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The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3

The Redshirt Senior: A Look Ahead to the 2020 NFL Draft p. 6

Field hockey falls to Princeton, beats UMass Lowell in overtime p. 7

Football team shines on both sides of the ball in 38-3 rout of Colgate p. 4 KYLE SPENCER/THE DARTMOUTH

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The weekend Roundup

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Compiled by DEVAN FINK AND MATT KRIVAN

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Dartmouth women’s tennis participated in the three-day Bulldog Invitational this weekend hosted by Yale University. The Big Green faced off against the University of Denver, Boston College, the University of Massachusetts and Brown University over the course of the weekend.

On Friday, the Big Green played singles against the Denver and doubles against BC. Dartmouth was unable to win any matches in singles, but all were closely fought.

The doubles teams had much better results, winning three out of four matches with the only loss coming in a close tiebreaker.

After struggling on Friday, Dartmouth responded with 10 wins on Saturday. The singles players bounced back from a rough start to the tournament by going 7-3 on the day against the UMass.

Racquel Lyn ’20 rallied to win her match convincingly in three sets after losing the first set 14-12 in a tiebreaker. The doubles teams also continued their strong play, winning three out of five matches against BC and Denver.

On Sunday, the Big Green picked up where it left off and went 7-2 in singles against Brown and 1-2 in doubles against UMass. In singles, younger players shone, with four out of the seven wins on Sunday coming from freshmen and sophomores. In doubles, however, a veteran duo of Catherine Cable ’20 and Chuyang Guan ’20 earned the Big Green its only doubles wins of the day.

The Big Green has the next few weeks off before traveling to West Point, NY to play in the ITA Northeast Regional Championships hosted by the United States Military Academy.

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After dropping its match against Princeton on Saturday, the Big Green rebounded to beat UMass Lowell the next day.

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Dartmouth field hockey had a rough afternoon against Princeton University on Saturday, falling to the No. 10 Tigers 4-0, but bounced back with a thrilling 4-3 overtime winner on Sunday against the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The Princeton game was Dartmouth’s first in Ivy League play this season.

The Big Green struggled to get the offense ramped up against Princeton, generating just four shots and only two on goal. The team’s best chance to gain the lead came early in the game, with a shot on goal by Katie Spanos ’20 less than five minutes into the first quarter. The Big Green was held without a shot on goal for

over 30 minutes, before Spanos again was denied

by Tigers goalie Grace Baylis. The senior was the only Dartmouth player to generate a shot the entire game.

On Sunday, the Big Green rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win in overtime on Spanos’ gamewinner in the fifth minute of overtime. Holley Cromwell ’23, Carmen Braceras ’20 and Tatum Schultz ’21 added goals for the Big Green as well.

The Big Green are now 3-5 on the season and will travel to Providence next weekend, taking on Brown University on Saturday and Providence College on Sunday.

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Dartmouth women’s soccer opened Ivy League play Saturday with a 2-1 road loss at Brown University, just its second loss of the season. The Big Green fell to 7-2 while Brown improved to 7-1-1.

Dartmouth strug g led to generate offense against one of the best defensive teams in the Ivy League, managing just eight shots and three on goal. Brown struck early with a goal in the seventh minute, snapping the Big Green’s streak of five consecutive shutouts. Dartmouth netted the equalizer in the 35th minute on

a shot from outside the box by Erin Kawakami ’21, her second of the season, with Izzy Glennon ’22 picked up her first assist of the season on the play. The teams headed into halftime tied 1-1, but Brown jumped back in front in the 56th minute. Goalkeeper Mariel Gordon ’21 saved five out of seven shots on goal, but it was not enough as the 2-1 score held.

The Big Green returns to Hanover next Saturday for its conference home opener against Princeton University at Burnham Field.

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The Big Green routed Colgate on Saturday 38-3, with the offensive stacking up 440 yards compared to Colgate’s 281.

Dartmouth football continued its dominant start to the season on Saturday evening, blowing past Colgate University by a score of 38-3.

Quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 got the scoring started early, connecting with Hunter Hagdorn ’20 on a 30-yard touchdown pass to cap off a seven-play, 58-yard opening drive. The Big Green did not slow down from there, scoring two more touchdowns on each of the following drives thanks to a Caylin Parker ’20 four-yard run and a Drew Estrada ’20 40-yard reception. After a 39-yard field goal by Connor Davis ’22 as time expired in the second quarter, Dartmouth went into the half with a commanding 24-0 lead.

Colgate drove 62 yards down field midway through the third quarter, but had to settle for a field goal after the Big Green defense forced a stop inside the 10. The Raiders couldn’t get much going offensively, only generating 281

yards of offense on the day, averaging just 4.1 yards per play compared to the Big Green’s 440 total yards and 7.9 per play. Colgate was aggressive on third and fourth down throughout, but the Dartmouth defense made many key stops throughout the night. Colgate went just six of 16 on third down conversions and two of six on fourth downs.

Dartmouth capped off the scoring with two more scores in the second half. Gerbino found tight end Robbie Mangas ’22 for a 34-yard touchdown pass near the end of the third, and Keegan McHugh ’22 rushed one in from the one-yard line in the fourth. Gerbino finished the day 12 of 16, passing for 193 yards and the three touchdowns — a college career-high — without an interception.

Dartmouth (2-0) heads to Philadelphia next weekend for its first Ivy League matchup of the year, facing the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night.

m soccer Dartmouth men’s soccer fell behind early and could not recover in a 4-2 defeat to the State University of New York at Albany (3-3-1) on Tuesday night.

While the Big Green did record three of the first four shots within the first 18 minutes, the Great Danes opened the floodgates with a score in the 29th minute. Soon after, in the 31st minute, the Danes scored again, after a Dartmouth foul to set up a penalty kick.

The Big Green did not surmount a comeback until it was too late, as Albany scored twice more

within the first eight minutes of the second half to put the game out of reach. Tiger Graham ’21 scored his first goal of the season in the 58th minute, and Dawson McCartney ’21 added another — his team-leading third of the season — in the 67th.

Goalkeeper Alex Budnik ’22 had a difficult day, saving three of seven shots on goal and posting a season-low .429 save percentage.

Now 3-3, with all three of its losses coming on the road, the Big Green returns to action on Tuesday against the University of Connecticut and then takes on Princeton University on Saturday.

volleyball Dartmouth women’s volleyball opened Ivy League play Saturday with a thrilling comeback win over Harvard University in five sets. The Big Green is now 5-5 on the season.

After dropping the first two sets 25-21 and 25-19, Dartmouth stormed back, winning the next two 25-20 and 25-19 before dominating the final set 15-6.

A 7-0 run early in the third set provided momentum, and the team never looked back.

Makenzie Arent ’23 led the way for the Big Green, racking up

27 assists and 12 digs on her way to a double-double. Bella Hedley ’22 had team highs of 15 digs and 4 aces while Francesca Meldrum ’22 led the attack with 14 kills.

This win marks the beginning of a long stretch of road games for Dartmouth, which plays its next four away from Hanover.

The team will hope to carry the positive momentum into this weekend, when it travels to Providence to face Brown University on Friday and then New Haven to take on Yale the next day.

w golf Dartmouth women’s golf competed at the Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club this weekend, tying for seventh place out of 13 teams.

On Saturday, Kristen Chen ’22 led the Dartmouth group of five with a score of 75 (+3). Angela Zhang ’23 finished a stroke behind Chen at 76 (+4), Julianne Strauch ’21 finished at 77 (+5), Maddie Nelson ’20 put up a 78 (+6) and Kaitlyn Lees ’22 rounded out the day at 79 (+7). Samantha Yao ’23, playing as an individual, tied for fourth place out of the

80 golfers with a score of 70 (-2).

Yao was especially impressive on Sunday, finishing with a score of 74 (+2) and a highlightreel play, a hole in one on the 11th pin. Chen also shot a 74 (+2), while Zhang and Lees shot a 75 (+3), Strauch put up an 80 (+8) and Nelson shot an 84 (+12).

The Big Green will conclude its fall season in three weeks at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational in Rehoboth Beach, DE on Oct. 19 and 20.

