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...year later, the Cinderella squad brings a very respectable 4-1 league record into today's winner-take-all showdown, just as Harvard does. But unlike the Crimson (currently 9-3-1 overall), Dartmouth (8-3 overall) will be looking for its first-ever Ivy title. The Crimson won the championship two years ago and shared it with Penn last year. But Harper--whose squad, many had thought, would be the Ivy pushover again this year--couldn't be happier with her squad's underdog status...
...long contest, 7-5, 6-2 Schulman never trailed, and her patient style ultimately wore down Schuette in the close first stanza. In the second set, the Tiger netwoman kept up with Harvard's number-four player until 2-2, but from there. Schulman took charge, blasting winner after winner to take the next four games...
...risen to the top in all three. As a cross country runner Stricker was number one along with team-mate Kate Wiley, placing first in the eastern regionals in Vermont. She followed this performance with a superb indoor track season which saw the Colorado native become a double winner in the Heptagonals and take third in the two mile at the NCAAs on her way to earning All-America honors...
...time of 2:22:42. That was almost three minutes faster than the previous women's record for the distance, held jointly by New Zealand's Allison Roe and Norway's Crete Waitz. Incredibly, Benoit finished less than 14 minutes after the men's winner, Greg Meyer, 27, who crushed his own competition with a time of 2:09. Said Women's Runner-Up Jacqueline Gareau of Canada: "The 2:20 marathon is the next mark for women now. We're getting nearer and nearer...
...York Times Columnist Russell Baker, a 1979 winner in commentary, for his autobiography Growing...