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Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Basketball at Yale has announced that Dianne Nolan has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. Nolan. A 35-year Division I coaching veteran, served as an assistant coach on the Bulldogs' sidelines for the past two seasons.
Yale women's crew is currently in Henley-On-Thames, England, preparing for the Henley Royal Regatta. Periodically during the trip, a member of the team will blog about the experience. Today, Alice Henly describes what it's like to stay in Henley.
Former Yale pitcher Brandon Josselyn '09 made his professional debut last night, tossing 2.2 innings in relief for the Pulaski (Va.) Mariners of the Appalachian League. Josselyn, the 2009 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, was drafted by the Mariners organization in the 25th round of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft on June 10.
Yale women's crew is currently in Henley-On-Thames, England, preparing for the Henley Royal Regatta. Periodically during the trip, a member of the team will blog about the experience. Today, Tess Gerrand recaps the varsity eight's win at the Henley Women's Regatta.
Yale women's crew is currently in Henley-On-Thames, England, preparing for the Henley Royal Regatta. Periodically during the trip, a member of the team will blog about the experience. Today, Christine Glandorf writes about Monday's trip to London.
Ross Morin, who led Yale in scoring (13.6 ppg.) and rebounding (5.9 rpg.) last winter, has signed a professional contract to play for SAM Massagno of the Swiss A League. Massagno is located in the southern region of Switzerland.
Brendan McCook, a rising senior from McLean, Va., has been named captain of the Yale lightweight crew for the 2009-2010 season. McCook was elected by his teammates to succeed Daniel Ensslen.
Rising senior Chris Labosky was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America men's track and field/cross country third team. Labosky, a humanities major, earned a second team All-Ivy nod during the 2008-09 indoor track and field season as a member of the 4x880-yard relay team. The Tallmadge, Ohio native was also an IC4A qualifier in the 800-meter run and the 4x800-meter relay in the outdoor campaign.
Rising senior Ben Wescoe and rising junior Thomas McCarthy were named to the Northeast PING All-Region team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Yale's elite eight and senior eight both won titles on the final day of the Henley Women's Regatta on the Thames River. The elite eight captured the Sports Council Cup by defeating the Leander Club, Britain's under-23 national team, by three-quarters of a length. The Bulldogs' time of 4 minutes, 40 seconds on the 1,500-meter course was a new Henley record. The senior eight cruised to a two-and-three-quarters length victory over Agecroft to win the GP Jefferies Cup. The Bulldogs finished in 4:57.
Both Yale boats that raced on Saturday advanced at the Henley Women's Regatta on the Thames River. The Bulldogs' elite four with coxswain defeated the Thames Rowing Club by a half-a-length, finishing in a time of 5:28. The Yale senior eight cruised to a win over Dublin University with a time of 5:02.
The No. 3 Bulldog coed sailing team will be featured during ESPNU's broadcast of highlights from the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championships. The Bulldog squad, which took second at the National Championship on its way to capturing the Fowle Trophy as the top team in college sailing, will be prominently featured in the one-hour program that will be broadcast at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday.
Members of the Yale women's crew will spend the next three weeks competing on one of the most famous courses in the world - the Thames River in Henley-on-Thames, England. Four Yale boats are entered in the Henley Women's Regatta which begins this weekend. The varsity eight will remain to participate in the Henley Royal Regatta from July 1-5.
The Course At Yale, recently voted the No. 1 college course in the United States, has been selected as one of six regional sites for the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. The three-day event will be held on May 20-22, 2010. Yale is hosting a regional for the fourth (1991, 1995 and 2004) time.