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"Basically, he's already blown his past seasons out of the water," co-captain Mike Groves said. "That swim was just incredible. We were all cheering for him on the sides and we just knew it was going to be amazing."
Bill Anderson and Lorie Strait hadn't read Peter Mayle before they bought a home in Provence in 1996 for their retirement. But life in their stone house, situated amid fields of lavender and groves of oak, could easily provide a sequel to A Year in Provence.
Harvard's depth in the event was apparent as Kyle Egan placed ninth, finishing 1:48.19, and co-captain Mike Groves took 15th, touching at 1:51.58. Senior Greg Walker then placed second in the men's platform diving with a final score of 402.70 points.
The King Open School traditionally has high MCAS scores. But only 18 of the school's 32 fourth-graders took MCAS last spring, which directly affected test scores. This year the King Open's numbers are down significantly, Groves said.
Not only school district results are skewed. State education officials have urged districts to use individual students' MCAS scores to identify their strengths and weaknesses, Groves said, which becomes impossible when there are no results to analyze.