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Archive for December, 2008

And with the first pick of the 2009 draft…

on Dec 14th 2008

Last year marked the start of a new Tufts Track and Field tradition.  It was the 1st Annual Alumni Invitational where the programs alumni return to challenge the current athletes to a dual meet.  Being the first meeting of the two squads, we had light numbers on the alumni side.  As a result, we decided […]

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Finals week

on Dec 11th 2008

Wow, it’s finals week already.  That came up pretty quick.  I imagine it felt even quicker to the athletes though.  Another semester in the bank.  To be honest, I was even surprised to see that it had already been a week since I posted on this blog.   We’ve had a great break up dinner […]

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Who’s the next superstar? Who wants to step up?

on Dec 4th 2008

What a year for New England Track and Field.  As a region, we easily had our most successful XC season in recent years.  When you couple that with so many great senior who graduated last spring, I look forward to seeing who emerges as this year’s elite athletes.  On the team front, it looks to […]

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Kaplan can’t help you pass this test.

on Dec 1st 2008

We already have the ‘fat’ gene and the ‘crazy’ gene so should we really be surprised that someone just discovered the ‘athletic’ gene?  Yes, we’re back on genetics.  Why not?  It was an enjoyable discussion.  Except now we’re not playing hypotheticals.  The question is, would you get your kids tested?  If you could know, at […]

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