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Volume 55, Issue No. 8 www.harvardvarsityclub.org June 24, 2013 Ten Student-Athletes Honored at 2013 HVC Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner passes and total offense, and quarterbacked the highest scoring by Melissa Schellberg ’10 offense in Ivy League history. The awards following his senior Special Assistant, Harvard Varsity Club season were plentiful: The New Division I FCS Gold Hel- On the eve of Commencement, senior student-athletes, met, the George “Bulger” Lowe Award and the Asa S. Bushnell parents, family, and Harvard athletics staff alike came together Cup as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. He was also a to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2013. The Senior first-team All-Ivy selection and an All-America choice by Beyond Letterwinners’ Dinner brings to- Sports Network. gether senior student-athletes from Squash player Laura Gem- all 41 varsity sports under one roof. mell ’13 was the recipient of the Approximately 650 guests were in Radcliffe Prize, presented to the attendance, including 153 Major senior woman letterwinner who, H recipients. As stories and remi- through outstanding ability in niscing circulated the room, there the playing field, dedication to was an aura of nostalgia and pride her sport, and qualities of leader- throughout the Murr Tennis Courts, ship, best reflects the purposeful which was decorated to send the achievement of Harvard and Class of 2013 out in style. Radcliffe alumni in every field The emcee of the night was around the world. As a freshman, none other than our very own Gemmell posted a perfect 16-0 in- Bob Glatz ’88. Glatz welcomed the dividual record as Harvard’s top crowd and congratulated the seniors player, earning the Ramsay Cup on becoming the newest Harvard and claiming the first of four first- athletics alumni. Nichols Family team All-America accolades. She Director of Athletics Bob Scalise is a four-time first-team All-Ivy kicked off the program, highlighting 2013 Award Winners at the Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner. Nichols League selection, and is just the the academic and athletic success of Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise and Executive Director of the second player in Harvard wom- the Class of 2013. Overall, the class Harvard Varsity Club Bob Glatz join the nine senior award winners. en’s squash history to earn Ivy celebrated 29 Ivy League Champi- Photo courtesy: David Silverman League Player of the Year honors onships over the past four years and twice. Gemmell is a two-time earned over 360 academic awards. Sixty-six athletes received All- recipient of the prestigious CSA College Scholar Athlete award, America status in 20 different sports. In addition, this class helped and is the first three-time Academic All-Ivy League honoree in bring four national championships and nine individual national women’s squash history. In her four years, she has led her team to champions to Harvard. a pair of Ivy League titles and three national championships. Scalise handed out the final awards of the night to the top Sarah Mumanachit ’13 of women’s squash received the male and female senior athletes. The William J. Bingham Award, Arthur L. Boland Prize, established in 2010 for the senior varsity given to the male member of the graduating class of Harvard athlete who will be attending medical school and who best exem- College who, through integrity, courage, leadership and ability on plifies those characteristics and qualities which have been the hall- the athletic fields, has best served the high purpose of Harvard as mark of Dr. Art Boland’s care for Harvard athletes. Mumanachit’s exemplified by the late William J. Bingham ’16, former Director of academic pursuits include research in the Children’s Athletics. This year’s award went to football quarterback Colton Hospital Lab of Cognitive Science and the David Rockefeller Chapple ’13. Chapple set single-season records for touchdown International Experience Grant, which allowed her to shadow continued on page 3 Crews Cap Impressive Seasons at National Championships by Brett Moore Coach for Men’s Lightweight Crew. “Overall success Assistant Director of Athletic Communications means we have one of the strongest programs in the country. We Senior members from Harvard’s four rowing programs were have more people competing at a top level than anywhere in col- forced to miss the University’s 362nd commencement, but made lege rowing.” their absence worthwhile by proving the teams continue to be Butt’s lightweight