Word: olympian
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...team its only top-three finish.“A heroic effort, a really unified effort,” freshman coach Bill Manning said. “Probably the best batch of 19-year-olds on the water today.”Heavily-favored Washington, featuring not only an Olympian but also members of the German and Canadian under-23 teams, jumped out to an early lead in the freshman eight grand final and never looked back. Thus the bulk of the drama involved the fight for the second place, as the field remained even for the first 300 meters...
...Offsay will depart after two and eight years with the team, respectively, with four of Offsay’s coming as a player. Whereas Farrar credits Offsay with influencing two generations of Harvard water polo players, he also points to Lee’s experience as a two-time Olympian as a driving force behind any improvement. “It’s impossible to overstate the impact [these coaches] have had,” Farrar said. “We have a giant vacuum where two of the very best assistant coaches in the NCAA used...
...number of chances, and it didn’t seem like anything was going our way.”But simply to get to that point was an accomplishment in itself for Harvard.Though the Crimson lost only one contributor from 2008’s fairy-tale team—Olympian Caitlin Cahow ’07-’08—things didn’t immediately click for Harvard.Tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt and Kessler took time off to play for their Canadian national teams, while tri-captain Jenny Brine and junior Cori Bassett each missed several games...
...While he didn't fight in the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pacquiao was the flag-bearer for the Philippines national team at the opening ceremonies in Beijing - the first Filipino non-Olympian...
Strasburg represents an elite breed of college pitcher, with a fastball topping out at an eye-popping 103mph to go along with a nasty 93-94mph slider and devastating curveball. The 20-year old stud might have helped lower Harvard's ERA, considering the former Olympian posted a 1.57 ERA last season and has continued to dominate, going 9-0 so far this year with a 1.54 ERA and 135 strikeouts in just 70.1 innings. Compare that to the Crimson's entire 2009 staff, which logged 211 K's in 332.0 innings. Kids like this make FlyBy...