Over 250 student-athletes are part of Smith Athletics' 11 varsity sports teams. Any injury, rehabilitation process, practice and game coverage or mental support needed for these athletes are directed towards the Athletic Training (AT) Department. The department is run by Deb Coutu and Kelli Steele, the only AT’s on staff this year after the loss of the graduate assistant position due to a 2015 policy change by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA).
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Editor's Note: this article was originally a part of our September Print edition.
Smith Crew in Review: On Hard Work, Accessibility and Unity
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For the past few years, the Smith College Crew team has consistently been ranking in the top ten Division III teams in the country, but this season has been one to remember. Three Smith athletes, out of a total of 18 athletes nationally, were recognized by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) as “rowers to watch”: Megan Holm ’24, Linnea Schultz ’24 and Sofia Trotta ’25.
The Smith Cross Country team recently placed second out of 19 teams at the Dickinson Invitational on Sept. 23, beating two nationally ranked teams: No. 28 Carnegie Mellon University and No. 35 Dickinson College. This brought the Smith team up from a 10th-place regional ranking to now ranking sixth in the competitive Mid-East Region.
Amidst the cold, rainy conditions of the morning of Saturday, Sept. 23, the Smith College Rugby Football Club took to the pitch for the first time this season.
Smithies for Restorative Justice hosted a sit out to hold space for sexual assault survivors in the afternoon of Saturday April 22. The action happened…
Balancing her own busy schedule and experience with burnout, Gigi Jaidev ‘25 never really contemplated professors’ experience with the stressor. Smith students are still struggling…
Kiera Collins-Joseph ’24 feels “lucky to work with athletes across the Athletic Department to discuss important issues regarding identity and athletics and help foster community…
The college years are supposed to be some of the best years of your life, at least that’s what I was told when I was…
On Nov. 10, 2022 the Smith Cross Country team was met with a barrage of claps and cheers from the athletic department sending them off…