See Buddy Run

Buddy Teevens at the Dartmouth Relays (courtesy of Dan Grossman/Maple Leaf Photos)

As promised/threatened, something fun -- video of Coach Buddy Teevens running the 1500 meters in the Masters division of the Dartmouth Relays. This is the start and then the finish of his last lap. (Excuse the sound in the middle -- I couldn't get rid of it.)


A few quick notes today. Columbia has "announced" its football schedule. The Lions will be playing Fordham, Lafayette and Towson next fall. While Towson is hardly a powerhouse (1-7 in the CAA last year and 3-8 overall) it's a marked improvement over Iona and Marist, Columbia's cupcakes the past couple of years. With resurgent Fordham and Lafayette on the schedule, the Lions should be well-prepared for Ivy League play.

Dartmouth's non-conference schedule? Why it's Colgate, UNH, Holy Cross you silly goose.

There's a very interesting story in the Jan. 11, Inside Higher Ed taking a look at how the rate of black athletes and black football players compares to the population of black males at the nation's football-playing colleges and universities. The numbers are very interesting and in some cases disturbing. (Because the numbers were culled from a study of scholarships, the Ivies, Army, Navy and Air Force are not included in the full study.)

Former Dartmouth skater Hugh Jessiman gets a quick mention at the end of this story, but don't visit it for that. Click on the link to see what a pro hockey game looks like when it is played on pink ice and what problems that causes.

And finally, that certain Hanover High sophomore completed a busy Dartmouth Relays yesterday and learned an important lesson: You can't and won't always be at your best. After setting a PR in every indoor race she's ever run, she struggled in her big one Saturday. Between running a terrific 800 meter leg in the sprint medley and a solid 400 in the 4x400 relay yesterday afternoon, she ran the 2-mile yesterday morning. She finished fourth in her heat and fifth overall of 34 runners after being seeded first. We had a sense that it might not be her day when she woke with the sniffles and had a hard time getting out of bed.