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Volume 48 Issue No. 10 www.varsityclub.harvard.edu May 24, 2006 Strong Men’s Season Ends With First Trip to NCAA Tournament Since 1996

by Chuck Sullivan Director of Athletic Communications When the selection was made on live television, it raised more than a few eyebrows across the college lacrosse fanbase, includ- ing those of ESPN’s own analyst, Quint Kessenich, who openly questioned Harvard’s selection as one of the 16 teams that would compete in the 2006 NCAA tournament. Never mind the empirical evidence that suggested that Harvard did, in fact, belong in the field. The detractors claimed that were the Crimson to face any of the other teams under consideration — Loyola and Towson both came up in the discussion — then it would be clear that either of those schools deserved a bid more than Harvard. The numbers, however, showed otherwise. Harvard went 6-6 in the regular season against a schedule that was ranked around the top five or six in college lacrosse, depending on the day, and the Crimson had two wins against schools that reached the tournament (Penn and Denver). Loyola, which was 6-6, and Towson, which was 8-6, had defeated one tournament team each. When Harvard’s regular season came to an abrupt end with a 14-13 triple-overtime loss to Dartmouth, 19th-year head coach Sco� Anderson nonetheless maintained that his team would be in decent Senior Tom Mikula was named First Team All-Ivy and becomes the first shape come selection Sunday. Harvard defenseman since Jeff Psaki ‘00 in 2000 to be named to the first team Photo by dspics.com Anderson wouldn’t dispute that it would have been nice to have had some insurance. The Crimson, which had played its best game But a funny thing happened on the way to the tournament. Of of the year in a 12-4 win against Yale April 22, had excellent chances the seven-or-so schools that were considered bubble teams for the to strengthen its case with a road game against No. 2-ranked Hofstra NCAA bracket, all but one lost in the final week of the season. Only and the home finale against Dartmouth. But the Pride defended its Notre Dame, which defeated Quinnipiac the day before the selec- home turf in front of more than 4,000 spectators, and the Big Green tions were announced, helped its cause. stole the overtime win the following week, despite Harvard’s sta- Continued on page 6 tistical domination. Sailors Look for Another Strong Showing at Nationals Spring Teams Wrap Up Seasons

