Doing Whatever It Takes

HANOVER -- Commitment was on prominent display Wednesday when the Dartmouth football team reached the midway point of its 12-session spring practice schedule on chilly Memorial Field.

• Sprinter Brian Evans and hurdler Peter Pidermann were doing what they've done since spring practice started: somehow finding the time and the energy to go all out on the football field at the end of a long day that also included track practice.
• Defensive back Nick Danford, who walked onto the team a year ago and doesn't figure to see much time in the fall, nevertheless continued to give at least as good as he got, thereby helping the front-line players become better.
• And Will Deevy, a high school senior who could have been on a beach somewhere, instead traveled halfway across the country to observe practice and put himself in a position to better help the team when he arrives on campus for good next fall.

"That's the kind of commitment it takes to be a successful program," Coach Buddy Teevens said after a spirited practice. "It's what we need to have and like to see."

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