The women’s skiing team, Brown’s best ever, finished fourth in the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association National Championships at Northstar-at-Tahoe in Truckee, California, in March.… Seeded fourth in the March ECAC Championships, the women’s gymnastics team finished third, setting a new school record of 194 points.… The women’s swimming and diving team placed third in the Ivy Championships.… After winning the New England fencing title in épée and finishing fourth in the NCAA Regionals, Ruth Schneider ’06 placed twelfth in épée at the NCAA Championships held at the Air Force Academy in March.… Brad Bowery ’03 took second place in the pole vault at the ECAC/IC4A Championships hosted by Boston University in early March; Bowery, a history concentrator, was named to the 2003 Academic All-Ivy Team later in the month.
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