Ivy League Sports 101

Almost any sport you can think of. Baseball, basketball, crew, cross-country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, sailing, skiing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling are all varsity sports at Harvard.

There are also a wide variety of intramural and club sports from the popular to the obscure including aikido, archery, badminton, ballroom dance, basketball, bodybuilding, bowling, boxing, cheerleading, cycling, fencing, figure skating, hapkido, juggling, jujitsu, kendo, lacrosse, mountaineering, polo, rugby, Shaolin kempo, Shotokan karate, skiing, soccer, table tennis, tae kwon do, tai chi/kung fu, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, weightlifting and wushu.

Ivy League colleges participate in a variety of sports, both intercollegiate and club. Football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, track and field, swimming, tennis, and rowing are among the most popular sports. Ivy League institutions also have strong programs in sports including wrestling, field hockey, volleyball, and ice hockey. Each school has its own distinct sporting program and traditions.There are also informal pickup games, such as cricket, yet i couldnt help but wonder, who are the most renamed athetles amongst them

-Brown — Becky Kellar-Duke, defender and second base, hockey and softball, Class of 1997

-Columbia — Lou Gehrig, first baseman/pitcher, baseball, Did Not Graduate

-Dartmouth — Reggie Williams, linebacker and heavyweight, football and wrestling, Class of 1976

-Harvard — Matt Birk, center, football, Class of 1998

-Cornell — Ken Dryden, goaltender, hockey, Class of 1969