varsity crew put together one of the most among the best in the country at their respective national cham- dominant seasons in Harvard history. The group went undefeated pionship regattas. The men’s in dual racing, for the fourth lightweight crew varsity eight consecutive year, and picked up highlighted Harvard’s perfor- wins at the Head of the Charles mance at the Intercollegiate Regatta and EARC Sprints, Rowing Association (IRA) Na- before cruising to the national tional Championships May 31- championship. After easing to a June 2 in Sacramento, Calif., with win in a morning heat June 2, the its second straight national title, Crimson started to take charge at while the men’s heavyweights the 500-meter mark of its grand and women’s lightweights each final later in the afternoon. It earned IRA silver medals. The was a tight race for second, but Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweights Harvard clearly owned the race were in Indianapolis, Ind., dur- coming into the final 500 meters. ing the same time for the NCAA It was not until the last 150 Women’s Rowing Champion- meters when the rest of the field ships, where the Black and started to make up water on the White’s varsity eight finished Crimson, but Harvard held off eighth in the country. Yale to take gold by just over one second. “It’s enjoyable to see the Harvard crews race strong and win The men’s lightweight four also won at the IRA regatta to medals,” said Charley Butt, The Friends of Harvard Lightweight produce a clean sweep of the two varsity lightweight events. Suc- continued on page 6 Crimson Commentary The Executive Director of the Harvard Varsity Club, Bob by Melissa Schellberg ’10 Glatz ’88, recently celebrated his 25th reunion with the class of n July 25, Smashfest! will take place in Toronto, Canada at 1988—and boy, did they have good reason to celebrate. The Class the Steam Whistle Brewery. Smashfest! is a charity ping- of 1988 shattered all other reunion records by raising over $116 Opong challenge where fans can mix and mingle with NHL million. The previous all-time reunion record was the Class of stars, including Dominic Moore ’03. Proceeds from the event go 1977, which raised approximately $69 million for their 35th re- towards concussion research and the Katie Moore foundation union. To members of the Class of 1988, you have until June 30th for rare cancers. Learn more about the event or sign up at www. to participate in this historic philanthropic effort. smashfest.ca. * * Neil Murphy is It is with great sadness that we leaving the Varsity announce the passing of HVC Found- Club after 4.5 years ing Lifetime Member Carl Akins this Friday. Murphy ’62. Carl was an avid supporter of recently accepted a po- Harvard athletics and former presi- sition as Athletic Direc- dent of the Quigley Society. Dr. Akins tor of Sandwich High graduated cum laude from Harvard School and will begin and earned his medical degree from July 1. Neil joined the Harvard Medical School. Read more Harvard community in about Dr. Akins here: http://www. 1998 as an intern. Prior to joining the Varsity legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obitu- Melissa Schellberg ’10 and Neil Murphy ary.aspx?pid=165274840#fbLoggedO Club, he served as an ut. Assistant Director * of Athletics at Harvard for five years. At the Varsity Club, Neil Former Harvard football captain was an Assistant Director where he worked with several Friends Carl Akins ’62 Thomas B. Hooper groups and Varsity Club initiatives. We wish him the ’58 passed away last best of luck in his new role! month. Hooper graduated Magna Cum Laude * with a degree in English. He was the captain of As I mentioned in a previous News & Views issue, the 1957 football team. Friday will also be my last day at the Varsity Club. While * it is a bittersweet feeling, I am excited as to what lies Joe Azelby, Jr. ’84 recently finished his book ahead. Thank you to the Varsity Club and its members entitled, Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye: How to Get for a wonderful experience. While this may be my last Beyond the One Word That Stands Between You and official News & Views issue, I will never forget everything Success. The book (pictured right) is a “practical the Varsity Club has done for me. Thank you for your guide to overcoming your weaknesses.” Joe’s readership! brother, Bob, is a co-author for the book. The book is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Correction: Last issue we mentioned Georges Peter in Crimson * Commentary, who is a member of the class of 1959, not 1960. Crimson Photo Gallery