Lees is a member of The Dartmouth Staff.

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Football shines on both sides of the ball in 38-3 rout of Colgate B y ADDISON DICK

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Quarterback Jared Gerbino ’20 posted career highs in passing yards and touchdowns and the Big Green defense dominated as Dartmouth cruised to a 38-3 win over Colgate University on Saturday.

The Big Green found the end zone on its first three offensive possessions, and the Raiders’ offense did not reach the red zone during the entire first half. The Big Green offense found a balance with 265 passing yards and 175 rushing yards.

Gerbino’s passing game could not be stopped, as he completed his first 10 pass attempts, threw three touchdown passes and went 12-16 for 193 passing yards. The wildcat quarterback used his arm to break down the Colgate defense. Gerbino said he felt good passing and gave credit to his offensive line and the play calls from offensive coordinator Kevin Daft.

“We were keeping it simple at first and then spreading it out,” Gerbino said. “We were just clicking with it.”

The Big Green did most of its damage in the first half, starting off the scoring with a 30-yard to u ch d ow n c atch by H u n ter Hagdorn ’20, followed by a fouryard touchdown run by Caylin Parker ’20 and a 40-yard reception

by Drew Estrada ’20 to give Dartmouth an early 21-0 lead. A field goal late in the second quarter gave the Big Green a 24-0 lead going at half time.

Dartmouth kept up the scoring in the second half, with a touchdown reception from Robbie Mangas ’22 and a one-yard run from Keegan McHugh ’22. All Colgate could muster in terms of offense was a field goal in the third quarter, totaling only 281 yards compared to the Big Green’s 440.

Colgate head coach Dan Hunt said he was expecting Gerbino to air it out, but Dartmouth head

coach Buddy Teevens ’79 said the Big Green’s two-quarterback system with Gerbino and Derek Kyler ’21 has reached a new level.

“Kyler is running the ball more effectively. Gerbino is throwing the ball more effectively,” Teevens said.

“That’s a challenge to a defense.”

Teevens expressed confidence in Gerbino’s ability to transform from a wildcat scrambler into a dual-threat signal caller.

“He’s done a great job carrying the football ... but he also has the ability to throw the football,” Teevens said. “He did a tremendous job of putting the ball on the money.

He’s a multiply capable guy, and we’re going to use every element he has.”

Gerbino said his performance on Saturday will open things up going forward and put opposing defenses on edge.

While the offense appeared flashy and easily marched down the field multiple times throughout the night, the defense put together another

dominant ef fort, now having allowed just nine points through the first two games. Defensive lineman Jackson Perry ’19 led the defensive unit with nine tackles, 1.5 sacks, and a forced fumble. He said the Big Green defense knew they were in a good position as soon as the first snap of the game.

“Every week, we study these guys inside and out,” he said. “There were a lot of key things that they did that gave us a lot of movement.

There were a lot of things where you could just tell what they were doing.”

Linebacker and captain Jack Traynor ’19 recorded eight tackles and earned the praise of Teevens.

“He’s an athletic guy, and he has game speed,” Teevens said. “He’s just so solid and brings leadership inside. He lines guys up, calms them down. He’s a very intense competitor, and that’s contagious.”

Teevens described the game as essentially a battle between the Dartmouth and Colgate offensive

and defensive lines.

“Our guys came out on top,” Teevens said. “They didn’t give much time and hit the quarterback a bunch.”

With Ivy League play beginning on Friday night with a matchup between the Big Green and the University of Pennsylvania, Perry said he hopes the Big Green’s win sent a message to the other teams of the Ancient Eight.

“We sent the message that we’re the team to beat,” Perry said. “I think we have the most talented football team.”

Penn, predicted to finish fifth in the Ivy League, enters next weekend’s game with a 1-1 record after a loss to the University of Delaware and a win over Lafayette College. The Big Green, predicted to finish second in the conference, has won its past five matchups against the Quakers. The game will kickoff from Franklin Field in Philadelphia at 7 p.m. on Friday and will air on ESPNU.

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The Big Green offense was dominant, scoring 38 points on 440 yards.

