. Two rookies who may make an early impact are Ireland's Paul McGinley and Phillip Price of Wales. The stocky, steady McGinley will likely partner with Harrington, his affable, slow-playing countryman. The two won the 1997 World Cup and took three of their four matches at this year's Seve Trophy, a Britain and Ireland vs. the Continent contest. Price and Fulke, both struggling this season, paired up to beat everyone else in practice fourball matches at the Belfry in May. "The other guys...
Anthony S.A. Freinberg ’04, a Crimson editor, is a history concentrator in Lowell House. He is bitter after yet again wasting two weeks of his summer fervently rooting for his countryman Tim Henman...
...more tournaments - and with them over $4 million. He now ranks fourth in the world, and currently tops the European rankings, the Volvo Order of Merit. It was bad luck that slowed his progress - but it also helped him. As an amateur Goosen was considered as good as his countryman Ernie Els. But he was struck by lightning while playing in South Africa, leading to health problems. He turned pro in 1990 but made little impression on the European Tour until he broke his arm skiing in 1999. He used the enforced two-month layoff to consult Belgian sports psychologist...
Just as Eberharter, the World Cup champion, had set up a nearly half-second lead, his countryman Fritz Strobl posted a time .28 sec. faster. And then came Norway's Lasse Kjus, .06 sec. quicker. Strobl, a personable and humorous character who in the summer months is a policeman, skied a perfect race while Eberharter made a couple of small errors. As he took in the joy of winning, Strobl said afterward, "I'm not out to beat anyone when I'm skiing. When I ski, I just want to ski well." Eberharter hid his disappointment well. "Everyone was expecting...