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...Already, it's been quite a ride. The season opened last October in grand fashion, with orchestra maestro Zubin Mehta conducting Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, and tenor Peter Seiffert - deemed "the best Florestan [Fidelio's leading man] performing today" by one critic - leading a stellar cast. On Dec. 2, however, a mechanical failure of the hall's stage works that forced the cancellation of several performances demonstrated just how risky and tenuous such triumphs can be. A temporary fix has salvaged the season, but the brief hiatus turned the spotlight on the scale of Valencia's ambition...
...individual events that followed. Clarke broke her own school record with a time of 9:53.06 in the 1,000 freestyle, lowering the previous mark of 9:53.82 that she set at the Georgia Invitational in December, but finished second in the event to Princeton’s own stellar freshman, Alicia Aemisegger, who touched the wall in 9:47.14. Clarke and senior Laurin Weisenthal grabbed points for the Crimson with third and fourth-places finishes, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle. Junior Amanda Slaight wrapped up the day’s freestyle events with a fourth-place swim...
Here’s where it gets interesting. Cornell lost its best player (sophomore sharpshooter Adam Gore) in the first game of the season. But two stellar freshmen in Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale, plus improved play from senior center Andrew Naeve, have the Big Red running point...
Senior center Brian Cusworth’s stellar performances in the final two games of his college career last weekend did not go unnoticed by the Ivy League, which named him the Ivy League Player of the Week. In his final game in crimson and white, the 7’0 St. Louis native scored 19 points on 7-of-8 field goals to help Harvard beat Brown, 92-88, on Saturday. He also had six rebounds and three blocks, both game highs. The previous day, Cusworth had a career-high 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting...
...then a losing team. The Chargers still accuse the Manning family of meddling in the negotiations, though Archie has denied that. Eli has struggled for the Giants, while the quarterback for whom he was traded, Philip Rivers, made the Pro Bowl this year after leading the Chargers to a stellar season. It's a small yet satisfying slither of revenge for the anti-Peyton army...