“Who’s starting this thing?” the director of the race, Bob Dunkle said as he abruptly stopped his UTV near a group of Middlebury students at the course’s starting line and climbed out. One of the students offered to help, and Dunkle tossed him an airhorn as he delivered quick instructions. Moments ...
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The Panthers had been on an unprecedented 67-game win streak until a loss last Saturday to fifth-seeded Wesleyan University in the NESCAC semifinals at home. Now, having secured a bid to the NCAA round on Monday, the team is still in the race for what could be their fourth straight national championship. ...
As most people familiar with Middlebury athletics know, the field hockey team has seen sensational success in recent years, having captured eight NCAA championships in the past nine years and an astonishing seven consecutive titles. But few know the captivating story beyond the scoreboard: What does ...
In a rain-soaked weekend that will go down in Middlebury athletics history, the women’s tennis team finally broke through with their first-ever NESCAC Championship, defeating four-time defending champion Wesleyan University 4–1 on their home turf. An hour later, the men’s team completed an improbable ...
Middlebury baseball’s season started like a car in the dead of Vermont winter — slow to turn over but now running strong. The Panthers extended their winning streak to eight games last weekend, demolishing Skidmore in a doubleheader (13–3, 13–7).
That was the razor-thin margin that separated history from heartbreak for the Middlebury men's track and field team who were underdogs heading into last weekend's NESCAC Championship. The Panthers tallied 169 points to edge out Amherst College's 164, capturing their first conference title in six years ...
Billy Curtis ’25, from Beverly Farms, Mass., is a senior attackman on the Middlebury men’s lacrosse team. Curtis recently broke a 42-year-old program record for the most assists in a single game with seven assists. As he wraps up his Middlebury career, we caught up with Curtis to document his legacy, ...
They say champions aren’t fazed by a little water, and last Saturday, Middlebury’s women’s track and field team transformed a rain-soaked Allan Dragone Track into their personal splash zone of dominance. In their final home performance, before attempting an unprecedented fourth consecutive NESCAC ...
Hope Shue ’25 is a co-captain of the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team and a neuroscience major. This spring, she set a new program record for career goals, surpassing the previous mark of 228 set by Amy DiAdamo ’97. Shue now has 272 goals and counting. Over her career, she has earned Intercollegiate ...
For 11 years, there was one room in the golf world that Rory McIlroy could not enter — the Augusta National Champions Clubhouse. On Sunday, April 13, Rory exorcised his demons and finally stepped into that hallowed space after his second shot into the first playoff hole sealed his place in an elite ...
With temperatures reaching over 45 degrees, Middlebury women’s tennis hosted its first outdoor matches of the season against Connecticut College last weekend. As balls whirled back and forth, the Panthers fell into a rhythm — unbothered by the chilly air — and captured their third straight 7–0 ...
Michael Vanesko ’25 is a senior pole vaulter on Middlebury Track and Field. Originally from Dallas, he is an Architectural Studies major at Middlebury College. His personal record for pole vaulting is 4.15 meters, but his impact on the team extends far beyond the runway and bar. In this iteration ...
We call him Thomas. His teammates on the football team call him TP. Scouts now call him Thomas the Tank. But soon, the whole country might know Thomas Perry's name.
Sabrina Kim ’25, originally from Los Angeles, California, is a defender for the Middlebury Women’s Hockey team. Recently, Kim was named to the New England Hockey Writers Association Division III All-Star Team and earned AHCA/CCM All-American East First-Team Laurels. During her time at Middlebury, ...
The Middlebury men's track and field team has been rewriting the record books this season, and the whispers around the NESCAC are growing louder — the Panthers might just be on the verge of claiming their first conference championship in six years.
In 2015, Spiethsanity rocked the golf world. As the 21-year-old golf prodigy Jordan Spieth won two major championships and five tournaments overall, fans and players alike marveled at the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Middlebury men’s golf had their own Spieth-like run in the 2022–23 season, ...
The sport of frisbee can be traced back to Middlebury College students in the fall of 1939. The story goes that a group of brothers from Delta Upsilon — Middlebury still had fraternities at this time — were traveling to a fraternity convention in Nebraska, devouring Frisbie Fruit Pies in the car. ...
In Friday’s opener, Middlebury jumped out to a 3–0 lead through a two-run double by Gus Parker ’27 and a sacrifice fly by Brayden Mathews ’26. The Panthers added two more in the fourth, while Kunal Handa ’25 hurled four dominant shutout innings for his second win of the season. The Mammoths ...
As the dwindling rays of sun illuminated Middlebury College’s campus on Friday, March 29, the women’s hockey team was locked in a tight one-goal Frozen Four battle against Amherst — this time in distant River Falls, Wis. Middlebury women's hockey fans who watched the game from afar (many of thom ...