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Upon his return, Gillis’ parents were supportive, but firm: he needed to get a job, and start paying rent. Gillis began as a food-runner in a “four-diamond” restaurant in his hometown, and worked his way up the chain to become a waiter. “I made a lot of money, spent a lot of time with the family, read a lot, tried to figure out things, looked for new inspiration in my life, and honestly I wasn’t that successful because I didn’t have...
...fastest marathon while juggling three objects” with a time of 3:07:05—an average time of 7:08 per mile— at the Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 20. The previous Guinness Record was held by Canadian marathon runner Michal E. Kapral, who completed the course in 3:07:46 earlier this year. Warren said running while jogging—known as joggling—“makes the world a little more magical of a place.” Warren joggled in the race as part of an effort to raise...
...Tobe adds, “though some of the stuff is just purely not appropriate for print.” Harvard, on the other hand, has turned out to be perfectly appropriate for Magura. He had taken a good look at the University of North Dakota, runner-up in last year’s NCAA championship game, “but Harvard speaks for itself,” he says. “And the hockey program here is superb.” The Crimson travels to Nodak just after Christmas, and for the first time in a long while...
...participate in the men’s ISCA/Vanguard Singlehanded National Championship. Porter and Johnson, both senior members of the Crimson co-ed sailing team, earned second- and fourth-place honors, respectively, out of 16 competitors. Johnson’s score of 81 placed him 17 points behind front-runner Andrew Campbell of Georgetown. Porter came in eight points behind his teammate with a score of 89. Johnson and Porter each benefited from strong efforts in the second day of the event, which proved to be the final leg when impending bad weather cancelled any further racing. Both Harvard representatives finished...
...pretty nervous going in, because our region is probably the toughest out of all of them,” Scherf said. “With all the tremendous competition, you really have to be concerned about making sure you qualify.” The other runners for the Crimson all placed within the top 100 in the 252-member field. Senior Laura Maludzinski finished in 21:55.5, 36th overall, while sophomore Sarah Bourne was 70th with a time of 22:33.3. Rounding out the scoring for Harvard were sophomores Lauren Walker and Eliza Gardner, whose times...