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I-Club’s Parade of Nations expands to week-long celebration of culture

by Charlie Driver News Editor

Tufts International Club (I-Club) expanded its Parade of Nations event this year, adding a week of events celebrating different cultures. The week culminated in the Parade of Nations show, held in Cohen Auditorium on March 2.

According to Uzair Sattar and Akshat Rajan, the president and vice president of I-Club, respectively, the expansion of Parade of Nations to a week was the result of an expansion of the club itself. They explained that I-Club doubled in size and switched to a vertical leadership structure at the start of the year.

Rajan, a senior, explained that I-Club’s new structure has led to wider cultural representation in the group’s activities.

“Because I-Club has more of a tiered structure now in terms of its committees, we’ve been able to get a better mix of people onto the team,” he said. “Different committees on the team can serve different communities within the international community.”

Rajan explained that in the same way, expanding Parade of Nations from a performing arts showcase to a week of events allowed for non-performance groups to get involved.

According to a flyer for the week, events included movie nights, a photo exhibition and an international food festival.

Sattar, a sophomore, explained that hosting more events during the week allowed I-Club to support new cultural organizations’ attempts to gain Tufts Community Union (TCU) recognition. According to the TCU Judiciary bylaws, a club must host three public events per semester to be recognized. Sattar and Rajan mentioned BRASA, a Brazilian students’ organization, as an example of one of the new clubs that held an event during the week.

Rajan said that the week brought new faces into I-Club’s community.

“Throughout the week we were able to tie up with clubs who we haven’t worked with in the past, students we haven’t met in the past,” he said.

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The centerpiece of the week remained the Parade of Nations show. According to its program, the show featured performances from dance groups Bhangra, Wuzee, Tamasha, Pulse, JumboRaas and TURBO; a cappella groups Essence and Full Sound; drum and dance ensemble Kiniwe; and rapper Gypsy the Poet.

Meha Elhence, co-captain of JumboRaas, praised the show, saying that it gave her group a great opportunity to perform in front of a large audience on campus.

The show also featured the presentation of the 27th Oliver Chapman Leadership and Community Service Award. According to a 2017 Daily article, the award is dedicated to the memory of Oliver Chapman, an international student from Panama who passed away unexpectedly during his senior year in 1992.

Sattar introduced the five seniors nominated for the award — Rajan, Nesi Altaras, Swaraj Priyadarshi, Thaw Htet and Thomas Nyalile.

Opening an envelope, he then announced

Rajan as the winner of this year’s prize for contributing to I-Club and TEDxTufts throughout his Tufts career.

Rajan said he was happy to have won the award but reserved praise for his fellow nominees.

“Everybody who was nominated has done so much for the international community in different ways,” he said.

The night was also an opportunity for the new director of the International Center, Andrew Shiotani, to address the international community for the first time, according to Rajan. According to a Feb. 5 Daily article, Shiotani joined Tufts in January, replacing outgoing director Jane Etish-Andrews, who retired after 35 years at the center.

Shiotani said that he is thrilled that Tufts’ international community has a student-led tradition like the Parade of Nations.

“It’s absolutely great to have an event like [tonight’s] and a week-long series of events that the students are driving,” he said.

Sattar and Rajan said that the expansion of Parade of Nations to a week was successful, and that they hope that it continues.

Rajan praised Parade of Nations as an opportunity to bring the Tufts international community together in celebration.

“People … just want to come together and go through the process of sharing something, whether it’s food, whether it’s a movie from their culture, whether it’s something as simple as telling some stories of where they grew up,” he said.

Shiotani also spoke to the importance of the Parade of Nations, describing the way it broadens students’ understanding of other cultures.

“This is a really opportune time for us to recognize that we’re part of a global community,” he said. “We really want the international student community … to be part of events [like Parade of Nations] that can really help to bridge those differences and really reinforce a climate of understanding and learning.”

Sex Health Reps host 2nd annual Sex Health Week

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The Tufts Sex Health Reps hosted a series of 27 events as part of Sex Health Week starting on Feb. 24. The week included a diverse range of events, featuring both large discussions and smaller semi-

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According to Alexandra Donovan, the director of the Center for Awareness, Education, and Resources (CARE), the Sex Health Reps make up part of CARE along with Green Dot, a program encouraging bystander intervention in cases of sexual misconduct.

