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...jump at the Texas Southern Relays to be qualified for Regionals. In the meantime, she can rest easy. After Friday’s historic jump, Christensen has moved into an elite class of Harvard high jumpers—including Dora Gyorffy ’01 and Kart Siilats ’02—to be named All-Americans in the indoor and outdoor seasons. Now she can shake off the winter chills, rest her foot, and look to improving on Friday’s success in the spring season to come. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips...
...into the outdoor season.” With her success at Arkansas, Christensen moves into an elite rank of Harvard high jumpers who have received All-American honors in both the indoor and outdoor NCAAs. Only two other Crimson women—Dora Gyorffy ’01 and Kart Siilats ’02—have accomplished the feat. “She’s earned it,” Saretsky said. “She’s worked incredibly hard. She’s earned that spot to be in the same conversation as Dora...
...just as in Formula One, there's "a black art to getting it all set up," says Smith. Depending on the weather or track conditions, mechanics will tinker with the transmission, or slide the wheels in or out along the axle to adjust a kart's handling. They can soften the ride with torsion bars, support the driver's seat to alter the load going into a corner, and switch between slick and treaded tires. Early exposure to those details "explains why people like [Hamilton] are that good," says Martin Hines, boss of the Hertfordshire-based Zip Kart Young Guns...
...honing their race craft. "There is no better place to learn how to read your competitors, how to pressurize them at Turn 2 so that at Turn 4 they make a mistake," says Jason Plato, 39, the Seat team driver currently leading the British Touring Car Championship, and a kart racer from the age of 11. "All those subtle skills you learn in karting...
...also offers an early lesson in how costly motor sport can be: a decent second-hand kart costs around $3,000, and racing in a national championship season can add anything from $10,000-$30,000 on top of that. For parents, that's hardly pocket money. "I knew the financial commitment they were making," remembers Plato. "Every time your bum hits the seat, you've got to perform...