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With registration drive virtual this spring, Brian Tevlin ’22 reflects on 2019 bone marrow donation

With the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive virtual, tables of students ready to sign up potential donors are absent from Cross Campus this spring, but men’s lacrosse captain Brian Tevlin ’22 looked back on his 2019 match with the News.

Handsome Dan sits next to a Be the Match.
Strength coach TJ Belanger promoted to director of sports performance and student-athlete innovation

Last week, Yale Athletics announced the promotion of strength coach TJ Belanger, who will serve as the new director of sports performance and student-athlete innovation after Tom Newman departed Yale earlier this year.

Ivy League plans return to regular athletic competition for fall 2021

In a Tuesday morning statement sent to Yale student-athletes, the eight Ivy League presidents announced their expectation to return to regular athletic competition across all sports in the fall after more than three seasons of canceled games.

Hurdles stacked on top of one another at Coxe Cage
Senior Associate Athletic Director Andy Dunn departing Yale for AD role at Taft

Andy Dunn, Yale’s senior associate athletic director for internal operations, is set to become Taft’s Director of Athletics and Afternoon Program on July 1, concluding a stretch of almost 10 years with Yale Athletics. Dunn emerged from a pool of more than 60 applicants to earn his first role as an AD.

‘A true pioneer in college athletics’: Vicky Chun, the first Asian American woman to serve as DI Athletic Director

Chun, the first Asian American woman to serve as an NCAA Division I Director of Athletics, works to support Asian American and Pacific Islander communities within college athletics.

With dead period ending, coaches can return to normal recruiting calendars June 1

The NCAA-mandated recruiting “dead period” for all sports is set to end on June 1, but it remains unclear when high school recruits can formally visit campus in person given the University's current visitors policy.

Yale hires Jeffrey Austin as new golf course superintendent

Jeffrey Austin, a former assistant superintendent at Augusta National Golf Club, comes to the Yale Golf Course from Quail Hollow Country Club in Ohio to fill the superintendent role vacated by Scott Ramsay in March 2020.

A headshot of Austin appears in front of a photo of the course.
Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton competing locally

While Yale and Harvard remain in Phase II of the Ivy League’s plan for the resumption of athletic activity, Cornell has entered into Phase III of practices and Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia and Penn have resumed some form of competition in Phase IV.

A graphic showing the phasing state of athletic programs in the Ivy League
MEN’S HOCKEY: Three seniors plan years as graduate transfers

Forwards Kevin O’Neil ’21, Dante Palecco ’21 and Tyler Welsh ’21 look to make the most out of their final season of NCAA eligibility as graduate transfers to the University of Connecticut, Sacred Heart University and Long Island University, respectively.

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Behind the Venue: Speed, light and rebirth at Coxe Cage

Coxe Cage has served as the home of Yale men’s and women's track and field since 1928. The Cage has received two major upgrades since the 1980s, and current athletes spoke to the News about its natural light, banked track and electric atmosphere during meets.

An illustration showing various aspects of Coxe Cage and outlines of the athletes that use it.
OCS, coaches, athletic alums advise student-athletes on post-grad plans

Women’s basketball guard Ellen Margaret Andrews ’21 will be working for Teach for America in Newark, New Jersey this fall after participating in Division I basketball for four years and receiving advice from teammates, alumni, coaching staff and the Office of Career Strategy on her post-graduation plans.

An illustration of athletes wearing professional work outfits while still practicing their sports.