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...fastest stadium-runner on the team, if D’Ambrosia continues to improve the way she is, O’Leary may want to consider adding a trip to the organic farm as a part of the team’s offseason training...
...China, the world's leading producer of greenhouse gases, is taking an aggressive path to develop alternative sources of energy. Already the world's leading generator of hydropower - a renewable but sometimes controversial power source because of the impact on river ecosystems - China now aims to be the front runner in wind- and solar-power generation. In 2007 the government directed that by next year at least 3% of large power companies' generating capacity should come from renewable sources (excluding hydropower); this target jumps to 8% in 2020. That may not sound like much, but according to a recent study...
...sixth overall. Rookie Sammy Silva finished 12th in 17:53.7, with junior Eliza Ives, sophomore Nicole Cochran, and sophomore Kailyn Kuzmuk completing the effort. Kuzmuk’s time of 18:10.6 left only 16.9 seconds between the Crimson’s second and fifth runner...
...men’s side, junior Dan Chenoweth continued a stellar year for the Crimson, as he dominated another Ivy League field to finish first. The third-year runner posted a 25:09.2 on the 8K course, 10.5 seconds better than his closest competitor, Brown’s Christian Escareno. Chenoweth’s 5:01 mile pace was impressive on paper, but Saretsky praised his top runner’s intangible skills even more...
...battleground victory over the Persians. "Greetings, we win!" he shouted - and then fell to the ground, dead. It would be more than 2,000 years before the marathon would make its return, at the revival of the modern Olympic Games in Greece in 1896. In that event, 17 runners ran 40 km, or 24.8 miles, with Greek runner Spyridon Louis taking the gold medal with a time of 2 hr. 58 min. 50 sec. Inspired by the event's success, Boston inaugurated its race the next year; it is now the oldest annual marathon in the world...