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Keeping the Olympic flame alive

Daphne Davies August 26, 2021

My heart pounded as I rubbed chalk onto my hands, hoping I would remember the intricate sequence of skills that comprised my uneven bars routine. I rehearsed it mentally for weeks, a welcome distraction...

Crooked coverage: the Olympics

March 21, 2018

The Olympic Games, more so than any other sporting event, aim to connect people from all around the world. The opening and closing ceremonies conducted at every Olympics allow host nations to showcase...

Ben Hallock 16 attempts to score for a league game. Hallock was Male Athlete of the Year and was selected for the U.S. Olympic Mens Water Polo team. Credit: Henry Vogel/Chronicle

Hallock named to U.S. Olympic water polo team

Elly Choi July 8, 2016

Center Ben Hallock '16 will be a part of the 13-player roster for the U.S. water polo team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. Head Coach Dejan Udovicic announced the team July 7...

Alumna named to U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team

Carina Marx July 1, 2016

The U.S. Equestrian Federation selected Lucy Davis '11 to the United States Show Jumping Team for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games this summer. She will be competing with a 12-year-old Belgian Warmblood...

Illustration by Vivian Lin

Special Olympics athletes prepare for World Games on campus

Jesse Nadel December 2, 2015

With music blasting from speakers and members of the school and Studio City community cheering them on, Cuban and Czech Special Olympics athletes marched down the Ted Slavin Field in a procession to the...

Boys’ water polo players place second in Junior Olympics

Emily Rahhal July 31, 2015

Nineteen members of the Harvard-Westlake boys' water polo squad, playing as Los Angeles Premier, took second place in the U.S. National Junior Olympics under-18 category, facing four of their former teammates...

2 field hockey sophomores to train for Olympic development program

Carina Marx June 30, 2015

Mia Reilly '18 and Alyse Tran '18 were selected to play in the U16 National Futures Field Hockey Championships, an Olympic development program for high school field hockey players. Reilly contributed...

Torres ’85 encourages students to disregard age, follow dreams

Noa Yadidi April 24, 2013

Five-time Olympian Dara Torres ’85 encouraged students to “never put an age limit on your dreams” at the annual Women’s History Month Assembly March 18, where she spoke about her career, which...

Torres ’85 tells students to “never put an age limit on your dreams”

Noa Yadidi March 18, 2013

Five-time Olympian Dara Torres ’85 encouraged students to "never put an age limit on your dreams" at the annual Women's History Month Assembly March 18 where she spoke about her career which stretched...

Soccer alum laces up for New Zealand Olympic team

Jeremy Tepper September 5, 2012

The 2012 London Olympics marked Ali Riley’s ’06 second trip to the world’s biggest sporting event. She first appeared in Beijing four years ago, where the Stanford product led the New Zealand National...

Wolverines travel to Summer games

September 5, 2012

President Thomas C. Hudnut, Matt Beyer ’15 and Matthew Stieg ’14 were three of the reported nine million people in attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hudnut attended the games to cheer on Alex...

Wolverines travel to Summer games

September 5, 2012

By Sam Sachs President Thomas C. Hudnut, Matt Beyer ’15 and Matthew Stieg ’14 were three of the reported nine million people in attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hudnut attended...

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