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...culmination of a dominant diving weekend for the Crimson, junior Zac Ranta took first in both the one-meter and three-meter events. Ranta claimed the one-meter dive with a score of 274.50, followed closely behind by freshman Michael Stanton, who posted...
...Harvard secured its victory through its divers, who captured both of the contest’s diving events. Ranta and Stanton brought home the top two places in the three-meter dive with scores of 331.88 and 313.28, respectively. Stanton took the one-meter event as well, keeping the divers’ record perfect for the weekend’s dual meets...
Stanton had strong performances in both events, finishing first in the three-meter dive with a score of 319.73 and third in the one-meter event scoring 280.28. Ranta performed equally strong taking second in the one-meter event with 291.30 points, just four points behind the Quaker winner, Jeff Cragg. Ranta also took third place in the three-meter event...
...mission commander asked McDowell if he felt "comfortable" performing the dangerous dive. "Sure," he responded. Seconds later, McDowell's F-15E began diving from 18,000 ft. After streaking through blackness for seven seconds at a speed of 420 ft. per second, the plane's collision-avoidance system audibly warned the crew to climb four times in quick succession. Large arrows pointing upwards flashed onto cockpit displays. The crew didn't respond. Video recorded aboard the doomed plane and evidence gleaned from the wreckage showed the crew did nothing to avoid the mountain or try to eject...
...human sleep cycle. Night-vision goggles reduce depth perception, especially when there's little ambient light and the ground is flat and barren. The crew "channelized" its attention on the attack run, ignoring warning signs that danger was imminent. Finally, "expectancy" played a role. The crew had expected to dive for 10 seconds before simulating the firing of their gun. So when the warnings sounded seven seconds into the dive, their reaction times slowed because they believed they still had thousands of feet of air beneath them...