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...able to come back and jump right in at the same level and an even higher level…it’s a testament to the type of kid Louis is.”And that type of competitor is a champion.In a sport that heavily emphasizes the year’s final tournaments, Caputo saved his best efforts for last, placing third at the EIWA Championships before excelling at NCAAs. The national championships took place in Caputo’s home state of Missouri, and the junior delivered in front of friends and family, shocking sixth-seeded Joshua...
...sixth grade, in solitary confinement). In the grand tradition of speakers before me, I’d like to send you out into the world with some totally original and not at all trite words of wisdom about what I’ve learned about ____ (how life imitates sport, algebra, remorse for my crimes).The first lesson is that the good guys don’t always win and the bad guys often do, especially when the bad guys are ______ (Cornell, binomials, Cornell alum Big Tony). Even if you are the good guys, you can?...
...guess that’s still sport as life, though. That’s certainly the case for Jeffrey, who never quite understood why a white kid catching passes from a black kid on the “black” side of town was such an extraordinary achievement. For him, it was the simple joy of being able to run, to compete and not to worry about anything else in the process...
...drives, Pollak dominated the field on long par-5 holes, leading all golfers with -4 on those holes.“He’s a great ball striker,” Shore said of Pollak. “He has a very sound, solid game. To play any sport in college, it’s all about focus and priorities.”At the Harvard-Riverside tournament at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., Pollak tied for the low round by shooting 74 in the tournament, where the Crimson got just narrowly edged out by the Highlanders, 307-305.But...
...sport that on the surface seems to revolve around the individual, it’s hard to imagine how teamwork could have been essential to the success of the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team this year...