Tag: Cross Country

  • Nation & World

    Graham Blanks can really motor

    First-place finishes pile up for rising cross-country star, who talks about team, goals — and that time he passed the lead car.

    4 minutes
    Graham Blanks.
  • Nation & World

    Athlete for life

    Claire Richardson ’11 is an unusual example of what happens after college athletes graduate. Eligible to continue competing in college because of a year lost to injury, she’s headed to Georgetown for graduate school, and more running.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard Welcomes 20 Incoming Cross Country Runners

    Director of track and field and cross country Jason Saretsky announced his incoming freshmen class for cross country Wednesday. The rookie class is made up of 12 men and eight women hailing from six states (California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York) and two countries (Canada and England).

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    (Another) new era

    For all the talk about the commercialization and professionalizing of college sports, the one happy constant with athletics in academia is that players willingly perform in the same uniform for four whole seasons. Such loyalty among professional athletes, meanwhile, seems to be going the way of the granny shot.

    3 minutes