by Casey Hart six championship events. In addition to the women’s title, Har- Assistant Director of Athletic Communications vard placed fourth in team racing and seventh in dinghies at last year’s spring championships. COED AND WOMEN’S SAILING Schlitz was the co-winner of the Babineau Trophy, given to It took a late comeback, but the Crimson made it 3-for-3 in the top crew in and was one of six Harvard sailors qualifying for the spring North American Championships at Col- named to the All-NEISA coed team. She was joined on the team lege of Charleston. Harvard passed four teams in the standings to by fellow crews Christina Dahlman (Chevy Chase, MD) and sneak into fourth place in a tight 18-team field on the second and Elyse Dolbec (Quincy, MA). Johnson, Porter and sophomore Kyle final day of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Kovacs (Pennington, NJ) were named All-NEISA skippers. Dinghy Championship May 7 at Brown. Seniors Vincent Porter (Winnetka, IL) and Ruth Schlitz (Woods Hole, MA) placed second (21-20-1, 14-6 ) in the B division to lead Harvard When it came down to two back from eighth place, passing innings to decide the Red Rolfe University, MIT and Tu�s Division champion in Harvard’s and finishing two points ahead regular-season finale against of Yale with 137 points. Dartmouth April 30, the Crimson A week earlier, the Crim- had all the bats it needed—and son, now ranked fi�h nationally, then some. Harvard won the first posted a 5-0 record Saturday and of four weekend games between a 5-2 mark Sunday at the NEISA the teams, but the Big Green Team Race Championship to took Saturday’s nightcap and finish third and join the defend- Sunday’s opener then scored four ing national champion Harvard runs in the bo�om of the seventh women’s team as national quali- to tie the winner-take-all final fiers. Harvard has a tough act to game at 9-9. The Harvard offense follow at nationals, having won took it from there, pu�ing up 14 the Leonard M. Fowle Trophy unanswered runs over the final each of the last five years as the two frames for a 23-9 win and a top-performing team at the Inter- second straight division crown. Vincent Porter and Christina Dahlman at the 2005 National Collegiate Sailing Association’s Championships in Austin, TX. Photo by GTSphotos Continued on page 2 All Sports, continued from Page 1 (20-24, 6-8 Ivy League) Sophomore Amanda Watkins (Placentia, CA) struck out nine The Crimson was unable to defend its Ivy League title, falling to Holy Cross ba�ers on the way to her sixth victory to complete an Princeton in two games, 9-3 and 8-2, May 6. April 27 sweep of the Crusaders, 5-1 and 6-1, for the Crimson’s At season’s end, sophomore Shawn Haviland (Farmington, final two wins of the season. The season finished with two losses CT) was named the league’s Pitcher of the Year and Adam Cole to Dartmouth April 29—the second a heartbreaking 3-2 decision (Sudbury, MA) shared the Rookie of the Year award. Haviland, in a 10-inning marathon—and a loss to . Watkins, a who posted a 3-2 record with a 0.73 earned-run average in Ivy psychology concentrator, was selected to the ESPN The Magazine games, was one of five Harvard selections to the All-Ivy League Academic All-District second team. She was named to the All-Ivy first team. Sophomore Steffan Wilson (State College, PA) was a League second team, while seniors Erin Halpenny (Fort Worth, unanimous pick to the first team at third base, while senior first TX) and Rachel Murray (Westlake Village, CA) were honorable baseman Josh Klimkiewicz (Lexington, MA), senior shortstop mention All-Ivy picks at catcher and third base, respectively. Morgan Brown (Alstead, NH) and sophomore outfielder Ma� Vance (Solana Beach, CA) were also selected. Senior outfielder MEN’S TENNIS (8-12, 4-3 Ivy League) Lance Salsgiver (Davison, MI) made the second team. Brown, Sophomore Ashwin Kumar (Round Rock, TX) was named a defensive standout and anthropology concentrator, was also to the All-Ivy League first team, both at singles—as a unanimous named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first pick—and at doubles with freshman partner Sasha Ermakov team. (Dallas, TX), leading five Harvard All-Ivy selections. The pair competes in the NCAA Doubles Championship May 25-29 at MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT CREW (4-2, 1-2 Ivy League) Stanford. Freshman Chris Clayton (Fort Lauderdale, FL) rep- The Harvard varsity avenged one of its two losses this season resented Harvard at singles on the All-Ivy second team, where at the Eastern Sprints, topping Brown in the grand final May 21 he was joined by the doubles squad of juniors Sco� Denenberg in Worcester, Mass., but will have to wait a few more weeks to get (Trumble, CT) and Gideon Valkin (Johannesburg, South Africa). back at Princeton. The Tigers took gold in a time of 5:41.59, ahead The Crimson completed the regular season with a dominant 6-1 of the second-place Crimson in 5:44.02. Harvard took the Rowe win April 25 against Dartmouth. Cup with the top overall performance, qualifying for the grand final in all five races and winning the second varsity eight race. WOMEN’S TENNIS (18-7, 7-0 Ivy League) The Crimson also placed second at third varsity and third in both The Crimson’s outstanding team season came to an end freshman contests. Harvard gets a rematch with Princeton and May 12, when Harvard dropped a close 4-2 decision to Purdue takes on the other top teams in collegiate rowing at the Intercol- in the NCAA tournament first round at Northwestern. There is legiate Rowing Association Championships June 1-3 in Camden, still more tennis to play for first team All-Ivy selections Melissa N.J. The annual Harvard-Yale Rega�a follows June 10. The Crim- Anderson (Sydney, Australia) and Elsa O’Riain (Cork, Ireland), son won its most recent head-to-head rega�a by nearly 15 seconds who will compete at the NCAA Championshps May 23-29 at against Northeastern April 29. Stanford. The Crimson swept the Ivy League year-end awards with senior Eva Wang (Haverford, PA) garnering Player of the WOMEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT CREW (6-4, 2-3 Ivy League) Year honors and Laura Peterzan (London, England) being named Radcliffe wrapped up its season by becoming one of just two Rookie of the Year. Both were named to the All-Ivy first team, and schools