Dartmouth hosts variety of summer sports camps
The Dartmouth Since the end of Spring term on Monday, June 4, those in Hanover have seen a collection of new faces on the Dartmouth campus.
The Dartmouth Since the end of Spring term on Monday, June 4, those in Hanover have seen a collection of new faces on the Dartmouth campus.
The Dartmouth Staff Since the end of Spring term on Monday, June 4, those in Hanover have seen a collection of new faces on the Dartmouth campus.
Courtesy of Dartmouth Athletic Department On Thursday, June 14, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins announced the signing of former Big Green men's ice hockey defenseman Ben Lovejoy '07 to an American Hockey League contract. Lovejoy explained how he ended up signing with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. "My agent talked to a lot of different teams and he gauged the level of interest around the league," Lovejoy said. He begins training immediately. "I fly to Pittsburgh tomorrow and attend a week-long conditioning camp, then I'm living in Boston for the summer," Lovejoy said on Sunday.
Courtesy of row2k.com Dartmouth's varsity lightweight crew team departed from Hanover on Monday for the British Isles to compete in arguably the most prestigious of all regattas, the Henley Royal Regatta.
Dartmouth student athletes are expected to excel both athletically and academically. In some cases their hard work on both fronts pays off, as shown by College Sports Information Directors of America's recent recognition of three Big Green athletes as Academic All-Americans. Nick Bonacci '07 of the men's lacrosse team was named to the first team, while Whitney Douthett '07 of the women's lacrosse team and Lindsay Mann '07 of the alpine ski team were both named to the second team. Bonacci was a three-year starter for the lacrosse team at attack and finished his senior season leading the team with 20 assists, and was third on the team in total scoring with 45 points.
The group of distance runners that have run sub-four-minute miles is indeed an exclusive group. As of Sunday, June 17, Dartmouth has its very own member of this club of outstanding distance runners. Ben True '08 finished the mile run in less than four minutes on Sunday at the U.S.A.
Dartmouth students are quick to discover that Big Green athletes have more to offer than their prowess on the field, court, ice or whatever surface on which they might play.
Kawakahi Amina / The Dartmouth Staff While Hanover may be well known for its snowy white winters, this year the Big Green was the dominant hue of the season when the Dartmouth ski team brought home the top national prize, a feat that headlined an impressive year for athletics at the College. Big Green skiers plowed through the regular season to win the NCAA team championship in Bartlett, N.H., marking the first time a Dartmouth varsity team has won a national title since 1976.
For the final edition of WOE, I've enlisted the help of Dartmouth's finest minds: scholars like Kyle "Awareness" Owusu '07, Tanner "99th Percentile" Glass '07, Dr. Grant Lewis, Ph.D.
The Dartmouth women's varsity eight boat proved itself worthy of competing in the NCAA rowing championship last weekend.
Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Staff The spring season produced mixed results for Dartmouth athletics, as Big Green teams earned finishes varying from winless Ivy League records to winning conference championships. Dartmouth baseball had high expectations to live up to going into the 2007 season, as the Big Green tried to replicate last year's near-miss of an Ivy League championship game berth.
Men's rugby at Dartmouth is just too played out. In an effort to step outside the box, my final column of the year will feature the more feminine of the two rugby teams.
Courtesy of Tien Ha-Ngoc Dartmouth's women's ultimate Frisbee team, seeded 14th out of 16 teams, looked to sneak up on some teams and pull off a couple of upsets, but Princess Layout could not get past the group stages at the Ultimate Players' Association Championships held in Columbus, Ohio.
Phil Bracikowski / The Dartmouth Staff On Tuesday May 15, the Dartmouth varsity eight women's boat was awarded an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships. Dartmouth had not been invited to the NCAA's since 1999. "We were thrilled to death to see what they accomplished by the leadership of many of the seniors and the coaching of [Wendy] Levash," Athletic Director Josie Harper said.
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff Out with the old, in with the new seems to be men's soccer's motto in the coming year.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff Very little went right for the Dartmouth baseball team this season.
Ryan Yuk / The Dartmouth Staff As many of my loyal readers know, rowing is a sport very close to my heart.
Alicia Modeen / The Dartmouth Staff David Jones '08, who helped lead the Dartmouth men's hockey team to an ECACHL regular season title in 2005-2006 and an Ivy League championship this past season, will forgo his final year of eligibility with the Big Green after signing with the NHL's Colorado Avalanche.
Clinton Portis made an interesting observation recently. He said he had no qualms with Michael Vick for allowing illegal dogfights in the back of Vick's Virginia home.