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...Force Academy for the first time in the spring of 1999. Only the best and brightest, the top 20% of their high school class, have a chance at admission. Fullilove was that and more. She was a straight-A student, a cheerleader, a hurdle jumper and a swim-team member. A dance champion by age 5, she choreographed her own routines, sang and did comedy. She was determined to follow in the footsteps of her mother, an Air Force lieutenant colonel with a 20-year career in biomedical research, and her stepdad, a reservist who regularly ships out to battle...
...focus of my season is more NCAAs than this meet,” Shevchik said. “But I’m going to be ready to swim my fastest...
...We’re not planning anything specific [to improve],” Shevchik said. “Everybody in the relays is going to have to swim their fastest...
...only sure way to avoid accusations of noncompliance, since progress can be measured in hard numbers. But detractors say it leads to dismantling men's teams while adding women's as a school attempts to meet its goals. UCLA and the University of Miami have eliminated their men's swim teams, even though both regularly sent competitors to the Olympics. In 1997, Boston University dismantled its football program, which had been around for 91 years, and in 1999, Providence College ended its popular baseball program. "Title IX benefited women who were discriminated against," says Jessica Gavora, author of Tilting...
Although Cauvin claims that many Haitians cannot swim, their island is surrounded by water, reminiscient of their origins near the Congo. Water allows them to pass from continent to continent and from life to death...