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Aside from her victory in the relay, Robinson also posted two runner-up finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly with times of 23.81 seconds and 55.25 seconds, respectively...
...Tigers were propelled by co-captain Alicia Aemisseger, a 10-time All-American. Individually, Aemisseger took the 200-yard butterfly in pool-record time and won the 1000-yard freestyle in 9:37.27—18 seconds ahead of runner-up Aislinn Smalling...
Aemissiger also touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle, besting runner-up Kaufmann by almost 14 seconds...
Noonan was similarly a runner-up for the Hermann trophy and has played 12 times for the U.S. National Team, but has been on a decline in form since he became a prominent starter for the New England Revolution. Akpan, who almost resembles an amalgamation of Casey and Cummings, should take advantage of the knowledge and experience at his disposal. He won’t be able to replicate the success he enjoyed in college to the MLS as his speed is simply average at the Pro level, but his proclivity for finding the back...
There was no shame in the runner-up slot for Eli's directors, the twins Albert and Allen Hughes, or for the star, Denzel Washington, who in his first real action role enjoyed the second highest opening weekend of his career, after the 2007 American Gangster. Peter Jackson's dreamlike horror drama The Lovely Bones, about the afterlife of a murdered girl, ended five weeks of very limited playdates and earned $17.1 million in three days of wide release. Analysts credited the decent showing for this odd, no-star drama to a marketing campaign aimed at teen girls. (Think...