2013 Harvard Varsity Club Golf Tournament. (Left) Claire Sheldon ’10, Sarah Harvey ’10, Philippe Panico, and Mitchell Dong ’75 pose in Harvard Athletics jerseys. (Right) Title sponsor Larry Cetrulo ’71 and teammates Mike Brady, Dick Byrd ’71, and Pat Grant ’70 defended their title finishing sixteen under par.

2013 Harvard Varsity Club Golf Tournament. (Left) Assistant Athletic Director Jennifer Downing, Nicole Parent Haughey ’93, Kate Gellert ’93, and Mindy Wasserman. (Right) Jeremy Gibson, Paul Corcoran ’54, Phil Haughey ’57, Brian Barringer ’88, and Eric Nelson ’92.

2 SLD continued from page 1 medical workers in Thailand. She also helped the women’s squash ship and interest in athletics.” team to two undefeated seasons, a pair of Ivy League titles, and The Mary G. Paget Prize is awarded annually in honor of three national championships. Mary Guest Paget’s many years of The John P. Fadden Award, given to a senior student who service as Director of Sports, dance, has overcome physical adversity to make a contribution to his/ and Recreation at Radcliffe College. her team, was presented to football player Jonathan Mason ’12. The prize is awarded to the senior Mason spent his first two seasons at Harvard in an injury/reha- student who has contributed the bilitation cycle and finally was cleared to play his junior season. most to women’s athletics. Aisha Another surgical rehab stint limited him to five games in 2011, Price ’13 of both women water polo but a progressive rehabilitation program following arthroscopic and soccer received the award this surgeries on both of his knees had him cleared for competition to year. A mainstay on the women’s start his final year of eligibility. In 2012, he played in all 10 games, soccer team, Price helped her squad totaling 28 tackles, nine solo tackles and half of a sack. In his three to Ivy League titles in 2009 and 2011 years of competition, the Crimson posted a 24-6 record and cap- and finished her soccer career with tured the 2011 Ivy League title. three goals and nine assists. She Joshua Hicks ’13 Women’s diver Brittany Powell ’13 was honored as the was named to the NEWISA Senior Francis J. Toland Community Service Award recipient this year. Bowl and was the co-recipient of the team’s 2012 Leslie Gray Poole Powell served as a Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor on campus ’83 Memorial Award, given annually to the most improved player and after just one semester, was elected to the Board by her peers. on the team. Her impact was felt just a much in Blodgett Pool as She also volunteered as a lead fundraiser for the Circle of Women, a member of the women’s water polo squad. A co-captain during an organization that helps women around the world gain access her senior season, she led Harvard in goals, assists, and steals and to education. She is an intern at global health NGO Partners In saw the Crimson put together three-straight winning seasons for Health and traveled to Malawi with the organization as part of a the first time since 2002. She was a CWPA Southern Division first- global health initiative last summer. team all-conference choice, a CWPA Scholar-Athlete as a junior The Francis H. Burr ’09 Fund Prize for men and women goes and Harvard’s Rookie of the Year in 2010. to a senior “who combines as nearly as possible, Burr’s remark- The Harvard-Radcliffe Foundation for Women’s Athletics able qualities of character, leadership, scholarship and athletic Prize and the John P. Reardon ’60 Men’s Award are presented to ability.” Victoria Lippert ’13 of the women’s basketball team was the female and male senior athlete who best exemplifies the quali- the female recipient of the Burr Scholarship. Lippert ranks within ties of excellent scholarship, character, leadership and athletic abil- the all-time top-10 in points, three-pointers, field goals made, and ity. The HRFWA Prize went to Veronique Irwin ’13 of women’s is the all-time leader in career games played with 117. A four-time lightweight crew. A sociology concentrator, Irwin was named All-Ivy League selection, she helped a Harvard College and John Harvard Scholar for her academic her squad reach the WNIT three accomplishments. Her resident tutor in Mather House praised times in her four years and saw it her efforts with the National Science Foundation-funded project reach the second round of the tourna- “African-American Responses to Racism and Discrimination,” ment in her junior and senior seasons. saying her work rivaled that of an experienced PhD candidate. A “She is intellectually curious and very co-captain of the women’s lightweight crew, she led her program successful academically – competi- to two gold and two silver medals at Sprints and a pair of top- tive and motivated in every aspect of 5 finishes at the IRA National Championships. Irwin was also her life,” says her head coach, Kathy named a CRCA Scholar-Athlete as a junior. Delaney-Smith. “No one does a better The John P. Reardon ’60 Men’s Award went to wrestler job of finding the positive and work- Walter Peppelman ’13. He is the third person to ever be voted Nichols Family Director of ing harder.” captain by his peers for three years in the history of his program. Athletics Bob Scalise and The male recipient this year was “One of his greatest strengths is his ability to lead others towards Laura Gemmell ’13 Joshua Hicks ’13 of men’s heavy- a common goal while also succeeding himself,” says his coach, weight crew. While Hicks was not Jay Weiss. Peppelman has had plenty of success in his time in present at the dinner because he was rowing at the national cham- Cambridge: three NCAA Championships qualifications, two All- pionships in Sacramento, Calif., a pre-recorded video was shown America accolades, three All-Ivy League honors and three NWCA of him thanking his coaches and teammates for their support. A All-Academic team nods, just to name a few. three-year member of the first varsity, Hicks is a two-time medal- The Varsity Club would like to give a special thanks to the ist at the IRA National Championships and has received three Department of Athletics, specifically to Nichols Family Director of All-Ivy League accolades in his distinguished career. He has also Athletics Bob Scalise and the Athletic Communications office for represented his country on the world stage, winning two silver helping host an amazing celebratory dinner. We would also like medals in rowing for Australia at the U-23 World Championships to thank all of the Varsity Club members and parents who helped in 2012 and the Junior World Championships in 2009. His resident contribute towards the success of the dinner. Finally, we would Dean goes on to say our recipient’s “selflessness extends to all like to thank and congratulate the Class of 2013, whose scholar- walks of his life and we can imagine no one who more completely ship, character, and athletic ability has helped continue the high combines Francis Burr’s qualities of character, leadership, scholar- level of excellence of Harvard Athletics.

