May 24, 2013
Garry Competes in Steeplechase at NCAA Regionals
This Friday, one member of Yale track and field competed for a chance to continue on in NCAA Championships at the NCAA East Regional meet. Sophomore Kira Garry was the first of two Bulldogs to compete at the meet, with her teammate and cross country captain, senior Nihal Kayali, set to run in the 5,000-meter run on Saturday. Although Garry put up a fight in her signature event, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, her field of competitors was by far one of the toughest she has seen this year, and she missed qualifying for the semifinal round at the National Championships, to be raced in Eugene, O.R. in June. Her time of 10:38.28 was good for 14th place in her heat.
May 24, 2013
Bulldogs Finish Sixth at Nationals
After three days and 36 races, the Yale women’s sailing team finished in sixth place at the ICSA Women’s National Dinghy Championship. Eighteen schools competed in the event and in the end only five points separated the Bulldogs from a place on the podium.
May 24, 2013
Racing at Nationals Finishes Today, Bulldogs Sitting Sixth
The final eight races of the ICSA Women's Dinghy National Championship will be sailed this afternoon. Fourteen races have been sailed in both A and B division so far and race 15A is scheduled to start at noon today.
May 23, 2013
Yale Mourns Loss of Don Tonry
Don Tonry, a 1960 U.S. Olympic Gymnast and long-time Yale Athletic Department staff member, passed away last weekend at the age of 78.
May 23, 2013
Shirvell Places Second, Qualifies for NCAA East Regional Finals
The Yale men’s track and field team has one athlete left running after Thursday’s action at the NCAA East Regionals, which serve as a preliminary round for the Division I NCAA Championships. Three Bulldogs—senior Mike Levine, junior Dana Lindberg and junior James Shirvell—competed on day one of Regionals, representing Yale on the national stage. While all three gave valiant efforts at the meet, hosted by North Carolina A&T, only Shirvell qualified for the Regionals finals, which take place on Saturday.
May 23, 2013
Holland Earns Spot on U.S. Under-21 Team for National Championship
Rising senior midfielder/back Georgia Holland (Stony Brook, N.Y.), the captain of the Yale field hockey team, has been selected to play for USA Field Hockey’s Under-21 Team at the Women’s National Championship in Norfolk, Va., May 23-29. Holland was one of 19 players selected for the U-21 team, and one of 108 selected for the championship. The event features some of the best field hockey players in the country competing for the title of national champions while also trying to earn a spot on the U.S. Women’s National Team.
May 23, 2013
Final “Get in the Game. Save a Life.” Results In; Yale Drive Leads Nation Again
With the final numbers now in from across the country, Yale has officially led the nation in potential life-saving marrow donors added to the Be The Match Registry® through the “Get in the Game. Save a Life.” campaign. Yale’s total of new registrants at its drive, named in memory of women’s ice hockey player Mandi Schwartz ’10 (1988-2011), was 843. The second-best total was 581 from the University of Delaware. The “Get in the Game. Save a Life.” campaign included 38 colleges and universities this year.
May 23, 2013
3 Elis Earn All-America Status
For the second straight year, the Yale men’s lacrosse team has three players selected as United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-Americans. Senior defenseman Peter Johnson (Minnetonka, Minn.) and juniors Dylan Levings (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Brandon Mangan (Wantagh, N.Y.) received honorable mention status.
May 22, 2013
3 Bulldogs Picked For USILA North-South Game
The Bulldogs came within a game of playing this weekend in the national semifinals, but three Yale players have been invited to showcase their skills close to Lincoln Financial Center in all-star competition. Defensemen Michael McCormack and Peter Johnson and attackman Kirby Zdrill have been selected to play in the 2013 USILA/Lax World Division I-II North-South Senior All-Star Game at Edith Robb Dixon Field on the campus of Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa., on Friday, May 24, at 5:30 PM.
May 22, 2013
No. 2 Bulldogs Race Team Racing Nationals
The No. 2 Yale coed sailing team will race the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship for the Walter C. Wood Trophy this Saturday through Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
May 22, 2013
Bulldogs Rewarded With 2013 Association Awards
The finishing touches on a fourth straight double-digit win season came with the eight Yale Lacrosse Association individual awards being handed out. The Bulldogs, coming off a 12-5 season and spot in the NCAA Quarterfinals at College Park, Md., had many highlights during the 2013 campaign, including a second straight Ivy League Tournament title and NCAA appearance. The final one was captain Michael McCormack receiving the L.C. Stowell Award as the team’s most valuable player.
May 21, 2013
The Streak Continues: Bulldogs Headed Back To NCAA Championship
With expansion from 16 to 22 teams this year due to an increase in automatic qualifiers, there will be a number of new faces at the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship. For Yale, a berth is old hat.
May 21, 2013
Trio of Bulldogs Headed for NCAA East Regionals
As the Yale men’s track and field team’s season begins to wind down, the intensity of competition is only heating up. Three of the Bulldogs’ star athletes—senior Mike Levine, junior Dana Lindberg and junior James Shirvell—are preparing to trek to Greensboro, N.C., after qualifying for the NCAA Division I East Regionals, hosted by North Carolina A&T on May 23 and 25. The competition serves as the preliminary round for the NCAA Championships, and those who perform well at Regionals will have the chance to continue their season. The three eligible Elis will be seeking to make their presence felt amidst the most talented track and field athletes the Eastern portion of the U.S. has to offer.
May 22, 2013
NCAA Regionals Approach for Two Dedicated Bulldogs
The first day of the NCAA Division I Track and Field East Preliminary Round will kick off this Thursday. Two Bulldogs will be participating, having placed among the top 48 competitors in the East Region for their events. Graduating senior Nihal Kayali—a versatile distance runner—will compete in the 5,000-meter run on Saturday, while rising junior Kira Garry, also successful in many distance events, will take on her challengers in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Friday.
May 21, 2013
Craft Named 2014 Captain
Jimmy Craft, a defenseman who helped the Yale men’s lacrosse team win an Ivy League Tournament Championship and reach the NCAA Tournament in consecutive years, has been named 2014 captain after a vote by his teammates.
