Word: cups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...elder Caulkins finally decided to quit swimming for a while so that she could devote her energies to water polo and escape from her sister's long shadow. After she moved out to California to train, the older sister's efforts paid off as she made the World Cup water polo team that summer and was subsequently offered full scholarships to college in both swimming and water polo...
...Harvard men's lightweight crew has a 12-year habit of going to the Eastern Sprints Championship and coming back with the Jope Cup. But now there's a bit of spice in the offing this year, for it seems the lights will have to defend the title without a freshman eight...
...weighted heavier in the scoring at the Sprints, but still account for only a little more than two-thirds of the points. Varsity captain Jeffrey MacMillan says the lights may have to win both races, and even then the rowers could not be certain to hold onto the Cup...
Races are still ultimately decided on the snow, however, and last week both Stenmark and Phil Mahre faulted momentarily under the pressure. At Borovets, Bulgaria, a second place in the G.S. would have won the Cup for Phil, but he wobbled in fifth behind Stenmark and the lanky, sandy-haired Zhirov, who won. A day later, a slalom win would have given Stenmark another five points to cushion his lead, but once more Zhirov won, and while a second place would again have wrapped it up for Phil, the wrong Mahre took second. Phil came in third behind his brother...
...season was the giant slalom, the technically most demanding of the races. Next? asked a reporter. "A summer doing absolutely no skiing," was the answer. Then Mahre, with a grin, returned to the subject at hand. "Ah, but you know, it's really the thing, that World Cup. Three events in top skiing. It's the best in the world you can ever hope...