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Annie Kapral, a Sex Health Rep who helped coordinate Sex Health Week, said that one of the main purposes of Sex Health Week was to allow the Sex Health Reps to reach more students.

“I think the first thing for me … is to bring awareness to the campus of this group and this office as a resource, but to

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do it in a kind of fun and engaging way,” Kapral, a senior, said.

Elena Phethean, another Sex Health Rep who helped coordinate the events throughout the week, echoed this sentiment.

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continued from page 1 “I think a huge part of the week for us is just to get our name out there,” Phethean, a junior, said.

Kapral added that Sex Health Reps are currently in their second year, and this is the second time Sex Health Week has taken place.

Donovan said that the idea for Sex Health Reps started as a way for students from different backgrounds in sex education to talk about consent and sex health with their peers.

“There was a big difference between what our students understood and the different levels of sex education that they were coming into touch with,” Donovan said. “And so we saw the need that this was programming that we wanted to do, and that … the best kind of programming was peer-to-peer.”

Donovan added that the mission of the CARE Office is both to prevent and properly respond to sexual misconduct that occurs on campus, saying that the Sex Health Reps aligned with this mission by starting a conversation about sex that could prevent sexual misconduct.

Kapral added that there are currently 11 Sex Health Reps and 22 coordinators working for the CARE Office.

Kapral also shared her hopes that as Sex Health Reps grows as a program, events such as Sex Health Week, along with Smut Slam, a night to share funny and embarrassing sex stories, will be well-known on the Tufts campus.

Phethean also emphasized that the events featured several different types of atmospheres, from “Sexy Trivia,” which occurred on Thursday and, according

to Phethean, had over 100 people in attendance, to smaller group discussions around hookup culture at Tufts.

“Some events [were] more geared towards a smaller audience discussion, and some are meant to be … very fun and big,” Phethean said.

In addition, Phethean highlighted one of the events, titled “Zoë Ligon on Masturbation, Pleasure, and Stigma,” which took place last Wednesday. “[Zoë Ligon] is a sex educator, writer [and] artist and she came and spoke about pleasure and stigma … which we thought was really important because I think a large focus of sex health and our group especially is sex positivity, so she really brought that with her talk,” Phethean said.

Maya Velasquez, who helped run the event “Sex Ed — College Edition with the Hill [Hall] FYAs,” which was held on Saturday, emphasized the importance of making events feel accessible to as many people as possible. “[We] wanted to do something that was targeted to first-years,” Velasquez, a sophomore, said. “Sex Health Reps events can be kind of jarring. Everyone’s coming from different places in terms of sex education.”

Benjamin Lee, another Sex Health Rep and first year assistant in Miller Hall, echoed Velasquez’s sentiment, adding that the event would also allow firstyears to understand what resources regarding sex health were available on campus. “[As first-years], people are coming to Tufts from all sorts of different backgrounds, so whether that’s people that have had very comprehensive sex-

ual education or people … where their only exposure is ‘Just say no’ or abstinence-only,” Lee said. “I think it’s really important to actively advertise the available resources and actively educate the Tufts community.”

Throughout this event, those who attended were introduced to various types of sex toys and asked to differentiate sex toys from dog toys. Afterward, Velasquez and Lee explained to those who attended who the Sex Health Reps were and the various resources regarding sex, such as sexually transmitted infection testing offered by the CARE Office and Health Services.

Donovan stated that the number and scope of events increased from last year to this year, saying that only 10 events were organized for last year’s Sex Health Week.

“One of the things that I think is so positive about having … a focused week is the variety of different topics that we talked about from pain, or chronic pain, and sex all the way to sex toys,” Donovan said.

Donovan also said that the CARE Office and Sex Health Reps were looking to work more with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Kapral expanded on this increase in event organizing, saying that Sex Health Reps worked with diverse groups on campus.

“Even during Sex Health Week, we had collaborative events with the Chaplaincy or ASAP [Action for Sexual Assault Prevention] or other organizations … We’re also starting programming with the FIRST Center coming up,” Kapral said.

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Jonas Brothers reunion sparks mid-aughts nostalgia

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The recent trend of 1990s nostalgia has brought with it a wave of boyband reunions.

Iconic groups such as The Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, whose members are now well into their 40s, are dropping albums and announcing reunion tours to the delight of their now-grown millennial fans. But what about the youngest adults, who were born in the late 90s and are just a bit too young to have had a childhood crush on Justin Timberlake or Aaron Carter? This group often feels left out of the boyband nostalgia, but not anymore.