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Running back Zack Bair ’22 is brought down by two Colgate defenders.

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Tight end Robbie Mangas ’22 had a big evening, making three catches for 105 yards and scoring a touchdown.

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The Redshirt Senior: A Look Ahead to the 2020 NFL Draft Week 4 of the NFL season has just come to a close and like last year, there are some teams in the league that, for all intents and purposes, are starting to phone it in and look toward the 2020 NFL draft. I wrote about this last year and some of the players I wrote about have looked like I expected (Deebo Samuel with the San Francisco 49ers) while some have looked worse than expected (Greg Little with the Carolina Panthers). Let’s take a deep dive.

One team that may already be looking for its quarterback of the future is the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins did make a draft day trade for former Arizona Cardinals

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quarterback Josh Rosen but were committed to starting career journeyman and Man of Harvard Ryan Fitzpatrick. Despite this, the Dolphins averaged 5.3 points per game with one shutout loss, with a -117 point differential through its early games. Maybe the Dolphins have simply played against good teams to start its season (Baltimore, New England, and Dallas), or maybe the team is tanking. Who is the team tanking for though?

(Note: I’m writing this before the Dolphins play Sunday afternoon and my narrative is based on the fact that I expect the Dolphins to lose to the Los Angeles Chargers. If the Dolphins win, ignore everything I said and assume the Dolphins are going to the Super Bowl.)

If the Dolphins want their quarterback of the future, the team doesn’t have to look very far.

The University of Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa has already achieved an impressive pedigree. Tagovailoa came in for an injured Jalen Hurts to help Alabama overcome the higher-seeded Univer sity of Georgia in the 2018 College Football Playoff Championship Game, and led Alabama to the 2019 Championship Game as well before losing to another top-tier college quarterback who is not draft eligible this year in Clemson University’s Trevor Lawrence.

The biggest knock on Tagovailoa is he doesn’t have the arm strength of

other quarterbacks in the upcoming draft, such as the University of Oregon’s Justin Herbert, but what Tua lacks in arm strength he makes up for in everything else. Tua has elite accuracy, mobility and an ability to remain composed under pressure in the pocket. Alabama winning a national championship notwithstanding, Tua will likely go number one overall in the draft either to the Dolphins or to another quarterback-needy team that will trade up to get him.

Speaking more on quarterbacks for a bit, Herbert made a strange decision last year to return to school for his senior season instead of trying his luck in the NFL draft, where he could have been the top quarterback off the board. Herbert definitely bet on himself to return to the form he showed during the 2017 season by returning to school, and he could easily be a target for another quarterback-needy team at the top of the draft (the Cincinnati Bengals maybe?). Unlike Tua, Herbert does have the ability to throw darts in the pocket, but he’s a lot more inconsistent. He regressed during his 2018 campaign and will have to show out the rest of this

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season in order to warrant a high draft pick.

Moving on from quarterbacks, the wide receiver class this year is looking particularly deep. I’ll start off with a thought experiment.

Imagine an SEC wide receiver who stands at around six feet tall and weighs less than 200 pounds, with ridiculous athleticism and the ability to control his body to make one-handed catches. The first person who comes to mind should be Odell Beckham Jr., and that same type of player is what one team will get with the best wide receiver in this class, Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy. When Alabama played the University of Mississippi this past year, Jeudy outran Ole Miss defensive back Zedrick Woods on a go route. Woods ran a 4.29 fortyyard dash at the combine last year and Jeudy outran him.

You have Jeudy at Alabama who will be a first round pick like the many Crimson Tide receivers who came before him (Julio Jones, Amari Cooper, Calvin Ridley), but there are plenty of other wide receivers to pay attention to that will probably go in the first round. The University of Colorado’s Laviska Shenault

reminds me of a slower, stronger Julio Jones — the kind of receiver that you force-feed passes to if you need to make a play. Clemson’s Tee Higgins is like the opposite of Jeudy. Higgins is 6-foot-4 and 216 pounds and he towers over most of the defensive backs he burns on plays. Then you have the University of Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb, who has hands that are made of glue; he catches everything thrown his way and is poised to climb even higher in the rankings with new quarterback Jalen Hurts throwing to him at Oklahoma this year.