PHOTO GALLERy Photos courtesy: David Silverman

Sarah Mumanachit ’13 Jonathan Mason ’12 Brittany Powell ’13 Veronique Irwin ’13 and Andy Freed ’90

Senior Associate Director of Nichols Family Director of Athletics Patricia Henry Athletics and Aisha Price ’13 Colton Chapple ’13 and Victoria Lippert ’13 Walter Peppelman ’13 3 2013 Senior Perspective: Henry Mumford

by Henry Mumford ’13 spoke of “exceptional accountability.” Men’s Lacrosse It is not enough to hold ourselves to a high standard. People expect us to be excellent. It’s part of being a Harvard graduate. A friend recently reminded me of my impending graduation It is not enough simply to do what needs to be done, a lesson by sending me a speech that Teddy Roosevelt gave in 1904. It was that the lacrosse team learned this January from Eric Kapitulik, at the Groton School’s graduation ceremony, and he spoke to the a former United States Marine. Coach Kap taught us that a good moral value of athletics, the composition of an effective citizen, teammate is someone who does two things. First, a good team- and a number of other topics that mate holds himself to the highest standards of excellence. Second, high school graduates ought to a good teammate holds those around him to those same high hear about. standards. I’ve tried to describe the first part of that, and how There was one passage that difficult it has been to hold myself to a high standard. As we find spoke to me in particular. I’ll read ourselves leaving these courtyards and halls filled with peers who it now. have challenged us so much, we are more likely to find ourselves “The boys from a school like in such a situation. Our charge, then, is to strive on and continue this… ought to go to Columbia, holding ourselves to that same high standard once we leave Har- Princeton, Yale, Harvard, with the vard. firm intention of so carrying them- It is the second part of being a good teammate that I’ve found selves that Groton… and the other even more difficult. Playing on the lacrosse team for the last 4 schools shall not be sneered at be years has been a challenge. Training by myself over summer and cause of anything they do. You are Christmas breaks wasn’t easy, but it was a cakewalk compared not entitled, either in college or in to trying to make sure that I was holding my teammates account- after life, to an ounce of privilege able. It’s hard to tell someone you view as a brother that they need because you have been at Groton, to do more and do better, especially when you know just how far not an ounce; but we are entitled from perfect you are. I struggled with it and I am not alone. There to hold you to an exceptional were many times that I wasn’t holding myself accountable, and accountability because you have my teammates did not demand as much of me as they should been at Groton. Much has been given to you, therefore we have a have. right to expect much from you.” Recognizing and demanding the best from myself, my team- Although Roosevelt was talking to the young men of Groton, mates, my classmates, my professors. This is exceptional account- it’s easy to imagine he was speaking to us. We are exceptionally ability, this is what Roosevelt was talking about. Having the forti- privileged men and women to have been here for the past four tude and self-certainty to hold others to the same high standards years, and with that privilege comes, as Roosevelt puts it, “excep- to which we hold ourselves, this is the level of excellence that tional accountability.” society needs, not just from those who would be leaders, but also Exceptional accountability. from those who would be good citizens. It takes courage, a level It is a powerful idea. We who have been so blessed to sprint of courage that has sometimes failed me, but that I continue to from Sever to Northwest labs in seven minutes or less, we who strive for. It is not enough to make myself better; I must try to help have had the distinct pleasure of getting back a Life Sci 1B those around me be better as well. midterm, we