to place all six of its boats in the grand finals at the Eastern Wang will seek an individual NCAA title. Wang and sophomore Sprints May 14 in Camden, N.J. Half of those boats, including the doubles partner Stephanie Schni�er (San Jose, CA) were voted to fi�h-place varsity eight, placed ahead of their seeding. The second the All-Ivy second team, as was Anderson at singles. Schni�er was novice eight had a team-best second-place finish, and two boats an honorable mention singles pick. took third in their grand finals. The Black and White finished its head-to-head season April 29, as pulled away MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD (0-1, 0-1 Ivy League) in the last 100 meters from what had been a virtual dead heat to New head coach Jason Saretsky will take over the reins of take the Allen-DeWolfe Trophy by 1.6 seconds. the Harvard cross country and track and field programs July 1. Saretsky comes to Harvard following his success as the associ- MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW (5-4, 2-3 Ivy League) ate head coach at Iona College. A former All-Ivy distance runner The Crimson finished fourth, just 0.12 seconds behind de- at Columbia, Saretsky was a graduate assistant for the Lions for fending national champion Yale, May 21 at Eastern Sprints. Har- two seasons before spending five with the Gaels. He helped lead vard finished in 5:58.8, ahead of Columbia (6:01.7) and Dartmouth the Iona program to new heights, including four straight top-10 (6:02.7) and trailing the Bulldogs, Navy (5:56.33) and champion finishes in the NCAA Championship for men’s cross country. Cornell (5:53.2). The Crimson also placed fourth in second varsity The Crimson teams completed their final season under Frank and was fi�h in first freshman and third in second freshman. In Haggerty ‘68 at the Heptagonal Championships May 6-7 at Penn the final head-to-head race of the season, the Crimson finished and the ECAC Championships at Princeton May 14. The women’s third in a tightly contested race for the Goldthwait Cup, as Yale distance runners took a pair of league titles, with sophomore won the cup in 5:46.2, with Princeton coming in one second later, Lindsey Scherf (Scarsdale, NY) winning the 10,000 meters and just a foot and a half ahead of Harvard. senior Laura Maludinski (Barrie, ONT) claiming her second title in the 1,500. Freshman Becky Christensen (Celina, TX) won the WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW (4-3, 1-1 Ivy League) high jump, Harvard’s sixth title in the event in 10 years, as the The Black and White got a bit of revenge May 14 at the East- team placed seventh. Maludinski placed second in the 800 at ern Sprints in Camden, N.J., but suffered some as well, finishing ECACs, and the Crimson also took second in the 4x100 and 16th second to Wisconsin. Radcliffe’s only head-to-head loss against overall. At men’s Heps, senior James Rhodes (Claremont, CA) another lightweight boat came to Princeton April 29 at the Class led Harvard with a third-place finish in the javelin. Senior captain of 1999 Cup, but the Black and White finished more than nine Travis Hughes (Missouri City, TX) placed fourth in the long jump, seconds ahead of the fourth-place Tigers at Sprints. Georgetown as the Crimson team finished eighth. finished third. The Black and White topped the Tigers, Badgers and Hoyas April 10 at the Knecht Cup, with Princeton finishing WOMEN’S WATER (12-18, 3-4 Northern Division) second. Wisconsin’s win at Sprints sets up an interesting matchup The Crimson suffered a pair of tough one- losses in its at the IRA national championship rega�a, as Radcliffe, Wiscon- final matches of the season April 29-30 at the Eastern Champion- sin and Princeton have all defeated each other and will face off ships. Harvard rebounded from a 13-2 loss to Hartwick in its against competition from around the nation. opening game of the tournament by taking leads of 3-0 and 6-5 on Indiana, but the Hoosiers came back to win it, 7-6, with two WOMEN’S LACROSSE (5-11, 3-4 Ivy League) fourth-quarter goals. In Sunday’s seventh-place game, Maryland Harvard split its last two games of the season, defeating rallied from behind to beat Harvard, 4-3, with a goal in the game’s Brown, 12-7, April 26 and falling to Cornell, 17-8, two days later. final two minutes. Senior Molly Mehaffey (Lafaye�e, CA) scored The 3-4 Ivy finish le� the Crimson in fi�h place, ahead of Yale, two goals against Indiana, while sophomore Lauren Snyder Brown and Columbia. Two Hingham, Mass., natives, senior (Jenison, MI) had a pair against Maryland. Senior Lydia Gardner defender Bridget Driscoll and sophomore midfielder Natalie (Crownsville, MD) made 10 saves against the Terrapins. Curtis, landed spots on the All-Ivy League second team. Driscoll caused 30 turnovers to rank second in the league and 15th nation- Senior Le�erwinners’ Dinner ally with 1.88 caused turnovers per game. Curtis scored 37 goals June 7, 2006 to rank third in the league with 2.31 per game. She set a Crimson record with 48 draw controls for a league-high average of three 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:15 p.m. dinner per game that ranked 15th in Division I. Another local, senior Al- lie Kaveney (Belmont, MA), garnered All-Ivy honorable mention. For more information contact the Varsity Club at: (617) 495-3535 or [email protected] 2 Harvard Student-Athletes Take Time to Give Back To The Local Community by Jamie Ryan In addition to these department-run initiatives, many of the Marketing Intern individual teams participated in service activities on their own. Both the men and women’s squash teams work with “Squash- In addition to their heavy course loads, academic work, and busters”, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of grueling practice and competition schedules, student-athletes from all of Harvard’s 41 intercollegiate athletic teams have been participating in multiple community outreach efforts throughout the 2005-2006 academic year. The Harvard Student-Athlete Partnership Program (HSAP) is one of Harvard’s longest running community service initiatives. HSAP is a department sponsored program that matches student- athletes with classrooms and programs in K-12 schools in Allston, Brighton, and Cambridge. On a specified basis, Harvard student- athletes go to the schools and volunteer their time to