After a long evaluative process last year by the Student Assembly that included a report from the newly-created Club Sports Commission, this fall has seen marked differences in the way club sports is run.
While varsity sports receive a majority of the press, Dartmouth has plenty of club sports, too, and this year has begun with three more club sports than the last.
Think it's tough being a varsity athlete at Dartmouth, trying to balance athletics and education and still fit the rest of your life in there too?
Several of Dartmouth's top athletes traveled to Greensboro, N.C., to compete in the NCAA Track and Field East Regional Meet, looking to end their season on the right note -- or continue on to the national meet with a great performance. Ben True '08 continued to dominate in the 1500 and his second-place finish earned him a chance to compete on the national stage.
Seeded 15th in field of 16, Princess Layout ties for fifth in Columbus
Courtesy of Dartmouth Ultimate Frisbee While much of Dartmouth readies itself for final exams, Princess Layout, the women's ultimate frisbee team, has been preparing to take on the country's best ultimate teams.
Courtesy of the Dartmouth Athletic Department After months of hard work in the gym and on the track, the Dartmouth track and field team ended its outdoor season with solid results against the other Ivies and the rest of New England.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff A week after matching up against its Ivy competition, Dartmouth track and field competed against regional competition in the New England Championship in Boston, Mass., with the men and women producing two New England champions. Both teams had success at the meet at MIT, as the men finished second in a 36-team field behind the University of Rhode Island's 124.5-point finish with 96.5 points.
Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth Staff The best ultimate frisbee teams in the Northeast converged in Hanover last weekend to play in the 2006 Ultimate Players Association College Regional Championship, a two-day tourney that qualified the top two teams to play in the impending national tournament. Tufts bounced the Pain Train, the men's squad, in the semifinals on double game point. Princess Layout, Dartmouth's women's team, soundly defeated all who stood in its way, winning the region and a bid to the national tournament. The women came into the tournament as the top seed in the women's division and lived up to expectations, winning games against Colby, Vermont and MIT by fair margins before defeating Tufts, 13-10. Dartmouth thrived on the strong play and leadership of its co-captains, Liz Middleton '06 and Lakshmi Narayan '06, as well as solid efforts from several of its younger members, a good sign for Dartmouth's future on the ultimate field. "Our team has worked really hard all season." Lydia Islan '08 said, "So, it was really great to see us come together and show everyone what we can do." Tufts defeated MIT in the loser's bracket game, 15-9, to go on to take the second bid to the national tournament. The Pain Train came into regionals as the eighth seed, but results at earlier tournaments had shown all of the top teams in the region to be vulnerable, leaving the two bids to nationals relatively wide open.
Chris Takeuchi / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's track and field season culminated at the 2006 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships over the weekend at the University of Pennsylvania.