Volume 114 >> Issue 67 : Wednesday, February 1, 1995

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Sports Shorts

Basketball player Keith Whalen '96 scored the 1,000th point of his career in last Tuesday's game against Norwich University. Whalen has moved into 12th place on the all-time MIT scoring list with 1,050 points.

In the Norwich game, Whalen also had a career high 20 rebounds. For his efforts, Whalen was named the Constitution Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week.

Gymnastics

For the men's team, Chris Ellefson '95 scored a 9.0/10.0 to win the rings event in a meet with Vermont and Dartmouth College. Ellefson placed third in the all-around with a score of 45.30.

Wrestling

The wrestling team raised its record to 10­5 by taking two of three matches wrestled Saturday.

The Engineers defeated Western New England College by a 32­13 count and followed with a 39­15 victory over Yale University. Norwich University squeaked by MIT in the finale by a 27­22 count.

Heavyweight Ben Helweg '97 won each of his three bouts by pin.