reinforce principles taught at home and in the classroom through volunteer interaction, demonstrations, tutoring and mentoring. This year, over 40 student-athletes volunteered at the King School in Cam- bridge and the Gardner School in Allston. The Pen Pal Program is another way for Harvard student-ath- letes to work with students in local schools. This past academic year marks the first time that Harvard has sponsored this pro- gram and it turned out to be a huge success. Forty-eight Harvard On May 2 Harvard student-athletes and fi�h-graders from the Park student-athletes corresponded with 48 fi�h graders at the Park School had a great time at the first “Pen Pal Picnic.” School in Brookline via monthly le�ers that discussed such topics as the importance of school, goal se�ing, the benefits of staying youngsters through teaching them the values of teamwork, good involved in sports, and facts about themselves and their lives. sportsmanship and responsibility. Squashbusters uses the Har- On May 2nd both groups of students were able to finally meet vard squash courts and members of the Harvard squash team to each other face to face at the first annual “pen pal picnic” held at work with the young players. Harvard. Both the elementary schoolers and the athletes played The women’s soccer team works closely with CityKicks which baseball, soccer, football, and tag as well as exchanged contact is a local organization that teaches Boston area girls the game of information, autographs, and Harvard gear for Park school hats. soccer, challenging them to be the best they can be on the field Among the biggest successes this year has been the Nike and in the community. Both in October and in April, the women’s Reuse-A-Shoe Drive, an initiative that Nike developed in 1993 in soccer team hosted members of the CityKicks organization for order to decrease waste as well as to help increase the physical an a�er school clinic at Ohiri Field that focused on soccer drills, activity level of the world’s youth. Any brand of old sneakers are fundamentals, and teamwork. collected and shipped to the Nike recycling center in Wilsonville, The Harvard tennis team spends their free time volunteer- . Since its inception, Nike has donated more than 170 sur- ing with Tenacity, a program that provides Boston youth with the faces to communities around the world. Harvard Athletics Stu- opportunity to play tennis and seeks to improve the mental, emo- dent Athlete Advisory Commi�ee partnered with City Sports to tional, and physical well being of these young people. Harvard’s participate in Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe drive. Collection boxes were tennis coaches and players have arranged an a�er-school program placed in all of the 11 houses on campus, as well as the Malkin in which kids are able to come to the Palmer Dixon Tennis Center Athletic Center, Hemenway Gymnasium, The Murr Center and to learn the game of tennis. Tenacity members also work as score Dillon Field House. With 16 boxes piled high, Harvard Athlet- keepers at Harvard Tennis matches. ics was able to send 220 pairs of old shoes to the Nike recycling The men’s swim team holds an annual Harvard Police center. (HUPD) and Family Recognition Day which consists of swim- Harvard Athletics also does a terrific job of celebrating ming and diving lessons/demonstrations and a free swim with National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). NGWSD the team. Following the session in the pool, HUPD and their began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic volleyball player families are invited to a�end a BBQ and a Harvard football game. Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements and her work to assure The swim team organizes this event to show their gratitude and equality for women’s sports. NGWSD is celebrated in all 50 states respect for the HUPD and all that they do for the Harvard com- with community-based events, award ceremonies, and activities munity. honoring the achievements and encouraging participation of girls This past February both the women’s swim team and the and women in sports. Harvard has honored this day for 13 years women’s team participated in the Baldwin Family Fun by offering girls in local Boston neighborhoods the opportunity to Fitness Night. This was an event held at a Cambridge elementary come to campus and participate in instructional skills and drills in school and was designed to promote healthy living to elementary various sports run by Harvard student-athletes. Volunteers from schoolers and their parents. Members of both the swim team and Harvard’s soccer, basketball, volleyball, and tennis teams helped the basketball team volunteered their time at this event by doing to facilitate NGWSD on April 28th, 2006. demonstrations and serving as good role models for the kids and families at the Fitness Night. Also in February, the men’s basketball team hosted an af- ternoon of basketball skills and drills for the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, a private, non-profit child welfare agen- cy that provides residential, educational, and community-based services. The Harvard Basketball players worked with each of the kids on an individual basis, broke up into small games to practice their improved skills, and then mixed with the kids to play a full court game. To end the morning, the men had a dunk contest and signed , t-shirts, posters, and sneakers for the kids. The Harvard Wrestling team is one of the best when it comes to community outreach. The entire team participated in the pen pal program and HSAP as well as independent projects. They volunteer their time on Saturday mornings at the food pantry at St. Paul’s Church, where they arrive to help unload trucks of do- nated food, go through the pantry and organize everything they have unloaded, and then begin distributing the food. All of Harvard’s 41 teams and their athletes pride themselves on being well-rounded and successful both on and off the field. Their efforts in the community are impressive and their accolades On April 28 Harvard sponosed a National Girls and Women in in their respective sports and in the classroom are amazing. They Sports Day. Women’s tennis players, among many others, are a very special group of individuals. participated in the day-long event. 3 CRIMSON COMMENTARY

