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...beneath the water I was walking into," says Jones, who usually dives off placid sites like Key West, Fla., and Cozumel, Mexico. Still, the rising tide was "real dark, murky and stinky." He plunged in--at one point stepping perilously into a deep hole left by a water meter the hurricane had torn out--found the drain, dived and cleared it. The waters began to recede, and Jones' neighborhood was spared the disaster that destroyed hundreds of other Biloxi homes and took scores of lives...
...ready to do it then.” The games were held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and ran from Nov. 20 to Dec. 5 with the swimming events, in which Pangilinan competed, taking place Nov. 29–Dec. 3. Pangilinan medaled in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke. She swam the 100-meter breaststroke first and claimed a bronze medal in the event with a time of 1:12.73. Bronze was not good enough for the ferocious competitor in Pangilinan as she determined to do better in her second event. Pangilinan competed...
...diving events and that it wasn’t a mistake. It is great that she can be so versatile.”Papadakis still dove in the meet as well and won both her events by a landslide. She finished first in the one-meter, winning by almost 20 points, and won the three-meter by over 30 points. Junior Annika Giesbrecht also took third in the three- meter.Senior Jane Evans was also able to bring home two first-place finishes in the meet. Evans won the 100-yard breaststroke, followed by sophomore Amanda Slaight in second. Her second...
...Harvard track and field stars continued to shine on Saturday at the Harvard Invitational, with sophomore Lindsey Scherf qualifying for her second NCAA Indoor Championships event in as many weeks. Scherf, who qualified for the 5,000-meter run with a school-record time against Boston College last week, won the 3,000-meter event Saturday with a time of 9:20.51. It was the fastest 3,000 meters by a Crimson runner since 1983. This weekend’s invitational, which was unscored, saw several other Harvard representatives win individual events. Freshman Becky Christensen won the high jump with...
Record breaking has become quite a habit for the Scarsdale, N.Y., native, who also holds the junior American 10,000-meter record. But the records are certainly not a distraction...