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The Crimson swimmers and divers were on their feet, screaming as loudly as their hoarse throats would allow, and a freshman teammate battled on. It was the final night of the Ivy Championships, and the Harvard women's swimming team knew it would not get the Ivy title for which...
"The divers performed well with the immense pressure they were under," senior Adrienne Leight said. "It was great to see some Crimson amidst the sea of orange and black."
The win against Brown proved to be a watershed moment for many of the swimmers and divers, especially the seniors who faced tough losses to Brown in their first three years.
Through books and films, Jacques-Yves Cousteau shared his close encounters with dolphins, sharks, whales and other sea creatures with armchair divers around the world. He was a showman nonpareil, as when he described his first scuba dive in his mellifluous French accent: "I stood upside down on one finger...
Palau is renowned for its marine life. Divers and scientists from around the world fly to this Pacific archipelago 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines to view its parrot fish, gobies, damselfish, sharks, turtles, butterfly fish and stately Napoleon wrasses. The Blue Corner on the western reef is...