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Dartmouth grad competes against international kayaking elite

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Kristen Podolak '01 is currently representing the United States at the World Freestyle Kayak Championships in Penrith, Australia. During the competition, the world's best kayakers attempt to perform the biggest, most impressive, and most consistent tricks in their boats on a hydraulic at a whitewater park. Freestyle differs from the Olympic slalom event in that boats are much shorter and the focus is placed on the kayaker's ability to master skills like 360-degree "cartwheels" and moves that launch body and boat into the air with a clean landing. Podolak first learned to kayak on her freshman DOC Trip in 1997.




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Cavaliers defeat Lady Green 83-70

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In the last non-conference game of the season on Sunday afternoon, Big Green women's basketball succumbed to the Virginia Cavaliers (14-5) in a disappointing 83-70 match at University Hall before a lively crowd of 2,090. The two teams played a close first half as the score was tied four times in the first four minutes.




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Field hockey coach to head NFHCA

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Amy Fowler, Dartmouth field hockey's head coach, was elected president of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association at this year's NFHCA conference, held in Providence, R.I., on Jan.






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Women's swimming nabs first, men finish a close second at URI

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KINGSTON, R.I. -- The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team placed first and the men finished a close second on the final day of the University of Rhode Island Invitational on Saturday. On the women's side, Dartmouth blew away the rest of the field with 473 points, followed by UMass with 319, Rhode Island with 264 and La Salle with 228. The women won seven individual events and all four relays.





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Men's swim team conquers Mexico, Big Green-style

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There are few Dartmouth athletes fortunate enough to attract fans outside of the Upper Valley. Aside from Jay Fiedler '94, Cherie Piper '06 and a few Olympians from the ski team, Dartmouth competitors remain relatively anonymous with respect to their athletic pursuits outside of the Ivy League. While the accomplishments of Dartmouth's aquatic juggernauts often stay within the confines of the Karl Michael Pool, members of the varsity swim team recently travelled to Acapulco, Mexico for a training trip and found a large following in a very unexpected place. When the varsity men's swim team crossed the border for their annual winter training trip this past December, they were met with a shockingly large number of Mexican fans. "We got off the bus at the IMSS Aquatic Center, and were greeted by a crowd of Mexicans cheering for us.


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Big Green hockey knocks Vermont out of ECAC lead

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Four days after defeating No. 6 New Hampshire in college hockey's highest scoring affair in almost five years, the Big Green dominated Vermont Saturday night in the rubber match of this season's three game series. Dartmouth's victory gave the team its fourth win in five games and put them at 8-7-2 for the season, 5-5 in the ECAC.


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The Draft Board

Mark Sweeney, Adam White and Jesse 'Fred' Klempner square off to draft the best teams on a wide variety of pop culture subjects. Today, the trio of experts compiles their ideal celebrity street fighting team, complete with each member's respective weapon.