Also take a look at Texas Christian University’s top receiver Jalen Reagor, who has the athleticism of the previous players I mentioned but is buried in the rankings due to TCU’s poor quarterback play. This seems like a long-winded list, but it should be that way since there are so many receivers to choose from this upcoming year, unlike last year when the first receiver wasn’t chosen until the 25th pick in the draft.

There are many more positions to look at, but if your team is looking for a player to fill a hole, watch some college ball and see who your team may need.

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Field hockey falls to Princeton, beats UMass Lowell in overtime B y Lili Stern

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On Saturday, the field hockey team matched up against No. 10 Princeton University in its first game of Ivy League competition this season and walked away with a 4-0 loss. The next day, the Big Green responded in force with a 4-3 overtime win against the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

The Big Green started its season with a tough regional non-conference schedule, matching up against a top-25 team in No. 17 Boston College along with Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, and currently sits 3-5 on the season.

Last season, the Big Green went 6-11 overall and 2-5 in Ivy League play, setting the team up for a sixthplace projected finish in the Ivy League preseason poll. The difference between a 3-5 record and being 5-3 this season, however, is a matter of just a few goals — of its seven games this season, the Big Green has taken three to overtime and one to double-overtime.

The first of these games, played against UMass, was a stalemate in regulation before the Minutemen netted the game’s lone goal five minutes into overtime. Against the College of the Holy Cross, after a 1-1 tie in regulation, Katie Spanos ’20 found the goal in overtime to give the Big Green its first win of the season. Dartmouth took the University of New Hampshire to double-overtime before the Wildcats put in the deciding goal. These close

games, especially the losses, will make the Big Green hungry to improve and come out with wins.

“Even if we have a good game, the next game we want it to be even better, so [the goal is] sort of to never be satisfied and always try to learn and improve,” said Carmen Braceras ’20.

For the remainder of the season, veteran attackers will lead the charge — in Spanos and Katie Persin ’20, the team has two out of three of last year’s goals and points leaders back for their senior seasons. Braceras contributes additional veteran firepower, and currently sits atop the team’s offensive stat line with four goals and nine points.

Behind these offensive forces stands a younger backfield, which is led by three sophomores and a junior. Isabella Santucci ’22 took over this season for Hailey Valerio ’19 in goal and has shown veteran poise thus far — she has a 73 percent save percentage, putting her at 29th in the country for that statistic. She also recorded 20 saves against BC, which is the first time a Dartmouth goalkeeper has done so in 10 years.

On Saturday against Princeton, the Big Green’s defense was in good form while the Big Green’s offense struggled to get going. Princeton managed to fire off 25 shots, 16 of which were on goal, but Santucci and the Dartmouth backfield gave up just four goals. On offense, the Big Green struggled to penetrate Princeton’s notoriously strong defense — in their non-conference matchups this season, the Tigers played all top-25 teams, and gave up an average

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The Big Green came back strong on Sunday to defeat UMass Lowell in overtime, 4-3.

of just over two goals per game. The Green and White managed to get off just four shots, two of which were on goal, in its scoreless outing.

The next day, the Big Green came back from a 3-1 deficit against UMass Lowell, with Holley Cromwell ’23 scoring her first career goal late in the game to tie it up and Spanos providing the game winner just over four minutes

into overtime.

Next weekend, the Big Green will head to Providence to play Brown University and Providence College in a mix of conference and non-conference play. Last season, Dartmouth beat the Bears, and will look to do so again to even its conference record before it faces some historically tougher Ivy League challengers. After taking on Brown,

the Big Green will face the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University on the road.

“I don’t necessarily see us as a big underdog going into any of the Ivy League games, just because even though historically we may have more losses against a particular team, on any given night I think either team could really win,” Braceras said.

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Renovated Friends of Dartmouth Rowing boathouse dedicated B y OLIVIA MORTON The Dartmouth

On a bright Saturday morning after tough races against Yale University and Boston University, the rowing community at Dartmouth gathered for the dedication of a newly-improved team facility: the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse. Presided over by Dartmouth’s director of athletics, Harry Sheehy, the ceremony was centered around appreciation for those alumni who built the program and made these renovations possible, as well as the opportunities it opens for the future leaders of Dartmouth rowing.

