Cornell in Beijing
The two Cornell Olympians, Jen Kaido and Ken Jurkowski.
Apparently the Olympics ended yesterday. Some guy mentioned a “Closing Ceremony” or something. Good riddance, I say! Now we can all get back to watching quality daytime programming on NBC like Days of Our Lives.
Anywho, how the hell did Cornell and, for that matter, the rest of the Ivies, do in Beijing?
We had 2 Olympians in attendance, Ken Jurkowski and Jennifer Kaido, both rowers who graduated in 2003 and did not medal. But they did pretty fantastically, considering it’s the Olympics: Jurkowski finished 11th overall in the Men’s Single Sculls, while Kaido finished 5th in the women’s quadruple sculls. Congrats to both of them! Maybe we can get an interview or something?
Ivygate has an overview of the the League’s medal count, mostly culled from iviesinchina.com. The so-called “Ivy Nation” sent 42 athletes who brought back 14 medals, which they say is a really good ratio. They also say that if the Ivy League were a country, we’d have the 8th most overall medals in the whole world. Just another reason to be elitist pigs, I suppose.
