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Harvard's sub-varsity swim team dominated nine of 11 events yesterday en route to its 92-69 dunking of Andover...
Things first began going wrong for Ed when he was five and his right eye hemorrhaged. Then at age nine, his left retina became detached, leaving him sightless. Ed says that he doesn't remember anything about losing sight in his right eye, except the operation. But when he couldn't play baseball anymore, the full three years I wondered 'Why the hell am I in this situation,'" Ed says. And he mentions his grandmother, a member of the Holiness Church in Wyoming, Del., where Ed has lived all his life, who told him that if he prayed hard enough...
...would have to find his way back on his own. "At first I thought 'Oh God,' but I did it, I really did. I made one wrong turn, but retraced my steps and I made it back." After his freshman year at Harvard, Ed got his dog, Megan, who nine times out of ten will get him where he wants to go. Ed recalls a time when Meg hit number ten and after 45 minutes of wandering around, landed him at the Bio labs instead of wrestling practice. "That got me so mad, but it usually doesn't happen anymore...
Number one player Joe Somers led the Crimson nine both onto the court and then quickly off again as he registered the first Harvard score in a 15-7, 15-7, 15-7 whitewash of his Williams opponent...
Then Chris Gabrieli at number three and number-nine man Fred Hadley made short work of their opponents as they each recorded decisive 3-0 wins...