who have been lucky enough to plumb the depths Because I spent the last four years surrounded by all of you, of Widener: we are not off the hook once we graduate. We have I will walk through those gates tomorrow better than I was four a greater responsibility of excellence that follows what we have years ago. We’ve all had different experiences, and these experi- done here. ences have enriched us beyond measure. I have had the honor Unfortunately, as Harvard graduates, we will also carry a of sitting through late night deliberations with the Veritones, the certain stigma. No one doubts our ability, that we are capable of joy of CS50 problem sets, and the privilege of Mullen’s judgment doing all that is asked of us and more. No, it is our mettle that days with my brothers on the lacrosse team. Together, we’ve they doubt, our willingness to do these things. We’ve all heard the invented new concentrations, started businesses, broken records jokes, about something being beneath us because we go to “Hah- and served our community. Our four years here have been truly vard”. At work last summer, a chairwoman came to speak to the exceptional; we now reap the reward by going forth exceptionally interns, and she told us the story of an intern who claimed that accountable. the menial task assigned to him was below him. He said his father didn’t pay for him to go to Harvard so that he could proofread a Powerpoint presentation. We all cringe when we hear stories like that. We leave our Harvard sweatshirts at school when we go home for fear that people will think that we are that intern, think that we believe we’re above it all just because of the single Crimson letter embla- zoned across our chests. That intern was the boy Roosevelt spoke of, who causes others to be sneered at simply because they went to the same school, and had the same opportunities. Roosevelt was right. We owe it to one another to strive to avoid that stigma. The chairwoman who spoke to me and the other interns knew how. She said, “If my boss tells me to go clean the toilets, then by damn I’ll be the best toilet cleaner in the whole company.” For the past four years, we’ve learned how hard it is to be the best of anything. We’ve been surrounded by people who are smarter and more capable than us at every turn, who force us to be better than we ever thought possible. This isn’t the challeng- ing time though. It’s easy to be motivated here, where you have to push yourself just to keep up with the person next to you. Life isn’t always this way. The summer after freshman year, I worked maintenance at a school near my house. It was rewarding at first; I (Courtesy: Athletics Communications.) was literally on my hands and knees laying brick walkways, but I wanted to lay those bricks flatter than anyone else. That attitude didn’t last. Before long, I found my old Game- *************************************************************************** Boy Color, and started parking my Gator behind a shed and This essay was distributed, along with 43 others, at the 2013 Senior Let- playing Pokemon for twenty minutes at a time. By the end of the terwinners’ Dinner and is reprinted with permission from the Depart- summer, I would just skip work. I owe you all an apology; by the ment of Athletics. The 2013 Senior Perspectives is the seventh in a series end of that summer, I was that cause of the stigma. I was ‘that of annual collections. Senior captains and representatives of varsity, Harvard intern’, and for that, I am sorry. junior varsity, and club teams at Harvard were invited to contribute I did not hold myself accountable that summer. Not to a stan- viewpoints based on personal experience from both their senior seasons dard of excellence or even one of basic employment. However, and full athletic careers. even if I had held myself to a reasonable standard, it would not have been enough. Roosevelt did not speak of accountability. He *************************************************************************** 4 Spring Sports Final Records

