Word: poon
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...only me and Nancy [Poon] graduating, so there is a great platform to do better things next year," Heyns said...
...Princeton jumped out by themselves and led the race,” said captain Laura Heyns. “We were jostling for position with MIT and trading seats down the course. We entered the last 20 strokes dead even when Nancy [Poon] called a special sprint that jacked the rating right up. When we finished, we couldn’t see who was ahead until we were announced...
Heyns and Poon are the only seniors in the boat, leaving seven veterans in a boat that promises further success...
Contestant Nancy M. B. Poon '01, who performed a selection from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House was drawn to the prize because of its connection to the University's past...
Ross G. Douthat '01, who performed Shakespeare's Henry V's monologue before the Battle of Agincourt, echoed Poon's reflections on the dated nature of the prize. "It feels sort of like a fossil from a different age in a time where people took it much more seriously. Everyone [today] was competing on sort of the spur of the moment...