I’ll be honest. I’ve been dreading writing this column for months already. Just because I didn’t want it to be another one of “those” columns. You know the type-there’s probably one sitting a couple inches away from mine. It’s the one that says, basically, “I can’t believe we’re graduating…it’s sad but exciting at the same time.
The women’s swim team capped off its season last weekend by doing what it does best: breaking school records.
WU sent six swimmers to the NCAA Championships at Emory University and finished in tenth place overall, the highest finish in school history and a significant jump up from its finish last year.
The swimming and diving teams proved last weekend that basketball isn’t the only Washington University team that can break records.
While at the UAA Championships last weekend, the men and women not only placed second overall, the highest finish in school history, but also notched more national qualifying times than ever before.
Senior Victor Acevedo was so exhausted at last weekend’s Washington University Invitational that he paid little attention to the meet being his last ever at Millstone pool.
Instead, the only thing he could think about was what he would eat for dinner: veal or tacos.
During ten days of training over winter break in Bradenton, Florida, the swim team partook in only one competition.
Except this one didn’t take place in the water; instead, it occurred at an all-you-can-eat ribs restaurant.
For the record, Michael Slavik just barely captured first-place after eating 45 ribs, with Eric Triebe, coming in at a close second with 44.
Volleyball:
NCAA Division III Tournament St. Olaf vs Washington Univ (Nov. 15, 2002 at St. Louis, MO)
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St. Olaf 20 23 16 Record: (20-15)
Washington University 30 30 30 Record: (38-1)
NCAA Division III Tournament Wartburg College vs Washington Univ (Nov.
Senior Brian Hindman sat down with us to discuss random topics such as staying in shape, hunting for jobs, and “swim-cest.”
Q: So you’re from Alabama.what do you do there?
A: Well besides picking cotton and riding tractors, you can practice your skeet shooting or dove hunting or clean the outhouse.
Joe Rizzo
Freshman defensive back Joe Rizzo of Washington University registered his second big performance in as many weeks in leading the Bears to a share of the Association title with a 28-14 win at the University of Rochester. Rizzo made six tackles and had a pair of interceptions, setting up a touchdown with the first and a field goal with the second.
The second-ranked Washington University volleyball team will look for its 14th consecutive University Athletic Association Championship, and its 15th overall as the Bears travel to the UAA Championships this Friday and Saturday at the Veale Center on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Concussions. Dislocated fingers. Ripped-off armpit hairs. These are just a few of the injuries men on the water polo team have suffered while playing the game.
“It’s a more brutal sport than you would think,” said first year medical student Daniel Morris.
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