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Previous studies have shown that rather than becoming emotionally distressed and disengaging from school, a minority of obese adolescents excel in academics. "Knowing that they'll never be captain of the football or swim team, they try harder and get really good grades," says Crosnoe. "But it's really hard to predict who is going to go either route...
That is, until tomorrow morning, when about 100 intrepid water-lovers—including about a half-dozen Harvard affiliates—will compete in the Charles River Masters Swim Race. Not only will it be the first time the Charles will have a sanctioned race in its waters in more than five decades, but according to Charles River Swimming Club President Frans S. Lawaetz, it’s also one of the first fresh-water swimming race in a downtown section of a major U.S. city...
...don’t actually swim in the river,” he says. “You’re not actually allowed to swim in the Charles—there are no approved spots...
It’s an idea that came about because of a simple Internet search, after Hester participated in a Hudson River swim a few years ago in New York...
...people who founded the club are Frans and myself,” she said. “I started looking into whether someone else had the idea to swim in the Charles, and I came across the homepage of someone who was clearly thinking about it, and that was Frans. We got together and founded the club, and thus the idea for the race was born...