Last Friday at midnight, the Jonas Brothers released their new single and music video “Sucker,” and 20-somethings everywhere rejoiced. The trio, made up of Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas, was formed in 2005 and gained popularity from their appearances on Disney Channel. Those who were children and teens

towards the end of the last decade might remember dancing to hits such as “Year 3000” (2006) and “Burnin’ Up” (2008), or watching the brothers act alongside Demi Lovato in the Disney Channel Original Movie “Camp Rock” (2008). Before their breakup in 2013, the Jonas Brothers sold over 17 million albums.

While the Jonas Brothers have been in the spotlight lately, especially after Nick’s high-profile wedding to actress Priyanka Chopra in December 2018, “Sucker” marks their first music release as a band in six years. Though rumors of a reunion had been swirling for a couple of weeks, the excitement really kicked off on Thursday, Feb. 28, when oldest brother Joe broke the news of the upcoming single on Twitter. This was followed by a flurry of activity from the brothers on social media. The brothers played into the nostalgia of fans by recreating a 2008 viral YouTube video, in which Nick and Kevin spin a table before Joe enters and says, “oh, how the

tables have turned.” The new video, posted to Twitter and Instagram, ends with confetti and a banner reading, “Hello Again.”

The fanfare continued with the midnight release of “Sucker” on March 1. The song is an updated version of their old pop-rock sound, with a streamlined guitar-focused instrumentation that lets their vocals shine through. Nick takes the lead on this song, and his falsetto lends the song an airy quality: “I’m a sucker for you / You say the word and I’ll go anywhere blindly,” he croons on the chorus. Joe’s rhythmic pre-chorus is a highlight of the song, and a whistle hook makes the track even more of an earworm.

The music video, also released at midnight, features a lush aesthetic courtesy of its filming location: Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, the Jacobean mansion that served as Queen Elizabeth I’s childhood home. Movie fans may recognize it as the palatial setting for many films — most recently Oscar nominee

“The Favourite” (2018). The video co-stars were Priyanka Chopra, Danielle Jonas and Sophie Turner, who are the real-life partners of Nick, Kevin and Joe, respectively. Judging by the lavish, sometimes absurd costumes, the Jonas Brothers went all in on the budget for the video, and it pays off in the striking visuals.

While the shenanigans for the most part stick to PG territory, some of the shots — including the brothers pouring vodka drinks and Joe tied up in his boxers—would not have been possible in their Disney Channel days. This is the Jonas Brothers all grown up.

Though it is not clear whether the Jonas Brothers have plans to release an album in the immediate future, the excitement isn’t over yet. Amazon recently announced an upcoming documentary about the band that will be available on Prime Video. Nostalgic fans can look forward to even more content — and the continuation of the eternal debate over who is the most attractive brother.

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‘The Doom That Came to Gotham’

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he further we creep into the frigid winter of Massachusetts, the more I dread the threat of a blizzard. Each gust … whoops, I was writing in prose again. Sorry to get spooky — I guess this week’s comic, “Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham” (2000–2001) by Mike Mignola, has me attempting a chilling monologue.

I promise never to do that again.

“Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham” is an “Elseworlds” story, DC Comics’ way of telling stories with everyone’s favorite characters in weird and fantastic settings. In this case, Mignola has reimagined Batman as an early 20th century pulp adventure. The catch? His enemy is a dark, eldritch force called “Iog-Sotha.” Yes, that’s correct, this story is Batman meets cosmic horror, fighting cosmic beings well beyond the scale of any threat Batman has ever faced before. This may seem surprising until you realize that Mike Mignola is the creator and central visionary behind “Hellboy Universe,” and as much as it pains me to say so, I think he outdoes his creator-owned work with “The Doom that Came to Gotham.”

Mignola is clearly having a blast playing with everything in Batman’s world, tweaking practically his entire supporting cast and paying homage to countless other heros and villains. Take “Green Arrow,” for instance, who becomes as a templar bent on hunting Iog-Sotha and his followers for the holy crusade. It’s a disgusting book at times, with characters bodies rending and morphing into unspeakable horrors. Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, doesn’t just get his face melted off, but instead half of his body is turned into a gateway between earth and the alien realm that Iog-Sotha calls home. The artist of this title, Troy Nixey, really does a stellar job, using shadows and shading to such great effect that even the scenes in broad daylight are tinged with the same pervasive darkness that hangs over Gotham.

