Friday, March 22, 2019

Some students have all they can do to juggle their studies and one Division I sport, let alone two. 91ÖÆÆ¬³§â€™s Tori (Victoria) Palumbo ’22 and Eleonora Olsmats ’22 are two-sport athletes who are making it work. Palumbo plays field hockey and ice hockey while Olsmats divides her time between cross-country running and Nordic skiing.

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Tori Palumbo '22

TORI (VICTORIA) PALUMBO ’22
FIELD HOCKEY AND ICE HOCKEY

PALUMBO STARTED PLAYING ICE HOCKEY WHEN SHE WAS 4 YEARS OLD. IN 7TH GRADE, SHE TOOK UP FIELD HOCKEY, A SPORT HER MOTHER, MICHELLE ’89, HAD LETTERED IN AT 91ÖÆÆ¬³§. AT THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL IN MASSACHUSETTS, SHE ADDED LACROSSE AND TENNIS. HER FATHER, DAVID ’88, PLAYED ON THE 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ MEN’S TENNIS TEAM.

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Eleonora Olsmats '22

ELEONORA OLSMATS ’22
CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING AND NORDIC SKIING

OLSMATS SAYS PARTICIPATING IN TWO SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT ENDURANCE. SHE SHOULD KNOW; TRAINING FOR BOTH KEEPS HER RUNNING PRETTY MUCH YEAR-ROUND. WHEN SHE’S NOT RUNNING, THE STOCKHOLM NATIVE IS ROLLER-SKIING, A WORKOUT OPTION FOR NORDIC SKIERS THAT IS BECOMING A SPORT IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

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Photographer: 
Jeremy Gasowski | Communication and Public Affairs
Contributors: 
Kasey Glode | Communications and Public Affairs