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...third-year grappler joined fellow junior co-captain J.P. O’Connor and sophomore Corey Jantzen as Harvard’s national championship representatives, but enjoyed by far the most successful tournament...
...After spending his sophomore season sidelined with an injury, Caputo capped a healthy junior season with a stellar overall performance. The grappler entered the championships as the 11th seed, upsetting sixth-seeded Joshua Patterson of Binghamton before facing off against Purdue’s A.J. Kessel in the round of 12. This pivotal round distilled competitors into six All-Americans and six grapplers who return home without hardware. Fortunately for Caputo, he was up to the challenge, besting Kessel 2-1 to advance and extend the Crimson’s streak of honoring an All-American to four straight years...
...Despite the impressive run, Caputo could not top all of the vaunted wrestlers in the 184 lbs. weight class. The Harvard junior fell to defending national champion Mike Pucillo of Ohio State in the quarterfinals...
...Connor and Jantzen did not fare as well. Attempting to return as an All-American at 157 after placing sixth last year at 149, O’Connor entered the tournament hopeful as the fourth seed. Unfortunately for the junior star, NCAA’s proved full of surprises. Considering the first round bid goodbye to 19 seeded wrestlers, O’Connor’s path to the round of 12 already marked a successful weekend. But the Harvard co-captain endured a frustrating 1-0 loss to Edinboro’s Greg Gillespie—a grappler...
...women swimmers in the Ivy League, the NCAA Championship is a big deal. Such a big deal, that this year only three female swimmers from all eight Ivy League schools attended.Two came from Harvard.Finishing the year off on a high note, junior Ali Clarke and sophomore Kate Mills received invites to the 2009 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Texas A&M after solid performances at this year’s Ivy League championships.Invited after placing first at Ivies, Mills was tapped to race in her signature event, the 200-yard freestyle. She also competed in the 200-yard butterfly...