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...Splash! The 18-year-old swimmer with the size 17 feet, Ian Thorpe - the Thorpedo - avenged a disappointing 2000 Olympics, where he won (only!) three golds. At the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, the Australian took an unprecedented six titles and set three individual world records...
Kristic was the only Harvard swimmer to finish in the top 24 in any individual event...
After the meet at Columbia, the Crimson returned home to continue training. The swimming and diving team graduated a talented class last spring, including top backstroker Mike Im ’01 and individual medley swimmer Will Oren...
Pete Idziak’s drive is considerable and sustained. So says his cover letter to McKinsey & Company. “My drive is considerable and sustained,” he writes. “As a swimmer, for many years I practiced 25 hours per week for a 20-second race.” Will he bring that same commitment to McKinsey & Company? Yes he will. “I will bring that same commitment to McKinsey & Company,” the letter confirms...
...chance encounter with an assistant swimming coach (Idziak was a three-time All-American swimmer at Euless Trinity High School in Bedford, TX) during an unplanned visit to the Harvard campus eventually led Idziak to pick, somewhat reluctantly, Cold, Distant Ivy League College over Appealing Fun State University. The distance between Bedford and Cambridge felt even longer when he quit the swimming team after only three weeks. “I got depressed,” he said. “In high school I was always ‘the swimmer,’ and I kind of lost...