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...Michigan, earning numerous honors along the way. Last month, one of the Crimson’s most established coaches was recognized for her achievements as one of six former athletes inducted into the Michigan Hall of Honor. Allard’s fellow inductees include tennis player Michael Leach, swimmer Ann Colloton, synchronized swimmer Ruth Pickett Thompson, and football players Bill Hewitt and Desmond Howard. Hewitt competed professionally for both the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Howard, currently an ESPN college football analyst, won the Heisman Trophy in 1991 and went...
...this time last year, Harvard men’s swimmer Geoff Rathgeber was enjoying monumental individual achievements. This year, though, the co-captain can feel even better, as those efforts produced a team championship and undefeated campaign for the Crimson (9-0). After losing to Princeton last season, No. 22 Harvard claimed the EISL title this weekend with 1564 points, besting the second-place Tigers by more than 300 points. As Athlete of the Week Rathgeber proved a huge part of that victory, although he deflected praise to the rest of the squad. “Everyone deserves...
...finish. Columbia took third with 1016 points.“Across the board we couldn’t ask for more from our team,” Pangilinan said. “From freshmen to seniors, everyone has been amazing.”ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPSThrough Saturday, the five Harvard swimmers enjoyed a 13th place standing at Pittsburgh University.Junior Kelley Mooney, freshman Robyn Thom, and sophomores Camille Vasquez, Vanda Gyuris, and Katie Faulkner made a valiant effort for the Crimson.Harvard placed 10th in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 400-yard medley relays, as well as 16th...
...swam really well,” said senior co-captain Sam Wollner of his team’s performance. “We went up against two teams who aren’t as competitive as us, but we pushed ourselves.” The effort of the Harvard swimmers and divers was obvious in the scoring of the meets, and will hopefully carry through to next weekend’s combined contest against Princeton and Yale. “[This weekend] was a little bit of a tune-up course,” said Wollner...
...intuition tells us there's a difference between innate advantages and acquired ones. A swimmer born with webbed hands might have an edge, but a swimmer who had skin grafts to turn feet into flippers would pose a problem. Elite sport is unkind to the human body; high school linemen bulk up to an extent that may help the team but wreck their knees. What about the tall girl who wants her doctor to prescribe human growth hormone because her coach said three more inches of height would guarantee her that volleyball scholarship: Unfair, or just unwise? Where exactly...