GTE Academic All-America Teams

1998-99 Men’s Fall/Winter At-Large College Division First Team Jarrod Alston – WPI (Soccer) – Sr. 4.00/Mechanical Engineering Ahmad Belfon,Jr. – Florida Southern (Soccer) – Jr. 4.00/Pre-Medicine Adam Carlson – Emory

GTE Academic All-America Teams

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IOC Scandal Affecting Sydney Sponsorship

The organizing committee for the 2000 Olympic Games slashed $32 million from its expected revenue, blaming the International Olympic Committee’s bribery scandal for sponsorship shortfalls. Sydney organizers have been trying

Playing Hooky

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Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete

Ted Brisson, a senior tri-captain of the North Carolina Tar Heels swim team, was named the winner of the 1999 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award, worth $5,000. A senior from Goldboro, NC,

Sears Directors Cup – Division III Standings

The Sears Directors Cup is awarded to the nation’s best athletic program in May/June. Division III Standings 1. Williams (Mass.), 420 2. Middlebury (Vt.), 370 3. Rowan (N.J.), 350 4.

University of Arizona Signs Botsford

TUCSON, AZ – Beth Botsford, a Garrison Forest High School product (Timonium, Md.), who was a double gold-medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games, signed a national letter of intent to

Sears Directors Cup – Division II Standings

The Sears Directors Cup is awarded to the nation’s best athletic program in May/June. Division II Standings 1. Adams State (Col.), 310 2. North Dakota, 280 2. North Dakota State,