Big Wins

First off, this is front page cnn news and a big big deal for my company. Forget the contract itself – it’s a prime system integrator on a huge platform.

Also, Stephen roommate and Michael intern John Crews is the 2008 ACC champion in the 5000 meter run. His time wasn’t blazing fast (14:27), but conference championships are about winning and win he did. A brilliant race and punishing 3 lap finishing kick broke the race open. He closed the 5K in 1:30 for 600 meters, it was thoroughly impressive.

Stephen, meanwhile, qualified for the finals in the mile for the second straight year. You can do no more than qualify on day one – day two everyone has a clean slate.

Addendum
The mile didn’t work out too well, as it went tactical and the guys are more strength runners than speed runners. The 3K was pretty decent, however, as NY native JMart nipped out 2nd place in the last step of the race, and the Furst/Crews contingent picked up points in 5th and 6th. Considering how tired Steve looked at the end of his miles over the past two days, his 3K was very impressive – he same day doubles pretty well.

Addendum 2
The photos are up from the weekend. A couple disclaimers:
1) The room was very dim. I had to use the ISO 800 setting on my camera which makes everything grainy.
2) I’m no good at taking pictures of things that move. I have a hard enough time with things that stay still.

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