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Class of ’03 Alums Excel in NCAA Crew and Track & Field
Christine Geiser ’03 was the #6 seat in Yale’s NCAA varsity eight boat in the May 27 Division I national championship race in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Her boat won their heat, their semifinal and the grand final to finish the season undefeated.
Christine proudly notes that fans may check out this article on Yale’s Eastern Sprints win at
http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/w-crew/recaps/051307aae.html; an excerpt reads, “It was a memorable day for the Yale women’s crew team at the Eastern Sprints on the Cooper River. The Bulldogs took home the Charles Willing Jr. Team trophy for overall supremacy, and the varsity eight won the Grand Final for the second time in the last three years. The varsity eight victory earns Yale the Ivy League title…It was the fifth time in school history that Yale won the varsity eight race at Sprints, which began in 1976. ‘It’s simply one of the best feelings I’ve ever had,’ said Geiser, a senior who was also in the varsity boat that won in 2005.”
Michael Kerrigan ’03, a Stroudsburg, Pa., native and Villanova senior, qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Championship Finals by finishing third in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA East Regional qualifying meet on May 26 at the University of Florida. Mike, who has one year of eligibility remaining because he redshirted last year, ran (3:42.5, a 3:59+ mile equivalent) to qualify for the championship meet June 6-9, in Sacramento, Calif.,
Mike also set a personal best in the event, as his 3:44.11 time that he ran at Princeton in April had qualified him for the East Regional. Max Smith, a junior from Providence, won the race in 3:41.09, with junior Ben True of Dartmouth second in 3:42.00. Mike broke the four-minute mile in mid-May, running 3:59.60 at Swarthmore.
Posted 5/29/07
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