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...surprise twist, however, fellow U.S. star, and rival Shani Davis announced after his eighth-place finish in the 5000-meter race that he would skip the team pursuit to focus on training for the 1000 meters, in which he holds the world record. Without Davis, Hedrick's quest could end early, as the Netherlands are now the favorites. U.S. Speedskating coach Bart Schoute didn't expect Davis' decision-he refused to comment after the media relayed Davis' announcement to him. Davis also cites altruistic reasons for his choice: U.S. skaters Clay Mull and Charles Ryan Leveille are pursuit specialists...
...back. It would be an efficient way of collecting information. We're testing it among employees, and we'll have a market test with clients this summer. We've had an ongoing test with Arbitron [which does ratings research for radio] for a device called a PPM [portable people meter]. It looks like a little pager, and you wear it, and it would allow us to measure television differently than we do today...
...Bulldog swimmer. Although Yale’s Alex Righi claimed victory in the 100- free, Harvard sophomore Pat Quinn narrowly beat out Princeton’s Will Reinhart to snag the second-place spot and deprive the Tigers of valuable points. Quinn also swam well on the 400-meter relay team that notched first, as well as the 200 relay. “Pat Quinn just did a great job this weekend,” co-captain Dave Cromwell said. “His relay swims were crucial, and his 100- free was huge. He upset Reinhart...
...compete with some of the nation’s best. For the men, senior James Rhodes and junior Peter Mullen were the only two athletes to win their events. The former led a sweep of the top three spots in the weight throw with a toss of 16.00 meters, while the latter won the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:51.34. The other bright spots during the day were sophomore Alex Lewis’ second-place finish in the long jump and classmate Christopher Green’s similar finish in the 800-meter run. The Crimson women...
...compete in the NCAAs later this season. Senior Jane Evans and O’Connor finished in second and third respectively.Slaight continued the winning streak with a win in the 50-yard freestyle. She was followed by sophomore Alison Pipitone, who grabbed first place in the one-meter dive event, barely sneaking by the second place Princeton diver by two points. Sophomore Samantha Papadakis finished third in the event, only .10 points behind the second-place finisher.Harvard showed its strength in the last event of the day, the 400-yard Individual Medley, taking four of the top five spots. Bassi...