Word: swimmer
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This weekend, the partying got a little too wild for frosh swimmer Benjy T. Seeger ’07. After an incident with a beer bottle, Seeger refused to treat his bloodied hand, instead using it to punch teammate and fellow reveler John J. Shin ’05 in the face. Seeger then proceeded to apply the same gentle treatment to the staff at UHS. After a doctor there refused to treat that “@#$%^ing Harvard punk,” Seeger’s flailing arms struck out against the scrub-clad residents, who escorted...
...granted when they turn their minds to sport: footballers behave badly on trips, cricketers say harsh things on the field to their opponents and Ian Thorpe wins every time he hits the water in a race. But last Saturday the nation was reminded that the 21-year-old swimmer is, after all, only human. In a 400-m freestyle heat at Australia's Olympic trials in Sydney, the world-record holder and Olympic champion tumbled into the pool before the starter's signal - and was disqualified for a false start. Swimming has had a "one-start" rule since...
...says. He's seen many of the greats close up, but no one's impressed him more than she has for beauty of movement and speed of learning. Though her freestyle times are about 6% slower than they were in the '70s, she is "without question" a more efficient swimmer, Nelms says, with improvement still...
...noticed more people in the stands this year—especially the ladies,” said sophomore John Hastrup, a swimmer not chosen as one of the FM’s hottest...
...competitive swimmer as an undergraduate, Yale said that every crowd at Harvard swim meets was confused when her name and school were announced...