Word: sprint
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While the Penn women were able to dominate the two sprint events, it was the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team that ruled the meet on Friday winning 14 of 16 events.“They have great swimmers and we just went down there with hope to keep going with our streak,” sophomore Bridget O’Connor said. “We came prepared to swim fast and I think that is what we did and had success.”The Crimson (7-0, 5-0 Ivy) crushed the Quakers...
After a quick sprint out of the gate, the weary Crimson hung on for a 75-72 win over Sacred Heart Friday night at the Pitt Center in Fairfield, Conn...
...performance at the Indianapolis 500 reinvigorated fan interest in open-wheel racing, NASCAR, the more popular circuit, is grooming a female phenom of its own. Erin Crocker, 24, started racing when she was 7 and last year became the first woman to win a grueling World of Outlaws sprint-car race. She then signed with legendary NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham, who guided Jeff Gordon to three Winston Cup titles. Though Crocker has risen quickly through the stock-car ranks, Evernham won't rush his prized talent. He had scheduled Crocker to drive full time in next season's Busch...
...politics, there's nothing more popular than an idea that has just produced a win. Democrats who buy the Kaine strategy can hope that his sprint to the statehouse also points a path to the White House...
...thing Stewart can't control is his appetite for a race. Any race. He has driven go-karts, three-quarter midgets, full midgets, Grand Am, winged and unwinged sprint cars, trucks, Indy cars. He still drives in races that offer a $1,000 first prize. "I'm a race-car driver," says Stewart. "That's what I do." Just wait until he joins the volunteer fire department back home in Indiana...