SWIMMING | Alex Righi: Pool shark
It takes the human eye one-tenth of a second to blink.
For Alex Righi ’09, missing the Olympics swimming team by nine-hundredths of a second may have been heartbreaking, but it has only served as more incentive as he decides what his next move is going to be.
On Friday and Saturday at the H-Y-P meet, the Bulldogs’ biggest league meet for the season, the captain placed first in the 100 backstroke and the 50 freestyle at the event. One of the fastest college swimmers in the nation, Righi has been gracing the waters nationwide since a young age.
“I have been swimming...
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By yc
2:17p.m. on February 6, 2009
I hope Alex does the right thing and swims full time post-graduation. There's plenty of time for "law school" or whatever.
Alex also won the 100-yard freestyle at the H-Y-P meet this past weekend.