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Underwater grabbing, fingers poked in the eyes, suits ripped to shreds during games. That is the stuff of which water polo games are made. So what are Caroline Marnock and Kerry Laing-Ronay doing on the Harvard men's varsity water polo team...
...Four years ago I came here and talked my way onto the team," says Quincy House junior Laing-Ronay. "I just wanted to get enough experience playing polo so that I could go home and play for a summer league team in Altadena, California that was going to make a trip to Hawaii...
...four years since then Laing-Ronay has become an integral part of the men's team, attending all of the workouts and suiting up for games. "I never had any problems being accepted by the guys," she says. "As a matter of fact, they used to be so worried about me getting hurt that they were overprotective...
Although Marnock feels that her swimming background helps her against less talented opponents, both she and Laing-Ronay agree that ball-handling and good tactical moves are more important skills. "You need a lot upstairs to be successful in polo," Laing-Ronay explains, adding, "Water polo is a much more thoughtful sport than people give it credit...
...alpine skiers were paced by Kristin Hodgkin's top fifteen placing in the giant slalom but the slalom proved the Crimson's undoing as Hodgkins and Kerry Laing-Ronay toppled and senior captain Vera Fajtova placed 28th. Overall Harvard dropped to ninth place with 74 points in the team standings...