Word: udo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foreigner who readily admits to being completely surprised by the level of Harvard athletics is Nigerian long jumper Gus Udo "Frankly, I was astonished," says Udo, who nearly chose a decidedly unathletic experience at the London School of Economics in stead of coming to Harvard. Facilities in Europe, where Udo went to secondary school, "are archaic compared to the ones here," he says adding that most European University have no full-time coaching staffs...
...sport is an individual sports, but it's treated as a team-oriented sport here." Says Udo. "Often your times don't matter, just whether you win." All-American fencer Dave Heyman, originally from England, notes that although "it's just you and the other guy out there on the strip," in American fencing "you're fencing for the team, not for your self." Track co-captain Lenny Tron of Alberta says that while in Canada "the winning aspect of sports is just as great as in the U.S. Americans place extra emphasis on team performance. The "unfortunate" result...
...emphasis on winning and the team isn't always a great difficulty, though. Says Keller-Sarmiento. "To an extent, some of the American players simply need to fell that everyone is really dedicated in each game." Udo, while sometimes annoyed "that there much more psyche here, and more noise at the meets...
Triple Jump--1. Pr. Gray. 49 11 3/4 2 H. Henry 3. N, Andrews 4. H. Udo 5 H. Hail...
Long Jump--1. H. Johnson 23.9 1/2 2 Cor, Fleming 3. H. Udo 4. Pe. Armetrong...