by Michele McLaughlin ances, five Beanpots and two ECAC championships. Assistant Director of the Harvard Varsity Club Current Harvard head coach ‘91 spoke on behalf of Weiland at the banquet. The Seaforth, Ont., native was twice named coach of the ead field hockey coach Sue Caples and her team rea- year by the American Hockey Coaches Association, first in 1955, H cently participated in a unique community service when he led the Crimson to third place in the NCAA tourna- activity. The team spent the day at The Self Defense & ment, and again in his final season, when his team captured the Performance Center Inc. in South Boston training with children of ECAC tournament. The New England Hockey Writers Associa- various ages. The group learned the basics of self defense while tion named Weiland its coach of the year five times and honored spending some time with local kids. From both sides the day was a him with the Schaefer Pen Award for contribution to amateur huge success. hockey in 1962. He received the Lester Patrick Award for contri- bution to hockey in the United States in 1972. Weiland coached seven All-Americans, including three-time first-team selection Joe Cavanagh ‘71 and two-time picks Bob Cleary ‘58 and David Johnston ‘63. His players earned a total of 26 first team All-Ivy honors, highlighted by the 1956-57 team, which was comprised entirely of Crimson players. Four of Weiland’s Harvard players ( ‘56, Bob Cleary ‘58, Bob McVey ‘58 and Bob Owen ‘58) helped the 1960 U.S. Olympic team win the gold medal in Squaw Valley, CA. ***** Harvard hockey le�erman Mark Moore ‘00 recently pub- lished a book on hockey called “Saving the Game: Pro Hockey’s Quest to Raise its Game from Crisis to New Heights.” Moore is one of three brothers who all played for the Crimson (Steve ‘01 and Dominic ‘03, both served as captains). A�er his Harvard The field hockey team and the students at Ultimate Self playing days were over, Mark went on to play defense in the Defense & Performance Center. Pi�sburgh Penguins organization before being injured. Forced to retire, Mark began working on a book on the sport. A few ***** months later, his younger brother Steve, who was a member of We are saddened to report the passing of John Paine ‘43. A the Colorado Avalanche, was a�acked from behind in a game former hockey captain and longtime Varsity Club member, Paine in Vancouver. Steve suffered a broken neck in one of the most was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1998. vicious acts of violence in hockey’s history. He was one of the pivotal members of a 1943 hockey team (the last Confronting all of the issues in the sport, Mark has com- Harvard team until the end of World War II) which finished 14-3-1 pleted a soul-searching and revealing look at the game he loves. and outscored its opponents by an unprecedented 150-54 margin. He hopes to help restore the spirit of sports, and make hockey as The team’s proudest moment, however, came not from a victory great as it once was and can be. Mark currently lives in Toronto, but from a deadlock against a powerhouse Dartmouth team which and maintains his passion for hockey through a summer hockey had beaten Harvard twice and had rung up, to the of the tie, school for children. For more information on the book go to 33 consecutive victories. www.savingthegame.ca or www.amazon.com. ***** ***** The late Ralph “Cooney” Weiland, coach of the Harvard Harvard wrestling is the latest program affected by all the men’s hockey team for 21 seasons, has been announced as the 2006 coaching changes in the world of collegiate wrestling. Crimson recipient of the Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award. Head Coach Jay Weiss announced the hiring of Olympic silver Weiland was honored on May medalist Jamill Kelly and Harvard’s own three-time All-Ameri- 11 at the Hobey Baker Award can and NCAA champion Jesse Jantzen `04 as assistant coaches. Banquet. Kelly, a 2000 graduate of State, won a silver A 1971 inductee to the medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics a�er winning the Olympic , Weiland Trials and the U.S. Nationals at 66kg (145.5 lbs.) that year. Kelly is the longest-tenured coach placed fi�h or higher at the U.S. Nationals from 2001- 03 and in Harvard history and ranks was second at the Pan American Games in 2003. second on the career wins Jantzen won the 149-pound title as a senior to become the list with a 315-174-17 record second national champion at Harvard - and the first since 1938. at Harvard. In his tenure as He was also named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA head coach from 1950 to 1971, championships and was chosen as the Ivy League and EIWA he led the Crimson to six Ivy wrestler of the year. League championships, five NCAA tournament appear- Ralph “Cooney” Weiland

