Track and field jumps out to fast start to indoor season
While it is early in the season to judge the men's and women's indoor track programs, so far both teams have looked talented and capable.
While it is early in the season to judge the men's and women's indoor track programs, so far both teams have looked talented and capable.
A year can make all the difference. For the Dartmouth men's basketball team, the past 12 months have been the difference between winning and losing. At this point a year ago, the Big Green (6-7, 1-0 Ivy) was in the middle of a deflating stretch in which it only won one game in 16 contests.
Apparently I wasn't the only one last week still caught up on the recent campus events, since every page of last Friday's Dartmouth had a mascot-related article.
Jennie Post / The Dartmouth Staff The new year starts off with a fresh slate for many of the club teams representing Dartmouth in their winter seasons of competition.
Jennifer Garfinkel / The Dartmouth Senior Staff This past weekend Dartmouth played host to the 21st annual Snowflake Tournament, which saw the men's and women's squash teams compete against a variety of opponents, including players from Wesleyan, Northeastern, Smith and Hamilton.
With the team entering the midpoint of the season and looking to make a run in the ECAC, the Dartmouth men's ice hockey team came away from a New York road trip with a 4-1 loss to Union on Friday and a 6-2 win against RPI Saturday evening. The weekend split puts the Big Green at 6-7-2 overall and 5-5-2 in the ECACHL, moving Dartmouth into second place in the league standings, behind Quinnipiac. Captain Tanner Glass '07 said that the team does not feel a greater sense of urgency to win to put the Big Green in a position for the playoffs.
Someone needs to be in charge of overseeing the 36 Division I varsity sports, 29 club sports and numerous intramural programs at Dartmouth.
Ever wonder what the deal is with squash? No? Well, unfortunately for you, Kevin Garland '07 made the mistake of putting me in charge of this section, I felt like interviewing James Crandell '07 and there's not a gosh-darn thing you can do about it.
While the balmy January weather may seem like a gift to many, the Dartmouth ski team is keeping their fingers crossed for cold weather and snow.
The Dartmouth Skiway has recently named Peter Stransky as the new director of its snowsport school.
Both the men's and women's indoor track teams kicked off their seasons on the right foot this weekend at the Dartmouth Invitational held in Leverone Fieldhouse.
EMI ITO / The Dartmouth Staff The Dartmouth women's hockey team continued to dominate in league play this weekend, as the Big Green steamrolled Quinnipiac 7-0 with five Big Green players scoring and captain Gillian Apps '06 netting two goals.
The Dartmouth women's basketball team drew record-breaking crowds to the annual Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic tournament Dec.
My Christmas present came early this year and from a very unexpected source: Dartmouth Athletic Director Josie Harper.
Alicia Modeen / The Dartmouth Staff While most Dartmouth students got to head to the comforts of their homes for the holidays, the members of the Big Green men's and women's basketball and hockey teams remained in Hanover, busy polishing their jumpers and slap shots. Since the teams practice and play games before and after the Christmas holiday, the athletes only have four or five days at home to spend with friends and family.