Micah Miller

The Columbia University rowing program has had a very exciting year at the varsity heavyweight level, while the women's team and men's lightweights have struggled but always put up a fight against competitors. The Lions will finish their seasons in the middle of May when they compete in the Eastern Sprints.

The Columbia women's swimming team had one of the most memorable seasons in the its history. The Lions finished 10-2, only losing to Ivy League powerhouses Harvard and Princeton.

The Columbia rowing teams that were in action this past weekend were unable to come away with wins against their opponents. Both the men’s sub-varsity heavyweight team and the women’s team fell short of victories. The crews had wished to end their dual meet seasons on a high note. However, they now hope that these losses will not impact their showing at the sprints coming up in several weeks.

This weekend, the Columbia women’s rowing team will compete against Northeastern for the Woodbury Cup.

All of the Columbia University rowing teams were in action this weekend. The heavyweight squad looked to continue its winning ways, while the women’s and lightweight teams searched for victories to add to their seasons. This was the last competition for all teams until they compete in the Eastern Sprints (EARC) in the middle of May. This past weekend leaves the Lions well-situated for this upcoming major competition.

This weekend was filled with exciting moments for the Columbia heavyweight rowing team, as the Lions brought two prestigious cups back home after a long absence. The first, the Blackwell Cup, came by defeating Yale and Penn for the first time in 67 years and the Maxwell Stephenson Cup was earned for the first time in 45 years as the Light Blue downed Navy. The lightweight team did not fare as well as its fellow rowers but was still able to have a strong showing.

This past weekend, the three rowing teams went into tough regattas with hopes of emerging victorious. Although the Lions were unable to accomplish this goal, they still improved from last week’s races and now look like contenders for their upcoming contests.

All of the Columbia rowing teams will be in action this week, and all three will be looking to finish at the top of their respective fields.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team ventured to Princeton this past weekend to compete against the rest of the Ancient Eight in the Ivy League Championship meet. Columbia swam well and showed the rest of the Ivy League that they are a team that, along with Princeton and Harvard, deserves recognition.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team’s season will come to an end this weekend following its biggest meet of the season.

The Columbia wrestling team took on Harvard and Brown this weekend, defeating both the Crimson and the Bears. These two contests gave the Lions the chance to boost their league standings, and the Light Blue now sits in third place in the Ivy League.

The Columbia men’s swimming and diving team ended its dual meet season with a victory over Dartmouth with a final score of 173-123. The meet appeared as if it would be a battle from early on, but with several 1-2 and 1-2-3 finishes, the Light Blue came out clearly on top of the Big Green.

The dual meet season for the Columbia women’s swimming and diving team ended this past weekend. The Light Blue beat Dartmouth on Saturday with a convincing score of 192-106.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team looks to finish its season the same way it started it—with a victory. The Lions (7-2 overall, 5-2 Ivy league) will face off against Ivy League rival Dartmouth in the final meet of the season, looking for momentum to carry them through to the Ivy championships in the upcoming weeks.

Riding a seven-match winning streak, the Columbia women’s swimming and diving team arrived at Princeton with a focus on preparing for the Ivy League Championship.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team will be on the road this weekend to compete against Princeton.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team has currently set itself up to finish with the best record in the history of the swim program.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team (8-1, 4-1 Ivy) continued its winning streak with its seventh straight victory. Left with matches against only Princeton and Dartmouth, the Lions have an excellent chance of achieving the best record since the program’s inception.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team will be looking to extend their winning streak to seven this weekend against league rival Brown. The Lions have been able to fly by the competition in the pool with strong performances and tough training but last the Bears were one of Columbia’s closes matchups.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team has been having one of their best seasons in school history.

The Columbia men’s swimming and diving team went down in a thriller against Cornell this weekend. Although the Lions fell to the Big Red with a final score of 153-147, Columbia (3-4, 0-4 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League) put on an exciting show for fans and alumni in a meet that was not decided until the final race of the day.