Sheehy, who identified the facility as a game-changer, spoke to the importance of leadership at Dartmouth. He emphasized that sports at the College are not an extracurricular but co-curricular, stretching and molding Dartmouth student-athletes into the best versions of themselves, inside both academic and athletic classrooms.

John Replogle ’88 took the stage next and continued to emphasize Dartmouth’s dedication to growing leaders, while honoring his father, a member of the Class of 1953 and the rowing program. Replogle highlighted the strength and leadership that Dartmouth rowers exude, and showcased his belief that the new facility will only contribute to this fortitude. Replogle preached Dartmouth’s commitment to “the whole student,” and ended his remarks with an — albeit slightly modified — quote attributed to legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson.

“There’s more to life than rowing, but fortunately there’s

more to rowing than just rowing,” Replogle said.

Replogle highlighted what he called the strength and leadership that Dartmouth rowers exude, and showcased his belief that the new facility will only contribute to this fortitude.

Men’s heavyweight coach Wyatt Allen then took to the stage to thank the College and the alumni for their support of the rowing program. As the new renovations include erg tanks installed by the world’s best tank builder, the team can now have exposure to more technical training year round; in addition, there are also a variety of new types of ergs and more training space, which allows for more creativity and flexibility in training.

All three teams — men’s heavyweight, men’s lightweight and women’s rowing — will be able to train at once rather than one team being relegated to what the rowers fondly call “the dungeon,” located underneath Alumni Gymnasium, which will aid the growth of the team as student-athletes, as practices will be more effective and allow for better time management.

“It is the crowning achievement of the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing,” Allen said. “The collective vision and generosity has helped to create a world-class training facility.”

The final two speakers of the ceremony were Katie Erdos ’20, captain and coxswain of the women’s team, and Andre Hunter ’83, chair of the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing. On behalf of the entire team, Erdos thanked the alumni for setting the bar high and giving the current rowers the inspiration and aspiration to do the same. She closed stating that the

team would all do their best to make the alumni proud and showcase their appreciation for both the physical and mental examples which they set. Hunter, aware that he was the only person standing between a herd of tired, hungry rowers and lunch, made his remarks short, repeating praise to alumni for making the new boathouse possible.

After almost 12 months of construction, the facility is very close to opening for use. Construction is set to be fully complete in November. As of now, teams will be able to use the lobby as a social space; once the Hanover winter hits, however, access to the new ergs and training facility will be made available so that they might keep up with the training schedules of other schools while the Connecticut River is frozen over.

The $7.5 million expansion and renovation, made possible entirely through donor gifts, will update the boathouse’s training equipment, including new ergometers and rowing tanks, as well as upgrading ventilation and other necessary smaller improvements. The two moving water rowing tanks will simulate rowing on the river, and allows the team to use oars with blades of a similar size and shape to those they would use while competing.

“It will be extremely useful to use it all winter long,” Rebecca Thomson ’20 said.

Liam Keane ’21, a member of the men’s heavyweight team, expressed similar sentiments about how important the facility is especially given the harsh New Hampshire climate.

“The new facility will give us the opportunity and support we need

to push to the next level we aspire to be at,” Keane said. “With the river being frozen for so long into our season, the new tanks will help us stay fit and ready for racing on the water.”

An additional benefit to the new facility is that it will help shape the future of the program.

“They will show future recruits that we have a world class boathouse and that our alums have our backs,” Keane said. “They want to see us succeed and bring Dartmouth rowing to a new level, and we are pumped to push into that next

level.”

Thomson has been interacting w i t h a l u m n i t h ro u g h o u t t h e fundraising and building process, and she said she has been amazed with the devotion they have to the program.

“They are always so excited to be back in the boathouse, talk to anyone, tell them about the experience they had and how wonderful of a time they had at Dartmouth,” Thomson said. “It’s really special to be able to talk to them and understand their experience.”