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Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship
Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship Kerry Grundlingh, a 21-year-old student at Princeton University was killed on Sunday, July 27, after being hit by a car while cycling in her native South Africa, the school announced. Grundlingh, an economics major was an accomplished athlete who was a member of the women's open rowing team at Princeton, and rowed for South Africa in international competitions, the university said. With the heaviest hearts, we mourn the tragic loss of Kerry Grundlingh. To the Grundlingh family and all those who... Posted by Row SA on Sunday, July 27, 2025 This past season, Grundlingh was part of t…

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by Sam Barron
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PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics
PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics Justin Best is on a hot streak. The 26-year-old American rower from Pennsylvania dropped down to one knee after winning the gold at Paris 2024, and proposed to his girlfriend of nine years, Lainey Duncan. Best was joined by his teammates, who helped score the team's first gold medal in 60 years, along with family members holding thousands of yellow roses, to pop the question Monday, Aug. 5. Click here for footage of the proposal from TODAY. According to PEOPLE, each of the 2,738 roses represented a day that the couple used Snapchat to communicate over the course of their nine-year relatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Cheer For These 35 Pennsylvania Athletes Representing Team USA At Paris Olympics Cheer For These 35 Pennsylvania Athletes Representing Team USA At Paris Olympics
Cheer For These 35 Pennsylvania Athletes Representing Team USA At Paris Olympics We're days away from the Paris Olympics, and several of Pennsylvania fittest and most athletic residents will be there. A whopping 35 athletes from Pennsylvania have qualified for the Olympics and are ready to make their run at the gold when events kick off Friday, July 26. They are: David Abrahams, of Havertown: Para Swimming Justin Best, of Kennett Square: Rowing Kahleah Copper, of Philadelphia: Basketball Emma Deberdine, of Millersville: Field Hockey Brooke Debredine, of Millersville: Field Hockey Casey Eichfeld, of Drums: Canoe/Kayak Phia Gladieux, of Oley: Field Hockey Michael G…

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by Cecilia Levine