Ray Tompkins Report Ray Tompkins Report Celebrating Excellence 2016 - 2017 Season
Ray Tompkins Associates As another year comes to a conclusion here at Yale, we reflect on the incredible accomplishments of our student-athletes and coaches. We saw a number of records broken, team and individual accomplishments, and success stories throughout the year. The participation and support of our committed alumni, parents and friends is critical to their success and makes Yale Athletics a truly special place. The Ray Tompkins Associates Athletic Directors Fund addresses the top annual needs across all sports. Please consider making a gift in support of the RTA fund (instructions included on the back of this newsletter). Join us in celebrating and supporting the many successes throughout athletics, even those outside of your own sport. We are One Yale. Handsome Dan XVIII, aka Walter, joined the Bulldog family in November 2016
Yale Football Wins The Game This year’s contest could easily go down as one of the true classics in the 133 years of the Yale-Harvard football rivalry. Defensive back Jason Alessi batted down a fourth-down pass in front of the Yale sideline with eight seconds left to secure the Bulldogs' 21-14 victory, one that prevented the Crimson from securing a piece of the Ivy League Championship. The Elis registered a milestone win with heroes on both sides of the ball and on special teams. The senior class leadership and performance was crucial, but it was hard to overlook the impact of the Yale youth.
YALE
Champions
Women’s Sailing - National Champions
The Women’s Sailing team won its second national title in three years at the 2017 Sperry College Sailing Women's National Championships. The team was comprised of seniors Natalya Doris and Isabelle Rossi de Leon, juniors Claire Huebner, Casey Klingler, and KB Knapp, and freshmen Chrissie Klingler and Louisa Nordstrom. Although this group of seven sailors represented the Bulldogs, this victory was a result of the hard work of all 16 women on the team, as well as the members of the coed team. With the majority of the team returning next year, the Bulldogs hope to continue their suc cess in the fall season.
2017 Sperry College Sailing Women's National Champions
Heavyweight Crew - National, EARC, and Ivy League Champions The Yale Heavyweight crew program continues to make history -- even 165 years after it began intercollegiate competition. The Varsity 8+ edged top-seeded Washington in the grand final for the IRA National Championship. This is the school's first IRA title and fourth overall national championship. The Bulldogs have now won three straight EARC Sprints Championships, the first time in the history of the heavyweight rowing program. The No. 1 seed Elis, who won 16 straight dual sprints races, edged second seed Harvard by less than half a second, one of the closest races in Sprints history. Overall, Yale had a gold, two silvers and a second place in the petite final. That combined success gave the Bulldogs their third Rowe Cup for overall supremacy at the Sprints and the first since 1979.
2017 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Champions Most recently, the Elis capped off their perfect season at Gales Ferry. For the first time since 1996 – in the 152nd edition of the Yale-Harvard Regatta, Yale swept all three races against Harvard, putting an exclamation point on their perfect dual-racing and post season.
EARC
Coach of the Year
Steve Gladstone
Craig W. Johnson ‘68 Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew
YALE
Champions
Women’s Swimming & Diving Ivy League Champions
The Bulldogs captured their first Ivy League Championship since 1997 at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships at Brown's Moran Aquatics Center. The team fought a close battle against Harvard before pulling ahead on day three and holding on for the win with 1681 points. Throughout the meet, the Bulldogs set 12 Yale records and five Ivy League records.
Ivy League
Coach of the Year JIM HENRY
Robert J.H. Kiphuth Head Coach Yale Men & Women’s Swimming & Diving
Men’s Lacrosse
Ivy League Regular Season and Tournament Champions The Yale men’s lacrosse team captured its seventh Ivy League Championship, and fifth ever Ivy League Tournament title. The Elis beat Penn and Brown at a packed Reese Stadium in a nationally televised 2017 Ivy League Tournament. The peformance earned them a school-record third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Ivy League
Coach of the Year ANDY SHAY
Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse
Baseball - Ivy League Champions The Yale Baseball team compiled a 16-4 conference mark and led the Ivy standings from start to finish, while completing its mission of capturing the program's sixth conference title. The Bulldogs, who won their second straight Red Rolfe Division title, swept Penn to take the best-of-three Ivy League Championship series at Yale Field in May. The Bulldogs punched a ticket the NCAA Tournament in June and became the first nine at Yale to win multiple games since 1948.
On June 8th Yale Baseball had the honor of visiting President George H.W. Bush, captain of the 1948 Yale Baseball squad, at his home in Maine to celebrate the Bulldogs tremendous success this season. The men even had the pleasure of singing happy birthday to Mrs. Bush, who was celebrating her 92nd Birthday!
NEIBA & Ivy League
Coach of the Year
Yale Baseball with President George H. W. Bush at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine
JOHN STUPER
Head Coach of Baseball
Coed Sailing
The Yale coed sailing team finished a dominant season with a win at the New England Fleet Race Championship, qualifying for the ICSA Semifinal National Championship, in Charleston, S.C., where they finished second. The Bulldogs also swept more individual awards than any team in the conference at the conclusion of NE Championships, including New England Sailor of the Year, Crew of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Mitchell Kiss ‘17 and Caroline Colwell ’18 sailed the A division boat for the winning Yale championship team
S1D/Gill
Coach of the Year
BILL HEALY
Assistant Coach Yale Sailing
Moments of
Excellence Gymnastics
The 2017 Yale Women's Gymnastics team made history, winning the first-ever ECAC Championship title for Yale. Head coach Barbara Tonry was honored with the ECAC Coach of the Year award, for leading the team to one of the most successful seasons in school history.
ECAC
Coach of the Year
BARBARA TONRY Head Coach of Gymnastics
Men’s Basketball The Yale Men's Basketball team (17-10 overall) finished 9-5 in Ivy play, its seventh straight season with a winning league mark. The Elis earned a berth to the inaugural Ivy League Tournament Championship, where they defeated Harvard in the first round, but came up just shy of an undefeated Princeton in the championship game.
Women’s Crew It was a memorable NCAA Championship for Yale Women's Crew. The Bulldogs placed seventh with 96 points, their best finish since coming in sixth in 2010. It was the 13th top-10 finish in the last 16 years for the Bulldogs, who were the highest finishing Ivy League team.
Women’s Fencing For the first time in almost 20 years, Yale Women's Fencing finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the National College Fencing Poll. The women ended the season with a tie for ninth place at the NCAA Championships.
Track & Field and Cross Country 2016-2017 was a memorable year for the Bulldogs with success across all four programs. The Women’s Cross Country team finished second at Heps and was the first team to qualify for NCAAs since 2001. James Randon ’17, who was co-recipient of the 2017 Mallory Award as Yale’s top male senior athlete, was the first men’s Heps Cross Country champion since 1989. Frances Schmiede ’17, who shared the top senior female award this year, broke numerous records on the track and earned second team All-America status. The men’s track & field squad earned the most points at indoor Heps since 1991 and had outstanding performances from Randon and Marc-Andre Alexandre ’17.
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