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...followed by Hart, who captured the 200-yard backstroke. Colling then won the 200-yard backstroke and Bassi would close the incredible run with a win in the 500-yard freestyle.Ledigh broke the streak with a victory in the 100-yard butterfly, the event for which she holds the fastest time in the nation this year, but by then, the damage was done.“We were expecting everyone to go really fast,” Lee said. “We were expecting everyone to swim fast and step up, and we did. We did really well...
Harvard students are known for keeping multiple balls in the air, but Zach Warren has taken the skill to a whole new level. Warren, a Harvard Divinity School student, set a Guinness World Record for the “fastest marathon while juggling three objects” with a time of 3:07:05—an average time of 7:08 per mile— at the Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 20. The previous Guinness Record was held by Canadian marathon runner Michal E. Kapral, who completed the course in 3:07:46 earlier this year. Warren said...
...number of manufacturing jobs created by foreign-based automakers in the U.S. has risen 72% since 1993, to about 60,000. (The Big Three currently account for around 240,000 manufacturing jobs in the U.S., down from 340,000 in 1993.) The Asian companies have grown the fastest. Toyota, which plans to overtake GM soon as the world's largest automaker, has 11 U.S. plants and expects to open a truck factory in San Antonio, Texas, in 2006. European brands, including BMW and Mercedes-Benz, are also growing. CAR estimates that foreign automakers operating in the U.S. add 1.8 million...
...opening contest for the Crimson, the Ivy battle was much closer because of the strong defense from the Harvard players. “For the most part we did a great job stopping their counter,” Burmeister said. “Their top scorer, who is their fastest player, only scored a goal.” Burmeister, who totaled seven saves, was helped in goal by Garcia’s blocks and steals from the quick Tiger players. Byrd and Voith also played excellent defense in front of the cage.“Robbie played really well...
...Guinn enters the final year of his busy two terms in office, his signature achievement remains the $830 million tax hike, a still controversial but realistic step to shore up the overstretched budget of the nation's fastest-growing state. "People say, 'Well, growth ought to pay for growth,' but I'm here to tell you, it doesn't," says Guinn, 69. When he was elected in 1998, little about Guinn's low-key personality or career background indicated he would try to be such a radical reformer or turn out to be such a polarizing figure. Having spent most...