Baseball (10-31, 7-13 Ivy) Second, Rolfe Division Softball (22-22, 12-8 Ivy) Second in North Division All-League Selections All-League Selections Second Team: 2B - Tanner Anderson ’15, OF - Brandon Kre- First Team: 3B - Kasey Lange ’14, SS - Emily Gusse ’15, OF - gel ’15, SS - Mike Martin ’15 Shelbi Olson ’14 Second Team: P - Morgan Groom ’16, DP - Stephanie Men’s Golf Sixth in Ivy League Regan ’13

Women’s Golf First in Ivy League Men’s Tennis (19-6, 6-1 Ivy) Ivy League Champions All-League Selections All-League Selections First Team: Christine Lin ’16, Courtney Hooton ’16 First Team Singles: Shaun Chaudhuri ’15, Denis Nguyen ’15 Second Team: Bonnie Hu ’14 First Team Doubles: Denis Nguyen ’15, Casey MacMaster ’14 Rookie of the Year: Christine Lin ’16 Second Team Singles: Andy Nguyen ’13, Alex Steinroeder ’15 Second Team Doubles: Men’s Lacrosse (6-8, 2-4 Ivy) T-Fifth in Ivy League Andy Nguyen ’13 All-League Selections Second Team: Harry Krieger ’13, Peter Schwartz ’14, Alex Women’s Tennis (14-6, 5-2 White ’13 Ivy) Third in Ivy League Honorable Mention: Jason Gonos ’13, Devin Dwyer ’16 All-League Selections First Team Singles: Women’s Lacrosse (3-11, 2-5 Ivy) T-Fifth in Ivy League Hideko Tachibana ’13 All-League Selections Second Team Singles: First Team: Michaela Cyr ’13 Amy He ’16 Second Team: Mariel Jenkins ’13, Audrey Todd ’16 Hon. Mention: Danielle Tetreault ’13 Women’s Water Polo (18-16, 3-3 CWPA) Men’s Volleyball (18-9, 10-4 EIVA) Third in EIVA Sixth at Easterns EIVA Selections All-CWPA Southern Divi- Aisha Price ’13 First Team: DJ White ’15 sion Selections Second Team: Rob Lothman ’13, Kyle Rehkemper ’14, Caleb First Team: Aisha Price ’13 Zimmick ’15 Second Team: Yoshi Andersen ’16, Ariel Dukes ’15 Spring Sports Recaps by James Peters Women’s Heavyweight Crew Men’s Heavyweight Crew • Harvard-Radcliffe rowed hard, but fell short in their dual • The Crimson traveled to the IRA Championships on June 2 matchup against No. 1 Ohio State on May 4. The Radcliffe varsity and placed fourth in the field of 23 crews. The varsity eight eight fell just three seconds behind the Buckeyes in their race and took silver in a photo finish during the grand final and Har- the novice eight earned an open water victory over Ohio State’s vard’s second varsity crew won the petite final. third varsity eight. • The Harvard men’s heavyweight crews swept Yale at the • No. 8 Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweight crew won an at-large bid 148th Harvard-Yale Regatta, the Crimon’s sixth-straight sweep to the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Radcliffe tied of the event. for 11th place overall as the varsity eight took second in the petite • Harvard will send two boats to the final. The Black and White varsity four – C boat rowed to third starting on July 3 at Henley-on-the-Thames, England. place in the final. • Eight members of the heavyweight crew were named to the Outdoor Track & Field Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete list. • Harvard had an impressive performance at the NCAA East Prelims May 23-25. The Crimson saw four student-athletes Sailing qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 5-8. • Harvard co-ed sailing finished fourth in a field of ten at the Marksim Korolev Central Series Three Regatta April 6-7. The Crimson were led by ‘14 will represent juniors Ames Lyman and Jacquelyn Cooley as they won their the Crimson in the fifth race and finished second in three races earning 51 points. 10,000m placing Their efforts helped the Crimson win the tie-breaker with Brown twelth overall with to earn the fourth place spot. a time of 30:02.08. • The Crimson took 10th at the NEISA Dinghy Championship Junior Dustin Brode April 13-14. Sophomores Michael Drumm and Gram Slattery qualified in the shot paired with junior Isabel Ruane in Division A were the top Crim- put with his 14.45m son performers, accumulating 129 points to place seventh in their throw good for group. eighth at the meet, a • The Crimson placed sixth posting 203 points in a field of 16 at personal-best mark the 10th George Morris Trophy Intersectional on April 27. Junior and new school Luke O’Connor and sophomore Rebecca Frankel led Harvard record. Autumne with 81 Franklin ‘16 (pictured) points finish- finished second in ing in the her semifinal heat to top-five in advance to Eugene, eight races. Ore. Senior Mary • Harvard Hirst continued her brilliant 2013 campaign by earning a spot in played the national high jump final with a 1.81m mark. host for the • The Crimson turned in a respectable performance at the 2013 New NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. June 5-8. Hirst finished England tied for 21st in the high jump with a 1.72m jump. Franklin fin- Champion- ished 15th overall with a time of 59.41 and missed qualifying for ship May 4-5 the final in the 400m hurdles by less than three tenths of a sec- and placed ond. Brode had a tough outing, enduring two fouls and finally 9th overall at posting a 17.68m throw in shot put placing him 20th overall. the regatta. Korolev finished 24th in the 10,000m with a time of 33:55.86.

