Word: rowers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both swimmers and oarsmen are enthusiastic about their new regimen. Rower Geoffrey S. Gage '87 cites the new meditation program as "one of the reasons I wanted to row this year...
...lightweight crew team has been working with similar meditative techniques since last spring, concentrating on the skill of attention focusing. "In the realm of the mind you can go to L.A. and back," says Beall, explaining that his crew's weekly group session and individual tape practice help the rower keep positive concentration during a race...
Among the unknown Americans, Archer Rick McKinney won a silver medal. Pentathlete Mike Storm helped his team to a silver and finished fifth in individual competition. Single-Scull Rower John Biglow came in fourth, the women's flatwater kayaking team also placed fourth, and Fencer Jana Angelakis lost in the preliminaries. Weight Lifter Kevin Winter dropped out because of injuries...
...Rumania's athletes, politics was not the issue. Ivan Patzaichin, who at 34 has competed in five Olympics and won 30 medals in international competitions as a rower for Rumania, graciously summed up what the Games meant for most of his teammates. "My souvenirs," said Patzaichin, "will be the athletes I've met, the friends I've seen, the people of Santa Barbara, the views of the Pacific Ocean." Not to mention gold and silver medals. -By Lloyd Garrison. Reportedby Benjamin W. CateandBJ. Phillips/Los Angeles
...been there before as a rower on the 1980 team is Charles Alterkruse '80. Now at Princeton attempting to earn a spot in one of the two man boats, he evaluates his chances as "pretty good...