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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

Yet another recruit! From ESPN: From Monte Vista (Danville, Calif.), David Wilkerson has pledged to California's 2010 recruiting class. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound inside linebacker chose the Bears over Michigan, Nebraska and Oregon. He is the 4th commitment for California. Rivals has him unrated (and only shows his commitment to Cal) Scout has him as a 4*

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For Cal students only. I got an e-mail just now about this. It's just a simple survey. If you take it you are entered into a drawing where you can win a Montgomery signed basketball or Tedford signed football. Be sure to mention GOLD OUT at every opportunity. And plug this blog. I mentioned this blog twice!

Right on!