Thursday, March 01, 2007

Athletes struggle to balance classes and D-I competition

By Grace Wyler, The Dartmouth Staff

For three weeks last spring, Nell Beattie ‘09 woke up every morning at 5 a.m. for a 5:45 a.m. practice on the Connecticut River. After that, she attended all of her classes before another workout with the women’s crew team. By the time exams rolled around, she was fitting in five-kilometer ergometer tests between studying and writing final papers. More »