After a season of dealing with key injuries, a stubbornly frozen lake and an annoying-yet-adorable newspaper correspondent, the Dartmouth sailing team is finally reaping its rewards, and deservedly so.
It's pretty cool, and by cool I mean totally sweet, to qualify for a national championship regatta.
At the 38th Women's New England Championships hosted by Boston University, only the top six finishers would qualify for Nationals, out of a gritty 18-team field.
With important championship and qualifying regattas looming in the coming weeks, the Dartmouth sailing team entered this past weekend with an even more serious and determined mindset than usual in order to get prepared for these big events. The Admiral's Cup at the U.S.
The Dartmouth sailing team took big strides toward reclaiming a top national ranking after a big four-event weekend that resulted in solid finishes in women's, co-ed and team races.
A veritable barrage of different weather patterns and competitors faced the Big Green sailors over the weekend in co-ed and women's events.
Many students returned to Hanover this past weekend reflecting on relaxing spring break experiences and trying to figure out how to prevent fabulous new tans from instantly fading in the chilly Northeast.
Although recently it seems as though the Dartmouth Sailing Team could hold a regatta on certain patches of the Green, the co-ed sailors opted to return to the southern comfort of Charleston, S.C., for just their second taste of competition since the fall. The Bob Bavier Team Race Invite, hosted by the College of Charleston, tested the Big Green against seven of the best programs in the country in the squad's first team race event of the season.
The first signs of sun and warmer temperatures have brought some good beginnings to the Dartmouth College sailing team.
Big Green sailors get 'hardcore' while preparing for biggest competitions of the season