The Columbia women’s swim team (7-1, 3-1 Ivy) continued its winning ways this weekend against Cornell, earning its sixth straight win since losing to Harvard. Beating the Big Red 188.5 to 106.5, the Light Blue swimmers and divers came ready to compete, and by the end of the meet, had won 15 out of the 16 events and finished first and second in 12 events.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team, fresh off their training trip and victory at Bucknell, are now turning their attention to Cornell in their pursuit of an Ivy title.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team continued its winning ways this past weekend when it beat Bucknell University with a final score of 163.5-79.5, making its record 6-1 overall. Despite returning from their training trip in Puerto Rico, the Lions were able to beat the Bison thanks to several key contributors and moments.

The Columbia women's swimming and diving team is off to one of the best starts in recent memory. The Lions competed in two meets this weekend and won both by significant margins.

Last weekend the Columbia women’s swimming team traveled to compete in the Big Al meet in Princeton, N.J. When discussing the meet, head coach Diana Caskey had this to say: “Our goals for the Princeton Big Al Invite were to swim well in a championship meet setting and remind our bodies and psyches about the energy output at a three-day competition.

This Columbia women’s swim team held its own but could not take down the top teams at this weekend’s Big Al Invitational held at Princeton University, finishing sixth out of 11 teams in the three-day meet.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team is off to one of its best starts in recent memory.

The Columbia softball team will be stuck on the road for the first two months of the 2008 season, beginning the year at the Samford/UAB Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. on Feb. 29. The Lions will then leave Alabama for College Park, Md. to be a part of the Maryland Invitational.

The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team extended its winning streak to two yesterday against Fordham, beating the Rams with a final score of 180.5- 99.5. The Lions are now 3-1 on the season and remain 1-1 in the Ivy League.

It’s not every day that the leading defensive player in an Ivy League football program is a freshman. But for the Columbia football team, that’s exactly the case this year with linebacker Alex Gross.

The women’s swimming and diving team started the season off with a win against Ivy League rival Yale. The Lions were able to contribute a complete team effort to win 11 of the 16 events and beat the Bulldogs, 173-127.

The beginning of the Columbia women’s swim season will start today with a meet against Yale.

The Big Green’s win this past weekend propelled it into third place in the Ivy League, behind Yale and Harvard.

“I can’t remember my life without soccer,” says Columbia senior goalkeeper Michael Testa.

Homecoming always brings with it the talk of history and tradition.

With the Yale football team’s victory this past weekend against Dartmouth, Yale continued to prove why it is the team to beat in the Ivy League. The Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 Ivy) set the tone for conference play by thrashing Cornell by a score of 51-12 in week two of the season. The Bulldogs then went on to dominate Dartmouth on Saturday, 50-10. With those victories, Yale became the first team in the history of the Ivy League to score 50 points or more in two games in a single season. The Bulldogs can attribute their success to an impressive defensive line, and to the offensive production of junior tailback Mike McLeod.

Last week Columbia’s volleyball team was edged out in a close match with Lafayette and today the Lions turn their attention to the Jaspers of Manhattan College. They are in search of their first win of the season.

After tucking an impressive 167-130 victory against Dartmouth under their caps last weekend, the Columbia women's swim team will seek to build on their success this Saturday, taking on Yale in New Haven.

Last weekend the women's swim team proved ready for the season-opening challenge, performing with great energy.

After scrimmaging against the University of Toronto in its first action of the season, the Columbia women's swimming team will face its first Ivy opponent this Saturday, as it travels to Hanover to take on Dartmouth.

Last season the Lions were able to compile a 4-3 record in the Ivy League, good for third in the Ancient Eight.

Earlier this week, the Light Blue men's soccer team had an impressive 2-0 win against Adelphi, and the team hopes to build on positive momentum this Saturday against a slumping Yale.

The Lions' defense has kept the team alive throughout the season, allowing just a single goal in two previous games, and that against league-leading Dartmouth in a 1-0 loss last week.

With Dartmouth dropping its fourth straight game this weekend, this time to Yale at home, the Big Green is now the Ivy League's only winless squad. In the first four games of the season, Dartmouth has been outscored by its opponents 127 to 45, with its worst loss coming at the hands of 1-AA powerhouse New Hampshire in a 56-14 throttling.