What we have here, folks, is a rare opportunity to see a character get forced out of their own genre. What makes this interpretation of Batman interesting, though, is the fact that everything is supposed to feel very alien, yet foreknowledge of the characters and setting makes it familiar. It feels much like a bad dream, with people and places we know suffering horrible fates. The book almost pokes fun at our discomfort here, referring to the realm as “Inside Harvey Dent.” One dark joke sums up the wonderful discomfort that comes from the dark reflection of Batman here, almost as though Mignola is replying to the bat-fans crying foul with a simple, “I know, right?”

“Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham” is a great read for just about anyone. Horror fans will delight at its twisted visuals, while Batman aficionados will love the numerous in-jokes and references. Mignola staged a tale of alien gods and frightful monsters on the all too familiar setting of Gotham City that keeps the reader in gleeful dread over what could be lurking on the very next page.

Drew Weisberg is a first-year studying psychology and film and media studies. Drew can be reached at mitchell.weisberg@ tufts.edu.

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Looking for some fun, artsy activities to do this weekend? Here are just a few of the arts-related things going on at Tufts and in Boston for you to explore and enjoy.

Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9: Pen, Paint, and Pretzels (3Ps) presents “Mr. Burns: a post-electric play” This weekend, 3Ps presents their Spring Major production, “Mr. Burns: a post-electric play.” “Mr. Burns” is a dark comedy that takes place in a post-apocalyptic landscape nearly 100 years in the future, where the pop culture icons of the past — namely, “The Simpsons” (1989–) — have become mythicized tales in the new civilization. Showings are in Balch Arena Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday.

at a concert this Saturday. The Tufts/NEC program is a five-year degree program that gives students the opportunity to specialize in music at NEC while also completing their liberal arts education at Tufts. The performance will feature classical and jazz music, as well as original compositions. It will be at 8 p.m. in Distler Performance Hall.

TRILLFIT at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Can’t decide between the museum and a dance aerobics class? Good news — now you can do both this Saturday at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! This Saturday at 9:30am, the ISG will be hosting a hip-hop fitness class with TRILLFIT, a fitness studio in Boston that focuses on dance-based interval training. The workshop is open to dancers of all levels, and tickets can be purchased on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum website.

Saturday, March 9: Tufts/NEC Dual-Degree Concert If you’re looking for some music this weekend, students of the Tufts/New England Conservatory (NEC) dual-degree program will be showcasing their music

Family and Children’s Concert Series: Kiniwe Kiniwe, the West African dance and drum ensemble at Tufts, is holding its concert as part of the Children’s Concert Series at Tufts. The best part? The performance

is completely free and open to the public!

Visit Distler Performance Hall at 1 p.m. this Saturday to see the performance.

Sunday, March 10: Tufts Wind Ensemble: “War and Peace” In addition to the Tufts/NEC concert, the Tufts Wind Ensemble will also be performing their concert entitled “War and Peace” this Sunday at 3 p.m. in Distler. Conducted

by Tufts Music Lecturer John McCan, the performance will include music composed

by John Williams, Don Nelson, Richard Rodgers and David Holsinger.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Pop-Up at the MFA: “How We See: Photobooks by Women” This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is hosting a pop-up in celebration of International Women’s Day. Entitled “How We See: Photobooks by Women,” the exhibit showcases books of photos by over 100 female photographers from around the world. In addition, there will also be 15-minute talks from local artists and students throughout each of the days of the exhibit. The pop-up will be open during normal museum hours.

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Men’s lacrosse No. 4 in the nation after undefeated opening weekend

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The Jumbos (3–0) opened their weekend by skyrocketing themselves to an undefeated record, securing their place as the fourth-best team in the nation. Tufts played a grueling three games in four days en route to the three-game sweep.

On Saturday, Tufts opened the season by traveling to Clinton, N.Y. to face off against NESCAC rival Hamilton (0–1), where they won 20–11. Following the win, the Jumbos then traveled 58 miles southwest to face off against the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons (0–2) in what would be a much closer match. The Jumbos emerged victorious once again, winning 19–15. Finally, the Jumbos returned home to battle the Keene State Owls (0–2) in a game that was rescheduled from Tuesday as a result of Monday’s snowstorm. Following the unforeseen one-day break in between the games, the Jumbos trounced the Owls 19–6.

Tufts coach Casey D’Annolfo, who is in his third year leading the Jumbos, talked about the weekend’s games.

