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Freshman David Cromwell and co-captain Dan Shevchik placed first (49.89) and third (50.56) in the 100-yard backstroke, respectively, while the junior diving duo of Enrique Roy and Tom Crahan took second and third in the one-meter event...
...Crimson divers also performed well, as junior Renee Paradise and sophomore Anne Osmun took first and second in the three-meter event with scores of 254.10 and 249.75, respectively. The pair also placed second and third in the one-meter event, with Paradise notching 241.50 points and Osmun finishing with...
...next morning McClintock and a fellow Shark, 2.08-meter Kevin Byrne out of the University of Idaho, are watching tape of that night's opponent, the Guangdong Southern Tigers. The two players are in Room 301 of a dormitory at the Hui Feng Training Center of the Shanghai Technical Sports Institute, where all the Sharks save three?the two pampered imports and one Chinese player with U.S. college and pro experience?are made to dwell, dine and train...
...pregame shootaround, which is endured by the shivering players in parkas and toques. Outside it is 7?C; inside it feels about half as warm. During the halfhearted workout the coaches' infrequent instructions are translated for McClintock and Byrne by an exceptional teammate: Ma Jian, the 2-meter power forward who, a decade ago, became the first mainland Chinese to play basketball at a major U.S. college, Utah. Like McClintock, Ma?whose given name, Jian, means Healthy?had a brief taste of the NBA: a handful of preseason games for the Los Angeles Clippers in 1995. He was the last...
...their hands when they're quite little, and from the length of the bones we can predict how tall they will grow to be. They all have the dream, but the fact is, we don't have anyone here who is going to grow above 2 meters." That's nearly 0.3 meter shorter than the orbiting Rocket rookie...