Upcoming Friends and Varsity Club Events

June 7 Senior Le�erwinners’ Dinner, Murr Center Tennis Courts, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:15 p.m. dinner 12 Friends of Football Palo Alto Dinner, Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner 13 Friends of Football Los Angeles Dinner, City Club in Los Angeles, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner 26 Friends of Football Tournament, Charter Oak Country Club, 10 a.m. registration, 11 a.m. shotgun start

SAVE THE DATE - Upcoming Fall Events Sept. 15 Friends of Hockey Golf Tournament, Shaker Hills in Harvard, MA, 1 p.m. shotgun start Sept. 15-16 Celebrating 100 Years of Harvard Men’s Soccer and 30 Years of Harvard Women’s Soccer September 15 - Informal Gathering, location TBD, 8 p.m. September 16 - 1986 Harvard vs. Duke final four rematch, Alumnae Game, Dinner Oct. 20 Friends of Harvard and Radcliffe Rowing Dinner, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave., time TBA Nov. 16 Friends of Lacrosse New York City Dinner, Harvard Club of New York, time TBA Nov. 18 Friends of Women’s Volleyball 25th Anniversary Celebration, Mur Center Barnaby Gallery, time 7 p.m. Nov. 20 Football Annual Dinner, Harvard Club of Boston, Comm. Ave., time TBA

For questions on any event contact the Varsity Club at 617-495-3535 or [email protected]

4 HALL OF FAME DINNER On Saturday, May 20, 2006 the Harvard Varsity Club welcomed eight individuals and three crews into the prestigious Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. Close to 200 family, friends and Varsity Club members were on hand to celebrate this year’s well-deserving class. The Varsity Club also honored Fred Glimp ‘50 with the Harvard Varsity Club Award for his unending support of Harvard and its student-athletes. The 2006 Hall of Fame induction class.

Front row: Ted Donato ‘91, Mia Costello ‘90, Suzanne Jones Walmsley ‘91, Lindsay Burns Barbier ‘87, Fred Glimp ‘50.

Middle: Peter Ciavaglia ‘91, Dan Grout ‘87, George Hunnewell ‘87, Steve Wayne ‘88, Joe Harvey ‘89, Jim Crick ‘88, Donald Fawce� ‘89, John Amory ‘89.

Back: Jon Bernstein ‘90, Peter Sharis ‘90, Ralph James ‘91, Jack Rusher ‘89, Philipp Schuller ‘89, Claude Sirlin ‘87, Keir Pear- son ‘89, Richard Kennelly ‘87.

