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The Legends have already accomplished much in the wide world of athletics home runs in Little League, recruitment letters from various D-II colleges, 200+ (oz) bench presses and sub-5:00 miles.
The Legends have already accomplished much in the wide world of athletics home runs in Little League, recruitment letters from various D-II colleges, 200+ (oz) bench presses and sub-5:00 miles.
Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Jennifer Argote / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Dartmouth men's rugby team has begun training for the inaugural Rugby Sevens Collegiate Championship Invitational, which will take place at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, from June 4-6. Sevens is a variation of traditional rugby that features only seven players on each side the usual number is 15 and two halves of seven minutes each.
Courtesy of the Associated Press Courtesy of the Associated Press Three months ago Andrew Weibrecht '09 was standing on a podium in Vancouver, Canada accepting the Olympic bronze medal for the Men's Super Giant "Super-G" Slalom competition.
The Dartmouth equestrian team finished its season on a high note, winning the Ivy League Championships, held two weekends ago, and placing third out of six at the Dartmouth Classic, held this past weekend at the Dartmouth Riding Center. In the Ivy League Championship held at the Dartmouth Riding Center, the Big Green topped Cornell University and Brown University, who placed second and third, respectively. The team swept first place in the entire open division and had six first place winners in 13 different shows overall.
After 30 years of coaching at Dartmouth, men's tennis head coach Chuck Kinyon is hanging up his hat and retiring. "It's just been great, every one of those 30 years," Kinyon said.
Last week, I chatted with a couple of Dartmouth baseball pitchers who made the bold claim that the members of the pitching squad are the best athletes on the field.
Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Staff Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Staff Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Staff Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Staff Behind a dominant performance from starter Kyle Hendricks '12 and six RBIs off the bat of Jason Brooks '11, the Dartmouth baseball team clinched its third consecutive Rolfe Division title with a 9-0 win over Harvard University on Senior Day.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff In their last regattas before the Eastern Sprints, the women's rowing team bested Cornell University, while the men's heavyweight team fell to the University of Wisconsin and the men's lightweight team lost a nail-biter to the Big Red. The women (12-2, 3-2 Ivy), who raced in Hanover, had one of their best races of the season, as Cornell is traditionally a solid team. "Every boat got faster, and that was pretty exciting," captain Sarah Alexander '10 said.
Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff Nicholas Root / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth men's lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking loss at the hands of Brown University on Saturday, falling to the Bears in overtime, 10-9. If the Big Green (5-8, 2-4 Ivy) had won the game it would have made the Ivy League tournament as Harvard University lost to Yale University earlier in the day, giving Dartmouth a chance at a playoff berth. Head coach Andy Towers said the loss was disheartening because the team was improving. "It is disappointing for the season to end when we were peaking," he said.
Columbia University hired former St. Mary's of California assistant coach Kyle Smith as its men's basketball head coach, the Associated Press reported.
So I thought I had a pretty good idea for this column. It seems like every other night, I'm crushed by many of my friends who say they can't go out because they "have lift the next morning." I usually respond by making a raised-eyebrow face, which pretty clearly suggests, "Fine, but for the record, I think you're being a wussy." (Except usually that last word begins with a p, not a w.) In reality though, there's not much I can say to them.
Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff Ashley Mitchell / The Dartmouth Staff In a winner-take-all four-game series against Harvard University, the Dartmouth softball team fell behind early and had no answer to the Crimson's big bats, as the Big Green's run for a second-straight Ivy League North Division title was cut short. Harvard (25-20, 17-3 Ivy) swept Dartmouth (13-26, 11-9 Ivy) in the four-game series. "I think we just put way too much pressure on ourselves," co-captain Alyssa Parker '10 said. The Big Green opened its final series of the season trailing Harvard by two games and needing to take three of four games from the Crimson in order to claim a share of the division crown. The Dartmouth losses on Saturday gave Harvard a four-game lead with two games left to play, ending the Big Green's title chase. In the opener, the Crimson came out blazing, jumping to a 4-0 lead in the first inning highlighted by a three-run shot from sophomore Whitney Shaw. The situation would not improve for the Big Green for the rest of the day, as the Crimson starter Rachel Brown went to work and methodically broke down Dartmouth's lineup with almost unhittable pitches. "We were gearing up to face more speed against Rachel Brown," Parker said.
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team traveled to the University of Pennsylvania this weekend to finish its regular season and came away with second place in the Ivy League Tournament after falling 9-8 to the Quakers in the championship game.
The Dartmouth baseball team seized control of the Ivy League's Rolfe Division by sweeping a pair of midweek games against Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Tuesday and Wednesday. After splitting two games with Brown (12-27, 9-7 Ivy) on Saturday, Sunday's doubleheader was rained out, forcing the two teams to make up the games this week. Dartmouth (21-13, 11-5 Ivy) will now take a two-game division lead into its final series of the regular season a four game home-and-home set with Harvard University that begins tomorrow in Cambridge, Mass. Should the Big Green advance, it will likely face Columbia University in the Ivy League Championship Series.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth officially welcomed new men's basketball head coach Paul Cormier at a press conference held in the Floren Varsity Field House on Monday afternoon.
Dartmouth's student-athletes intramural sports count, at least in my book deserve recognition and a pat on the back for a job well done.
The Legends would like to say goodbye to spring and welcome back the snow. Fratzatoni Phil didn't see his shadow this year on Webster Ave., which means that spring was only going to last for two weeks.