Competing in a triathlon? That’s serious business. Open heart surgery? That’s really serious. So, how serious would it be to combine the two? That’s what Greg O’Keeffe wondered. Sunday, he found out. His story actually begins about 28 years ago, when O’Keeffe was born with a constricted aortic valve. Flash forward to O’Keeffe’s freshman year at Columbia, when he tried out for the Lion’s baseball team. O’Keeffe’s heart kept him from passing the physical. Because ...

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