Not pictured: Anna Seaton Huntington ‘86, Sheila Findley Olson ‘90 and Curt-Michael Pieckenhagen ‘87.

All Hall of Fame Photos by David Silverman Photography - www.dspics.com

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Women’s lacrosse alumnae came back to Cambridge in mid-April for The 2006 NCAA Champion Harvard men’s and women’s fencing teams the annual alumni weekend. Over 200 alumni were on hand to enjoy were honored at a luncheon on May 10. The teams were honored for their alumni games, varsity games and day-long BBQ. 2005-06 dream season that saw the fencing program reach the highest possible pinnacle by winning the NCAA Championship.

The Class of 1977 was well-represented at the Friends of Football New Vin Ferrara ‘95, Marius Jungerhans, Joe Messina ‘97, Dave Pazden ‘97 York City Dinner by (L-R) Tom Shea, Steve O’Brien and Tom Joyce. and former manager Stephanie Heilborn ‘95 enjoy the reception prior to the Friends of Football New York City Dinner at the Harvard Club of New York on May 11.

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wasn’t able to practice in the Dome, either on game day or the day day the or day game on either Dome, the in practice to able wasn’t

Nicholas N. Sweeney ’92 - Track & Field & Track - ’92 Sweeney N. Nicholas

Compounding things for Harvard was the fact that the Crimson Crimson the that fact the was Harvard for things Compounding

Andrea K. Montalbano ’90 - Soccer - ’90 Montalbano K. Andrea to mention the overall quality of Syracuse’s team. Syracuse’s of quality overall the mention to

to its unique size, unusual sightlines, and rambunctious crowd, not not crowd, rambunctious and sightlines, unusual size, unique its to Jennifer P. Holleran ’90 - Squash - ’90 Holleran P. Jennifer

arguably the best home-field advantage in college lacrosse thanks thanks lacrosse college in advantage home-field best the arguably

Cathy A. Griffin ’92 - Track & Field & Track - ’92 Griffin A. Cathy

would be played in the Carrier Dome, a facility that gives the Orange Orange the gives that facility a Dome, Carrier the in played be would

Jeremy D. Fraiberg ’92 - Squash - ’92 Fraiberg D. Jeremy

semifinals 22 times in the last 23 years. On top of that, the game game the that, of top On years. 23 last the in times 22 semifinals

(Field Hockey & Lacrosse) & Hockey (Field had never defeated and a program that had reached the national national the reached had that program a and defeated never had

that Harvard was paired against Syracuse — a school the Crimson Crimson the school a — Syracuse against paired was Harvard that Carroll Clark Enge ’92 -All-Around -All-Around ’92 Enge Clark Carroll

to the NCAA field for the first time since 1996. The bad news was was news bad The 1996. since time first the for field NCAA the to

Stacie M. Duncan ’92 - Swimming - ’92 Duncan M. Stacie

The good news for Harvard was that the Crimson was chosen chosen was Crimson the that was Harvard for news good The

Allen H. Bourbeau ‘88 – Ice Hockey Ice – ‘88 Bourbeau H. Allen the final weekend) seemed to leave us in pre�y good shape.” good pre�y in us leave to seemed weekend) final the

pre�y good wins this year, and the results across the board (from (from board the across results the and year, this wins good pre�y

lot of room for subjectivity in the selection process. We’ve had some some had We’ve process. selection the in subjectivity for room of lot dinner and the inductees in upcoming issues of of issues upcoming in inductees the and dinner News & Views. & News

derson would say a�er the selection show. “But there really isn’t a a isn’t really there “But show. selection the a�er say would derson weight crew. Look for more information on the induction induction the on information more for Look crew. weight

“Subjectively (the loss to Dartmouth) might have hurt us,” An us,” hurt have might Dartmouth) to loss (the “Subjectively - - athletes into the Hall of Fame along with one men’s heavy men’s one with along Fame of Hall the into athletes

name appeared in the bracket. the in appeared name Next May the Harvard Varsity Club will welcome 11 star star 11 welcome will Club Varsity Harvard the May Next

So count Anderson as one who was not surprised when Harvard’s Harvard’s when surprised not was who one as Anderson count So

Class of 2007 of Class sites that can — with reasonable accuracy — replicate the numbers. numbers. the replicate — accuracy reasonable with — can that sites

ment is not made available to the public, there are enough Internet Internet enough are there public, the to available made not is ment

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