Sports
One year in, athletes and coaches reflect on initial sports cancellations
Last year 2019s abrupt mid-March athletic cancellations came as a shock to athletes and coaches. Few foresaw how long it would take to compete again.
Halle ('24) is a sports writer for The Dartmouth. She is from North Potomac, Maryland.
Last year 2019s abrupt mid-March athletic cancellations came as a shock to athletes and coaches. Few foresaw how long it would take to compete again.
Miller has spent the winter competing for Team USA and finished 56th in giant slalom at a Europa Cup race on Feb. 7.
After Dartmouth reinstated their teams on Jan. 29, student-athletes on the men’s and women’s golf, men’s lightweight rowing and men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are preparing to resume training.
Over 10 months after Ivy League athletic competition shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring-sport athletes now face the possibility of losing a second consecutive season.
Seven former members of the women's swimming and diving team have walked on to the women's rowing team, citing a desire to compete and remain members of a varsity program. The women's swimming and diving team was among five varsity sports programs that the College eliminated in July.
