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Even foreigners who are not so surprised upon their arrival in the U.S. comment on the clear differences between athletic programs here and abroad. Hurdler Steve Ezeji-Okoye expected, and found, much more lavish and modern track facilities here than if he had gone to college in England. "That's the reputation the United States has abroad," he says...
...result, most serious athletics take place outside the universities. "If you want to do athletics really seriously," notes Ezeji-Okoye. "You have to join a club They're pretty well organized, along the lines of a college track team here." Clubs often here coaches, but their competition with colleges or other clubs is basically informal Even soccer clubs in South America, where the sport is an international obsession, tend to be casual affairs, according to senior forward Mauro Keller-Sarmiento, and Argentinian. And in England, says might meet on a Saturday and play a game, and then the next Wednesday...
...foreigners see it, the underlying reasons for the differences in the levels of sports programs lie in American attitudes about competition. Ezeji-Okoye, who attended a school in England which had a group of American and Canadian students, notes that "it was always the North Americans who were far more competitive and gung-ho about sports they were always much more geared toward doing their best in every meet...
What hurt Harvard the most, however, was the disqualification of Dwayne Jones and Steve Ezeji-Okoye Jones looked like a sure winner in the 400, when Penn's Jeff Hill tried to pass him coming down the stretch. There was some contact, and Jones was called for pushing...
...previous race, Ezeji-Okoye was pushed while rounding the first turn of the 500 He fell out of his lane, lost his stride and failed to finish...