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...men’s side, Xeno Mueller, last year’s runner-up in the Challenge, begins at the front of the pack. Mueller, from Switzerland, was the Olympic single sculls silver medalist in 2000 and the champion in 1996. Lightweight Steve Tucker of Medford, a five-time member of U.S. national teams including the 2000 Olympic team and a local rowing community favorite, starts after Mueller. Norway’s Olaf Tufte is third in starting order, as the 2001 FISA World Rowing Champion and the silver medalist in double sculls in the 2000 Olympic games...
...University of Hartford successfully defended its ECAC Championship title with a total of 299 after one day of play, 9 strokes ahead of runner-up Rider University...
...This is something of a political renaissance for Ridge, 56, who had cheerfully accepted his fate as perpetual runner-up for vice presidential slots on recent GOP tickets. Last year, despite Bush?s long personal friendship with Ridge, GOP heavyweights advised against bringing the pro-choice Governor onto the ticket. His moderate politics were not going to help the Republicans reclaim the right wing; Ridge was simply too risky a proposition...
...Associated Press reported last week that the Joyce campaign had already raised $600,000 to the $575,000 raised by runner-up Lynch, who now hopes to benefit from the fund-raising and strategy skills of Democratic political operative Michael Whouley, a Dorchester native...
...conference had only 10 slots open for non-conference games, since each team has to play each other twice for conference play. By contrast, Hockey East—home of NCAA Champion Boston College—has only nine teams and the WCHA—home of 2001 runner-up and 2000 NCAA champ North Dakota—has 10. This means that teams in the other conference can schedule more games against the elite from around the country, bolstering not only their experience, but games the championship committee can hang their hat on when determining seeding...