“We feel like we’re doing some good stuff and moving in the right direction,” D’Annolfo said. “[The team] definitely took some strain over the course of the last few games. Playing three games over the course of four days is never an easy thing to do. [But, being] undefeated is nice, and we’re doing a lot of things that we feel we are going to get where we need to get to at the end of the season.”

Tufts senior defenseman and co-captain Arend Broekmate, who recorded 11 ground balls on the weekend, spoke about the team’s attitude toward their victorious weekend.

“I think we’re definitely happy that we came out of that really difficult stretch

— three games in four days — with three wins, but the message is that we need to keep getting better,” Broekmate said.

“We have a lot of the season ahead of us, and we can’t be happy with last games’ performance, we’ve got to keep building off of that.”

Originally, the Jumbos were scheduled to play three games in a row, concluding their weekend with a home opener on Monday against the Owls. Following Monday’s snowstorm, though, the game was postponed to Tuesday, and with a day of rest, the Jumbos hit the ground running by immediately building up a 3–0 lead over the Owls in the first seven minutes of play. Keene State struggled against a strong Tufts offense that capitalized on two 4-point-plus scoring runs that catapulted the Jumbos to a whopping 19 points throughout the game and a 13-point win to end their weekend with an undefeated record.

Two days before their win against the Owls, the Jumbos came off another victory against the Hamilton College Continentals. Exactly 24 hours after the Jumbos’ victory over the Continentals, Tufts senior midfielder Henry Hollen was lining up for the faceoff to start their game against the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons.

After winning the faceoff, Tufts got off of the ground running with senior attacker and co-captain Ben Connelly firing a shot in the first minute of play. However, after Connelly’s shot was blocked, Cortland senior attacker Terrence Haggerty responded with a goal for the Red Dragons just over one minute into the game. What followed was a game marked by the Jumbos steadily gaining a lead over the Red Dragons, with Connelly, senior attacker and co-captain Danny Murphy and sophomore attacker

Max Waldbaum tallying goals to give Tufts a 10–7 lead at the half.

Waldbaum ended up leading the team with six goals throughout the game, an effort that led to the Jumbos eventual 19–15 victory over the Red Dragons.

Connelly and junior midfielder Nick Shanks, who each scored four goals in the afternoon, added to the impressive offensive effort.

Of course, the Jumbos’ undefeated record thus far would be impossible had Tufts not come out victorious over Hamilton in its road opener on Saturday. Although the final 20–11 score in Saturday’s season opener might suggest an uncontested win for the Jumbos, the Continentals held the lead early in the game. With his team trailing 2–0 in the first six minutes of play, Murphy scored the Jumbos’ first goal of the season with just over eight minutes remaining in the quarter.

Following Murphy’s goal, the game remained a one-score affair throughout nearly the entirety of the first half.

Three goals in rapid succession in the final three minutes of the half broke this pattern, catapulting the Jumbos to a 9–6 lead going into halftime.

Coming out of the halftime break, the Jumbos changed the tone of the game and proved why they deserve to be considered a top lacrosse program in the nation.

Waldbaum, who recorded three goals in the first half, led the Jumbos in scoring and finished the game with six goals.

Junior goalie Mason Pollack, who saved 17 out of the 28 shots on his goal, put a shot of his own past Hamilton’s goalie with a highlight coast-to-coast score in the third quarter. Hamilton was never able to manage or replicate Tufts’ success throughout the remainder of regulation, losing its only game of the season so far.

Needless to say, the Jumbos looked promising and dominating in their three opening games of the season, a fitting conclusion to a weekend capitalized by strong play. One particular player whose efforts were notable were those of up-and-coming Waldbaum, whose offensive efforts were good for a staggering 15 goals across three games. Waldbaum’s performance did not go unnoticed in the Div. III sports world; the prolific sophomore was named the NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week. Broekmate addressed the impact that several of these new players have had on the team to open the season this year.

“We have a ton of guys who’ve stepped in that maybe didn’t get as much playing time as they’d wanted to last year,” Broekmate said. “They’ve done a really, really good job, and people are making plays all over the field.”

Adding on to Broekmate’s thoughts, D’Annolfo also praised newer members of the team as they capitalize on newfound opportunities as part of the Jumbo rotation.

