Author: Tom McCann The Campus: When did you start running track?Matt Malek: I started running track junior year at Middlebury.TC: Why did you decide to start?MM: I played soccer for the first two years, on the B-team, and then I didn't play my junior year and I got fat and bored. I'd always wanted to ...
Author: Steve beslow After a tough loss at Babson earlier in the month bumped Middlebury to the third spot in the national standings, the Panthers returned home to finish off the regular season on a high note, cementing their place at the top of the NESCAC standings. Heading into this weekend, the men's ...
Author: Eri Nosaka This past weekend the women's swim team saw incredible results at the NESCAC championships hosted by Bowdoin College. With an overall season record of 7-2 - losing only to Amherst College and Williams College - the women's team managed to defeat Amherst by a gap of 200 points. The ...
Author: Robbie de Picciotto On Feb. 11, the Middlebury indoor track team traveled to Maine for a meet against Bowdoin and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The team experienced much success during the weekend, which provided momentum heading into the D-III New England meet. Jen Katz '09 won both the 55m ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR Crunch time for Midd teamsDespite the completion of the seasons of most winter sports teams, Middlebury College is set to host a number of important athletic events over the next couple of weeks. The main draw this weekend will be the Middlebury Carnival on Feb. 24-25, ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Jay Yonamine '07, a political science major, spent his fall term in D.C. - definitely commonplace - but on Jan. 21 he "did the most extreme thing [he's] ever done," when he fought a mixed martial arts bout. With SPRAWL scrawled across his shorts, Jay won his first fight in an ...
Author: Justin Golenbock The spirit of the 2006 Torino Games has left me pondering the discourse of my virgin column: the true meaning of greatness. As a fairly vocal opponent of the fairy tale of nationalism that the Olympic Games present, any objective argument on the aforementioned spirit should ...
Author: Tom McCann, Sports Editor The Campus: When did you start skiing?Garrott Kuzzy: I started skiing when I was four or five - alpine skiing - and then did that for fun till sixth grade when I started ski jumping. I ski-jumped for a year and my coach was a Nordic combined skier and so in seventh ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED, SPORTS EDITOR Carnival provides wintery mix The 83rd Middlebury College Winter Carnival, running from Feb. 23-26, will feature a number of athletic events for students that do not require varsity status. The Carnival, a four-day festival celebrating a ski meet hosted by the Middlebury ...
Author: George Mayer The Middlebury men's swimming and diving team was extremely optimistic about the opportunities that awaited them in the homestretch of their season. Following their 184-110 loss to national championship contender Williams on Jan. 29, the Panther squad was set to host the Middlebury ...
Author: James Kerrigan After 18 consecutive wins to start the 2005-2006 campaign, the Middlebury women's hockey team suffered back to back losses and lost a chance to go undefeated. The club had been in cruise control, picking up three key victories on the road against New England College (NEC), Colby, ...
Author: Sarah Luehrman In the last four weeks, the Middlebury women's basketball team has seen the toughest competition of the season. Though they suffered eight losses and ended their season at 14-10 - just short of making the NESCAC playoffs - the month of January was accented by some exciting victories, ...
Author: Justin Golenbock I think, if I were allowed to write features on players, I'd interview Epiphanny Prince, the New York prep star that set a national record with 113 points in one game, just barely managing to eclipse her team's margin of victory (137-32). I found it very amusing how many people ...
Author: James Kerrigan The women's hockey team started 2006 just like they ended 2005 - by winning, a lot. January has given the Panthers seven opponents and seven victories. In the midst of a 20-game win streak going back to the end of last season, the women are dominating competition from all over ...
Author: Goeff Homer Chalk this one up as a victory for Mother Nature. After training for three months before the first race, the Panther alpine team was forced to wait another day. High winds at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine delayed the Colby Carnival as a tree fell down and destroyed the timing equipment. ...
Author: Brooke Farquahr Middlebury's nordic ski team began its season with a strong statement, finishing second overall at the Colby Carnival this past weekend in Sugarloaf, Maine. Overall, the Panthers alpine and nordic teams combined to finish second at the meet, falling behind only the University ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca No longer just a winter frustration, frost heaves are enjoying newfound fame as the namesake of Vermont's first pro basketball team. On Dec. 14, 2005, Alexander Wolff, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated (SI) and a Cornwall, Vt. resident, unveiled his plans for the state's ...
Author: Justin Golenbock First, I wanted to write about the World Baseball Classic and how embarrassing and ridiculous it would be if we scuttled the whole thing by refusing to let Cuba play in the States for whatever economic reasons, but Jim Caple did a much better job of it for espn.com, and then ...
Author: Ryan Reese, Sports Editor The Campus: When did you start playing hockey?Shannon Tarrant: Umm, I started skating when I was three and didn't start organized hockey until I was in third grade. I played with the boys until seventh grade and it was really fun. Then, I played with girls and boys ...
Author: George Mayer The Middlebury men's swimming and diving team has been red hot thus far this J-Term. Over the past three weekends, the Panther squad has posted wins over NESCAC rivals Hamilton, Colby and Bates, as well as Union. While Union proved to be no match for the Panthers this past weekend, ...