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...boat to practice," says Betsy McCagg, "and I forgot it. So we sat in the boat, but there was nothing to hold the seats up, and the boat collapsed. It was like sitting in a plastic bag, because I had all the parts in my house." Teammates Annie Kakela and Mary McCagg, who is Betsy's twin sister, laugh, incredulously but nervously, at the notion...
...sometime nemesis; and Hartmut Buschbacher, their unsmiling East German coach who really does have a warm and fuzzy center in there somewhere. After taking the gold at the world championships in Tampere, Finland, last August, the Eight--Jennifer Dore, Catriona Fallon, Amy Fuller, Laurel Korholz, Monica Tranel Michini, Kakela and the McCagg twins--know in their heart that they are the ones to beat...
...know, though, that Buschbacher is in it for them, and with them. "When we won last year, he was right on the shore, and he already had this beer that was half empty," remembers Mary McCagg, laughing. "Hartmut smiled for 10 minutes after that. It was great." Says Annie Kakela, 25, who is planning a post-Olympic trip to Alaska with her boyfriend, a rower on the men's team: "Not everyone agrees with the mental games he can play to push you to your limits, but I trust him to make me the best that...
Probably the best of the linemen is right tackle Wayne Kakela, a 207-pound junior. Sophomore Al Gazzaniga is at the other tackle. The guards are Joe Palermo and Stan Klapper, while at center is Bob Adolizzi, a 200-pound junior. Although relatively small and light, with a 191-pound average, the line is reportedly aggressive, albeit inexperienced...
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