“I think the guys who didn’t play a lot last year, when given the opportunity, have played pretty well. Max [ Waldbaum] is playing pretty well right now,” D’Annolfo said. “Ultimately, those guys are not trying to do too much. They’re playing within the system, they’re playing really well, and good things happen when you allow those guys to do the things they’re doing right now.”

In an effort to maintain both their spot in the national rankings and their undefeated record, the Jumbos travel this Saturday to face off against the No. 9 Stevens Institue of Technology Ducks (3–1) at 12 p.m. Following that game, the Jumbos will host the Endicott College Gulls (0–2) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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After final qualifying meet, Jumbos set for nationals in Boston

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Senior Colin Raposo holds off the competition during the 3k race at the annual Branwen Smith-King Classic on Jan. 26.

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It’s championship season for the Tufts men’s track and field team this weekend after the final regular season meet of the indoor season on Saturday. The Jumbos hosted the Tufts National Qualifying Meet, which has been called the “last chance” meet in past years. It is the final opportunity for athletes to qualify for the NCAA Div. III Championships on Friday and Saturday.

At the Tufts National Qualifying Meet, individual players from several schools including Tufts attempted to improve upon their season-best times in their respective events. Athletes from other New England schools were present, as well as schools from other parts of the nation such as Emory (Georgia) and Otterbein (Ohio).

Two Jumbos, who were in contention to qualify nationally, improved upon their times on Saturday.

Senior sprinter Anthony Kardonsky ran a 22.20-second 200-meter dash.

Unfortunately, this put him just outside the top 20 to qualify for the national meet. Still, the senior had an impressive showing, with the second-best time in the 200-meter and

the top time for the meet in the 60-meter dash, matching his own season-best with a 6.98-second time.

The other Jumbo to improve upon his national qualifying time was senior co-captain and mid-distance runner Hiroto Watanabe. He posted a time of 1:54.11 in the 800-meter run, which placed him 19th nationally after the race.

Since he hadn’t yet qualified, Watanabe’s team was out on the track cheering for him during his final qualifying race. He was just outside the top 20, but he put himself in by improving his time. It was no certainty after the race that he had qualified, but luckily, Watanabe was still in position to qualify by the time the NCAA announced the qualifiers on Sunday.

This will be the third national meet for Watanabe, who spoke about what it means to be going back to the indoor championships in his senior year.

“It’s a great opportunity to improve on what I’ve done,” Watanabe said.

“Knowing that it’s my last year in this meet, that definitely means something.

So you can’t have any regrets about what you do. There’s no next year.”

The co-captain also noted that he feels confident heading into the final indoor races of his career.

“I like my chances,” Watanabe said.

“Even though my seed is low, I don’t think it’s an accurate representation of where I’ll finish, hopefully. I just have to get through the prelims by coming in first or second, and then put myself in a position to compete in the finals.”

Other notable times in the qualifying meet include senior mid-distance runner Tom Doyle’s mark of 49.93 in the 400-meter, which puts him in the top 40 nationally. First-year distance runner Nicholas Delaney earned his season best (1:56.79) behind his teammate Watanabe in the 800-meter. In the field events, sophomore jumper Matthew Manteiga notched a distance of 22’3 ¾” in the long jump, which was a new season best.

Along with Watanabe, two other Jumbos will compete at the NCAA Championships this weekend. Senior hurdler Josh Etkind will participate in the 60-meter hurdles. He currently has the nation’s 15th best time of 8.18. Etkind attempted to improve his time on Saturday and, despite failing to do so, will still compete at nationals.

The third athlete representing Tufts will be senior mid-distance runner Colin Raposo. The senior did not com-

pete on Saturday, but he previously held the 14th time nationally in the mile with a time of 4:09.82.

Raposo has been to national championship meets before, but only as part of a group effort or a relay team.

The senior talked about competing individually on a national stage for the first time.

“It’s going to be really exciting for me to go out there and see what I can do in an individual race,” Raposo said. “[ The meet] carries some extra urgency since it’s my senior year, but I’m just excited to see what I can do.”

The championship meet will take place over the weekend in Boston, which is different from past championship meets for the current Jumbo runners. Normally they would have to travel somewhere by plane without the rest of their team, but this time the meet will be just a short T ride away.

“It’s a huge benefit for us,” Raposo said. “Because we’re going to have a large portion of our teammates there to cheer us on. That’s always an added bonus; getting the energy from your friends and teammates is second to none when it comes to motivation.”

The NCAA Div. III Championships will kick off on Friday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.