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...Rathgeber claimed seven Ivy League event titles at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) Championships to help set up the over-300-point margin that separated Harvard and second place Princeton. During the meet, Rathgeber touched the wall first in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breaststroke, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay, giving him 21 Ivy League titles in his career.But more impressive than the quantity of Rathgeber’s first-place finishes was the dominating fashion in which he attained them. Rathgeber swam five of his seven events in record...
...freshman this year really embraced the idea of the team. Right off the bat, it was one of the easiest and most fun groups to lead.” In that spirit, freshmen made up the majority of each of the Crimson’s three record-setting freestyle relay teams. Freshman Katy Hinkle turned in some impressive performances of her own, setting two school records in the 50 (23.04) and 100 (50.68) freestyle en route to claiming the Ivy League title in the 50. But as impressive as the freshmen were, it took some veteran leadership to help Harvard...
...respectively. These results come as no surprise when the talents of individual swimmers and divers and the depth of the team are taken into consideration. In the NCAA Division I swimming rankings, Harvard boasted at least one athlete in the top 100 of every event, with each of the relay squads claiming a spot in the top 25. Additionally, the Crimson possessed 29 of the top 100 individual performers in the nation. According to head coach Tim Murphy, the team can take added pride in its season when it looks back at the hard work and dedication that made...
...least temporarily, the world's perception of China, whose growing economic and military might is viewed with suspicion and fear in many quarters. China's relationship with the West has been particularly strained after March's bloody demonstrations in Tibet and the chaotic protests that dogged the Olympic Torch relay. But the quake, coming just 10 days after Cyclone Nargis ripped into Burma, has cast the Chinese government in a different light. By blocking foreign aid, Burma's paranoid military junta demonstrated just how impotent and callous to the suffering of its citizens a repressive autocracy can be. But even...
...world's perception of China, whose growing economic and military might is viewed with suspicion and fear in many quarters. China's relationship with the democratic West has been particularly strained of late, after March's bloody demonstrations in Tibet and the chaotic protests that dogged the Olympic-torch relay. But the quake, coming just 10 days after Cyclone Nargis ripped into Burma, has cast the Chinese government in a different light. By blocking foreign aid, Burma's paranoid military junta demonstrated just how impotent and callous to the suffering of its citizens a repressive autocracy can be. But even...