Sports
May 1, 2016
If you ask any Dartmouth student about his or her day, the answer is usually “Things are busy.” At any given time there can be a lot to manage, from class to extracurricular activities to socializing, to even the little things like when to get meals and do laundry.
For a student athlete, add in nearly 20 hours a week in practice and competition, in addition to travel time.
“It’s pretty busy, but it’s manageable,” said Justin Donawa ’19, a two-sport athlete on the soccer and track and field teams while describing his schedule.
Dartmouth’s 35 varsity teams compete in the Ivy League Conference and the NCAA Division I, a high level of competition that translates into over two hours in practice most days of the week.
“Typically I’m at practice around two hours a day five days a week.