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...reaped great rewards. Christensen, an All-American, became just the third Harvard female to win at the Penn Relays. She brought home the high jumping gold, clearing a height of 179 cm, by out-jumping athletes who had podium-placed at the indoor NCAA Championships last month. Christensen placed fourth at that meet.Now the junior joins an elite group of Crimson female athletes to claim victory at the Penn Relays, an event that boasts some of the strongest talent Harvard faces all year. Olympian Brenda Taylor ’01 and two-time high jump champion Dora Gyorffy...
...many fans who had traveled from Hanover to their feet. Dartmouth lefty slugger Santomauro wasted no time getting the Big Green on the board in the nightcap, showing opposite-field power with a two-run shot to left-center in the first. Dartmouth added single runs in the third, fourth, and fifth innings, running the score to 5-0 before Big Green coach Bob Whalen lifted Pruner for Zeis in a surprising move. DARTMOUTH 7, HARVARD 3Lightning isn’t supposed to strike twice, but the opener of Saturday’s twinbill saw senior shortstop Jeff Stoeckel commit...
...year,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “You’re thinking things are going to turn around, and they get worse. You feel like ‘shoulda, woulda, coulda, almost, what if, if only.’”In the fourth game, however, the Crimson’s fortune finally reversed itself. After trailing for the entire contest, Harvard scored two runs in the eighth and then exploded for eight runs in the ninth inning to win the game 10-8. “Getting that last win definitely made everybody...
...half.“It was definitely a very competitive event,” Garrity said.The Crimson also sent boats to closer regattas—the BU Trophy and the Geiger Trophy hosted by MIT—and saw mixed results. With 136 points, Harvard notched a fourth spot, just behind the host Boston University boat. And with 227 points, Harvard placed sixth of six teams down the river at MIT.On tap next for the Crimson is the New England Team Race Championship in Providence, R.I. With the National Championships in Newport, R.I., next weekend’s regatta will...
Stansell, Howes and Gonsalves were monitoring the jungle as part of a U.S. aid project called Plan Colombia. Begun in 2000, the plan has cost more than $5 billion, making Colombia the fourth largest recipient of U.S. aid, after Iraq, Israel and Egypt. The plan is designed to combat both cocaine production and groups like the FARC that profit from the trade. Although Colombia has failed to stem cocaine production, the cash has at the very least helped rebuild Colombia's military, which in turn has knocked the FARC back on its heels. The rebels have seen their ranks...