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...compete in the Junior World Championships in Belgium. After a month of training with the nation’s best, Lofgren helped the U.S. beat the best on the river, as the crew claimed gold in the varsity eight final with a 2.3-second win over Germany in the Grand Final.And the victory was from start to finish—an impressive feat for an American squad that usually falls behind the blistering pace set by European crews at the beginnings of international races.“A lot of the Europeans go off the line at ridiculously high stroke...
...slower early on. “We didn’t have it together at the beginning [in heats],” two-seat Marc Luff says “But each race we got a little bit faster.”And in Saturday’s grand final, the heavyweight-laden field could only follow the path laid them by a group of lightweights racing in a four for the first time all spring.Harvard bolted to a quick lead off of the start, pacing the field through the first 500 meters.“From 600 meters...
...losing streak was capped by a loss to Boston University on the Charles River in the race for the Allen-Dewolfe trophy, a shocking defeat for the heavily favored Black and White.But the squad showed signs of improvement at Eastern Sprints in May. The team finished fifth in the Grand Finals against the top competition in the EARWC, including Sprints champion and eventual national champion Princeton. Also significant was the third-place showing of the second varsity eight, whose young members will look to step into the first varsity and bring the squad back...
Conservatives have always considered this sort of vague, unaccountable government mandate, based on the hunches and grand visions of government officials, to be inherently dangerous. After all, even if Iraq had had weapons of mass destruction, we still would not have been prepared to replace the Ba’ath Party, prevent Iran from being emboldened by the power vacuum in Iraq, or retain enough troops to threaten North Korea. There were better options available, yet Republicans committed the country to this experiment with enthusiasm...
...suck enough to not get invited back? JF: I guess not. I’m going to do the exact same material word for word. I don’t want any surprises. RR: And you’re not getting paid…JF: I normally charge 50 grand for charity shows, but I cut it to 30 for this. I made 10 million last year just doing charity events. Tim YoungStand-up comedian RR: So this is supposed to be a funny interview, and you’re a comedian so I have high hopes?...