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...snow. The high-pitched whine of asphalt racing is replaced by a muffled roar, the stands replaced by footstamping, flask-sipping locals retreating from the snowbanks to their cars for a little heat. The "stock" division--the cars nearest the junkyard--lines up for the start of the 15-lap feature. Jim in car #2 guarantees loudly that he will drive his "Fair Lady Beauty Salon" special, complete with dragging bumper, to victory. Damned if he doesn't, for Jim understands the secrets of iceracing: stay out of the sliding wrecks on the corners, drive in high gear but steady...
...while, it appeared that Gauthier's alma mater would produce another gold medalist as B.C. High graduate-turned-Bruin Chris Hug led led the 400-yd. individual medley going into the final freestyle lap. But the Crimson's Ted Chappell put on a dazzling come-from behind finish to steal the event in 4:10.75, just .47 seconds ahead...
...grabbed the lead midway through the fifth lap and left his competition gulping in his wake, as he streaked home in a time of 1:52.3, the second fastest ever recorded by a Harvard swimmer in the event...
...eclipse of UNH. Johnson tossed the shot 42 ft. 10 ins., more than eight feet farther than her closest competitor. Hart, who was injured playing for the Ivy champion soccer team earlier this year, slid by pace-setting Crimson cocaptain Kat Taylor and a UNH runner in the last lap to win the two-mile...
...played together for all the rehearsals and performances. Also because of the direction of John Posner, who's led the HGSP orchestra out of its mid-'70s doldrums. The theater walls are peeling a bit this year, but the Agassiz still drops this orchestra endearingly in the audience's lap. Too bad the players read the Sunday Times or Weber when they're not actually playing...