Sports Features
Claire Ochal Takes Helm as Head Coach of the Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweights
As Harvard women’s heavyweight rowing enters its 2023 season and the historic Head of the Charles Regatta approaches, Claire Ochal begins her first year as head coach of the team. Ochal replaces previous head coach Liz O’Leary, who had an incredible 37-year impact on Crimson heavyweight rowing.
Send Off
Harvard crew members carry the boat into the water during a practice before the Head of the Charles Regatta. Junior rower Jack Dorney will not be competing in the regatta in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
With Her ‘Heart on Fire,’ Ukrainian Olympian Sets Eyes on 2023 Head of the Charles
“My heart is on fire.” That’s what 2012 Olympic gold-medalist and European champion Natliia Dovgodko described when asked how she feels heading into the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta to represent her home country, Ukraine.
In Her Senior Season, Harvard Women's Volleyball's Ashley Wang Makes Triple-Doubles History
Ashley Wang recorded her sixth triple-double of the season on Oct. 6 as Harvard women’s volleyball (11-5, 4-3 Ivy League) took on Princeton in its 13th game of the season. An athlete that scores double figures in three or more of five statistical categories— aces, kills, digs, blocks, assists — posts a triple-double. Wang is now one triple-double shy of setting the school record, meaning she had double-figures.
Marlo and Me
Senior sailor Marbella Marlo casts her eyes on the sea during a Fall 2023 race. The Newport Beach, Calif. native recently took first place in division A at the Danmark Trophy hosted by Coast Guard Academy.
Sailing to Success: Harvard's Marbella Marlo Charts a Course of Triumph
Competing against 20 other teams, Marlo and the Los Huevos —composed of six sailors, three coming from the Harvard Sailing Team —dominated the waters of Mission Bay, Calif. They advanced through the quarterfinals, winning three matches, and ultimately claimed the prestigious George R. Hinman Trophy — a symbol of excellence in team racing and one of the most coveted prizes for regattas.
First-Year Golfer Lauren Wong Makes Impressive Debut at Yale Invitational
Entering her first collegiate golf tournament at this year’s Yale Invitational, first-year Lauren Wong immediately made a statement on the green. Walking onto the team was already a huge personal victory for Wong, and this weekend was the icing on the cake. Competing in the individual event, she finished with an impressive score of three-over 75 and posted the second most pars in the event with 15. Wong finished the tournament tied for 15th.
Buddy’s Buddy: The Lifelong Friendship of Two Football Legends
Buddy Teevens, former head coach of Dartmouth College football and life-long friend of Harvard football head coach Tim Murphy, passed away last week following a tragic biking accident he suffered in March. In this feature, Murphy recounts bittersweet memories with his friend and the ways his legacy will continue on in Ivy League football.
Remember When
Tim Murphy (back) and then-head coach Buddy Teevens (front) walk alongside the University of Maine football team in 1985. At 28 years old, Teevens was made the youngest head coach in the history of Division I football while at the New England university.
Go Big Green
The 1978 Dartmouth football team sits for a team photo. As quarterback for the Big Green, Teevens was named captain and Ivy League Player of the Year, leading his team to the Ivy League title.
‘We Can Do Hard Things’: Grace Taylor's Success in Harvard Women's Lacrosse While Battling Cancer
Earlier this month, Harvard women’s lacrosse’s sophomore defender Grace Taylor earned her second All-Ivy Honorable Mention accolade as a key member of the defense that led the Crimson to the Ivy League women’s lacrosse tournament. Impressive, yes, but even more impressive is how Taylor was using her stick as a cane less than six months earlier.
Ready for Moore
Theresa Moore '86, a former captain of Harvard track and field, now owns her own production company, T-Time Productions.
Maggie May
Senior guard and captain Maggie McCarthy prepare for a shot at the net in Harvard women's basketball 2022 matchup against Boston College. The Medfield native most recently recorded a career-high of three-pointers in the Crimson's 86-59 victory against Cornell.
Eyes on the Prize
Graduating senior Maggie McCarthy defends the net at a women's lacrosse game. The Medfield, Mass. native also plays for the women's basketball team, where she is a captain.
Two Jerseys, Two Teams, Four Years: Meet Harvard's Two-Sport Athlete, Maggie McCarthy
Some Harvard students devote most of their time to studies, others spend hours split between the classroom and the field, while others begin their morning in one jersey and end their day in another. Well, just one: graduating senior and women’s basketball captain Maggie McCarthy.
In Good Graces
Taylor drives the ball up the field at the Crimson's 10-9 defeat of Yale on April 15, where Taylor recorded turnovers for Harvard.
A Sit Down with Theresa Moore '86: Harvard Track and Field, ESPN, and the Power of Storytelling
Theresa Moore is not only a decorated Ivy League track star but a storyteller committed to shedding light on those whose tales have not been told. The former Harvard track and field captain has been an influential member of many communities beyond the track squad, including ESPN and now her own production company, T-Time Productions.
Taylor-ed to My Liking
Sophomore defender Grace Taylor runs through her teammates in a huddle at one of Harvard women's lacrosse's spring games.
‘C6 H0’: The History and Legacy of Harvard Football’s Stunning 1921 Loss to Centre College
Inscribed today on a wall in the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, is a short combination of white letters and numbers: “C6 H0.” Centre’s students first carved this message into the brick on October 29, 1921, to celebrate the score, six to zero, of their football team’s improbable victory over Harvard University, then among the most dominant programs in American college football.
Kentucky Leaders
Over one hundred years ago, historic powerhouse and reigning national champion Harvard football lost to Centre College by the narrow margin of six to zero. Centre, which traveled to play the Crimson from Danville, Ky., was led by these four players, particularly quarterback Bo McMillin.
Like Father Like Son
My father, a graduate of Centre College, and I were on Centre’s campus in July 2021, where we found the wall that continues to commemorate the outcome of the game in 1921.
A Century Later
My father and I during freshman parents’ weekend in November 2019. We watched the Harvard-Dartmouth football game that Saturday afternoon, which, like Centre versus Harvard in 1921, ended in a low score of Dartmouth nine, Harvard six.
A Red Carpet Affair: Harvard Athletics Honors 50th Anniversary of Title IX
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Harvard Athletics has showcased the achievements of Harvard female student-athletes, past and present, through a season’s worth of programming.
A Red Carpet Affair
Lavietes Pavillion was turned into a red carpet for a dinner celebration of Harvard female student-athletes in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Title IX amendment.
Future Trailblazers
Members of the Harvard women's ice hockey team pose for a picture at the Title IX event at Lavietes Pavillion on Saturday. Women's ice hockey alumna Angela Ruggiero '04, CEO and co-founder of the Sports Innovation Lab, received the Trailblazer Award.