Alumni Wanderings (& A Coach We Agree With)


Mary Boggs went in search of the alumni news from the big college championships weekend and came up with some nuggets:

• Former Yale coach Dan Ireland made his Atlantic 10 Conference Championships debut outside of Charlotte, N.C., and his Explorer women won the A-10 title. In the process, Coach Ireland was named the league’s Coach of the Year.

• Princeton graduate Mark Amirault, now running for the Virginia Cavaliers, called his third-place finish at the ACCs his “best cross country race ever.” Amirault finished the 8k race in Clemson, S.C., in just 23:10.8. He also added, “The race went by really fast today and the guys were getting after it … As a team, we could have had a better day, but we’ll be ready for regionals.”

• Cornell graduate Adrien Dannemiller earned second-team All-Big 10 status by taking 14th at the conference championships in Champaign, Ill. His Indiana Hoosiers had their best Big 10 Champs showing in more than 25 years.

• And finally, off the cross country trails, Harvard graduate Sean Barrett placed eighth at the Marine Corps Marathon, finishing the trek in 2:32:10. Last year he finished third in 2:24:08. Click here for results from the Washington Post.

• And then there’s this — After winning the Pac-12 Conference Championships, Colorado Coach Mark Wetmore was asked to grade his team’s performance and he opted to take a dig at Harvard, of all places. “I would give it an A and an A and that’s as high as I get. This isn’t Harvard,” he said. We respectfully agree.

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4 Responses to “Alumni Wanderings (& A Coach We Agree With)”

  1. anon says:
    November 1, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    That’s a bit tasteless don’t you think Brett?  If you’re going to represent the Ivy League, do it with class.

  2. bruno says:
    November 2, 2011 at 4:36 am

    It seems that you’re suggesting that CU is unlike Harvard because its male athletes allegedly sexually assault women. I think it’s important to note that women can be victimized by men at Ivies, too. 

    http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/11/8/rape-happens-at-harvard-on-april/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/04/earlyshow/living/parenting/main20050348.shtmlhttp://www.uscho.com/2009/06/25/former-cornell-goalie-mckee-pleads-not-guilty-to-rape-charges/http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2003/05/u._professor_charged_with_rapehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/brown-rape-case-student-a_n_613307.htmlhttp://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-10-25/news/27079191_1_meg-whitman-press-charges-accuserhttp://www.vnews.com/06122011/7858845.htmhttp://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/30/nyregion/defendant-in-internet-torture-case-gets-15-years.html?ref=oliverjovanovic(I don’t intend to imply guilt… just to show that we’re certainly not immune to this concern, which should always be taken seriously.)

  3. Anonymous says:
    November 2, 2011 at 4:40 am

    full comment doesn’t appear to be posting… anyway, every Ivy has made headlines with concerns about sexual misconduct, at times involving athletes. that’s all.

    http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/11/8/rape-happens-at-harvard-on-april/
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/04/earlyshow/living/parenting/main20050348.shtml
    http://www.uscho.com/2009/06/25/former-cornell-goalie-mckee-pleads-not-guilty-to-rape-charges/
    http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2003/05/u._professor_charged_with_rape
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/brown-rape-case-student-a_n_613307.html
    http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-10-25/news/27079191_1_meg-whitman-press-charges-accuser
    http://www.vnews.com/06122011/7858845.htm
    http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/30/nyregion/defendant-in-internet-torture-case-gets-15-years.html?ref=oliverjovanovic

  4. Brett Hoover says:
    November 2, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    Yesterday I added the final item to this post as well as a link to a 2009 NPR story about the behavior of those associated with the athletic department at Colorado. What I was tried to convey was that the athletic department played a role in promoting bad behavior among its players and recruits, as evidenced by this ESPN story http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1738547. 

    I was not trying to make light of any kind of assault or allegations. Upon reflection, I understand that I left that open for interpretation. I apologize for doing so. I am aware that sexual assaults happen, most unfortunately, at every campus. I believe that one of the responsibilities of every person working in an athletic department is to work with student-athletes in addressing expectations, including respect for others, particularly how young men view and treat women. That isn’t done enough.