55 continued from page 1 cess of lower boats has always been a point of pride for Harvard The men’s heavyweights had a similar fate, as the varsity crews, and it was no different for the other squads Harvard sent eight was just behind Washington in the grand final. “It was dis- to the national regattas. The men’s heavyweights’ second varsity appointing not to be able to catch Washington, but they are a very, was victorious in the petite final, the freshman boat came in fifth, very strong crew,” said Harry Parker, The Thomas Bolles Head and the Harvard-Radcliffe lightweight four claimed silver in Coach for Harvard Men’s Crew, who finished his 51st season. Sacramento. “We gave it all we could to stay with them and we did for a good The second-place showing by Radcliffe was the first of two distance. But, eventually, we couldn’t quite do it.” during the regatta, as the varsity eight went on to finish second, The Crimson did, however, hold off both Brown and North- just behind Stanford in the grand final. It was the Black and eastern in a tight battle for second place. The crews rowed White’s first loss of the season, after winning the Head of the through the red buoyed last 500 meters and past the crowd on the Charles and Sprints, but marked Radcliffe’s first top-two placing nearby beach, but even as the race finished, spectators could not since 2003. tell which boat was in second, third or fourth. A photo finish re- vealed that Harvard crossed after Washington, Brown was in third and Northeastern was bumped from being awarded a medal. “I thought we were going to get it,” said Parker with a smile about the final strokes. “I have faith in these guys. They are great racers and they don’t give anything away.” Across the country, the Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweight varsi- ty eight finished second, for eighth overall, and the second varsity crossed the finish line in fourth to help the Black and White come in tied for 11th place in team points with 79. While the championship regattas ended the season for most collegiate crews, the contrary is true for three Harvard boats. Members of the men’s lightweights, men’s heavyweights, and the women’s lightweight crew will each be represented at the Henley Royal Regatta July 3-7. “Obviously it would’ve been nice to win here, but the Harvard’s men’s heavyweights also continued its season improvement we made this year is tremendous,” said women’s at the 148th Harvard-Yale Regatta June 9 and pushed Parker’s lightweight head coach Michiel Bartman. “I’m really proud of the overall record against Yale to 44-7 with a 23.7-second victory in whole squad. We are not just walking away with one silver, but the varsity race. That win culminated a sweep of the Bulldogs for two silvers. I think today was a great learning moment. We will the sixth straight year. cherish our silver medal to make it even nicer next year.”

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events

JUNE 26 - A Conversation with Tommy Amaker, 5:30pm, Harvard Club of NYC

SEPTEMBER 9 - Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament, Wollaston Golf Club, Milton, Mass. 20 - San Diego Welcome Reception, 6-10pm, Courtyard Marriott Old Town 21 - Pre-game Tailgate, 10am-12pm, USD Campus 21 - Harvard Football vs. University of San Diego, 12pm, San Diego, Calif. 27 - Friends of Baseball Golf Tournament, Pinehills Golf Club, Plymouth, Mass. 30 - HVC Executive Board Meeting, 5:15pm, Third Floor Lounge of the Murr Center

OCTOBER 26 - Friends of Soccer Alumni/ae Day, Soldiers Field Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium

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