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Michael Layefsky captured this amazing aerial photo of Memorial Stadium during last week's game against the Oregon Ducks. Michael lifts his camera aloft using helium balloons and kites, and shares his work on flickr.

. . . produce Olympians the program has. Aside from Coughlin (class of '04), who will serve as a captain during her third Olympic appearance, and Vollmer ('09), former Golden Bear Jessica Hardy (who gave up her collegiate eligibility in '07), and current Berkeley students Caitlin Leverenz ('13) and Rachel Bootsma ('16) will also represent the school, making it the most well-represented institution on the American team. In addition, along with junior Stephanie Au '14 (Hong Kong), alums Lauren Boyle '10 (New Zealand), Hannah Wilson '11 (Hong Kong) and Sara Isakovic '12 (Slovenia) will be representatives for their respective countries, bringing the Olympic total from five McKeever-ites to nine.

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PPL Park just outside Philadelphia will host the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championships (CRC) June 4-5. With Central Washington winning the CRC Qualifier in Las Vegas, we know know 12 of the teams set to attend: CWU, Utah, Cal, Arizona, LSU, Penn State, Army, Navy, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Temple, and Boston College. But there are four places left. Who gets them? Direct to the voting here