Roby, who was appointed 13 months ago and will finish his tenure in June, has overseen the reinstatement of five previously eliminated varsity athletic teams and the resumption of athletic competition after COVID-19 cancellations.
The conference left open the possibility of limited local competition if public health conditions improve dramatically.
On Thursday, the Ivy League Council of Presidents voted to allow current seniors admitted into graduate programs at their schools to compete as fifth-year players. The decision is a one-time, pandemic-related exception that breaks with a long-standing Ivy League precedent limiting athletic participation to undergraduate students.
College President Phil Hanlon announced the reinstatement of five athletic teams — men’s and women’s golf, men’s lightweight rowing and men’s and women’s swimming and diving — in an email Friday morning. The programs, which the College cut last July due to admissions and budgetary constraints, will be reinstated through at least 2024-2025, pending a Title IX review.
Dartmouth announced this afternoon that it will eliminate the men’s and women’s golf, men’s lightweight rowing and men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs, effective immediately, in order to increase flexibility in admissions and ease its budget deficit. In addition, the Hanover Country Club will permanently close.
In Micah Schroder ’20’s three full softball seasons with the Big Green, she earned league recognition twice, set Dartmouth’s single-season RBI and batting average records in 2019 and earned the Ivy League Player of the Year crown in the same season.
When Kipling Weisel ’18 arrived in Bozeman, Mont. earlier this month, he was ready to compete in an NCAA skiing championship for the last time in a Dartmouth ski suit.
Women's lacrosse won in overtime over Brown, men's squash finished in fourth at the CSA Hoehn Cup, baseball was swept by Virginia and more in this week's Roundup.
Women's basketball improves to 3-0 on the season, swimming and diving competes with Harvard and Cornell, volleyball ends its season on a high note and more in this week's Roundup.
Will Graber '20 scored two goals against Princeton to give men's hockey its first win of the season, women's basketball opened its season with a win over Vermont, women's soccer defeated Cornell for head coach Ron Rainey's 50th career win and more in this week's Roundup.
