Matt Brunnig!
Brunnig, the Crimson’s third starting pitcher, throws on target. He throws hard. He gets regular mound action, pitches to batters, and gets them out.
Not freakish enough for you, eh? Wait till you see him throw…with both hands!
That’s right, baseball’s own Aficionado of Ambidextrosity is your classic left handed/right handed pitcher. Tell me you’ve seen that one before. Please tell me you have. Cause I sure as hell haven’t!
Harvard’s Raucously Rowdy Roadshow makes its homecoming the next week—the final week before Spring Break—and introduces a sideshow experience you’ll never forget. At the Murr Center’s strength and conditioning facilities, you’ll behold…
The Football Team’s Spring Workouts!
Watch Torrance, Calif.’s own Samoan Assassin, junior Coesen Ngwun—a “beast of a man,” according to fellow defensive tackle and blockmate Matt McBurney—as he works in his office.
His office being, of course, the bench press.
Ngwun is the Harvard football team’s strongest player, topping out at 407 pounds on the bench. And he follows in the rich tradition of American Samoan football players, an astounding number of whom have broken the professional ranks.
“It’s just too bad I’m not a specimen like Junior Seau,” Ngwun says wistfully of the Miami Dolphins linebacker.
Better yet, too bad he’s not a specimen like Eric Westerfield, the Crimson’s defensive lines coach. McBurney’s eyes light up as he talks about the 30-something Grand Poo-bah of the Bench, who one-upped ALL the defensive linemen days ago. McBurney swears he saw Westerfield put up an easy 450.
Speaking of men-among-boys, how about a woman-among-girls? The Cantabrigian Carnival completes its Tour of the Outrageous right back where it started—in Providence, RI on March 26 and 28. Barring setbacks, that’s where senior forward Angela Ruggiero will have her Harvard swansong, playing for the 2004 Women’s Hockey NCAA Title in the Frozen Four.
Ruggiero has that most freakish of talents—the ability to rise to the top of her sport. According to The Hockey News, she is the Top Female Hockey Player in the World.
Come on down. You can’t miss that.
—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu. His column appears on alternate Thursdays.