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Vis-à-vis: Sporting chances

July 10, 2017

Each summer, varsity student-athletes help their coaches in teaching Skidmore's sports camps, providing local-area girls and boys with intensive skills clinics and good fun.

Thoroughbred pitcher Tim Allen '20 tosses to a young camper at bat during a baseball clinic for local 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds.
Thoroughbred pitcher Tim Allen '20 tosses to a young camper at bat during a baseball clinic for local 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds.

Also a T'bred hockey player, Tim Allen '20 role-models some team spirit; this is his first summer of helping teach Skidmore's baseball clinic.
Also a T'bred hockey player, Tim Allen '20 role-models some team spirit; this is his first summer of helping teach Skidmore's baseball clinic.

T'bred Pat Gallagher '20 (at right) shares some big moves with a young athlete during a hoops camp for sixth- through eighth-graders.
T'bred Pat Gallagher '20, right, shares some big moves with a young athlete during a hoops camp for sixth- through eighth-graders.

Deepee Yiljep '19 teaches some rebounding and ball-handling skills.
Deepee Yiljep '19 teaches some rebounding and ball-handling skills.

Kids gets some Q&A time with the Skidmore coach.
Kids gets some Q&A time with the Skidmore coach.

A high-flying camper takes on 6-foot 4-inch Pat Gallagher '20.
A high-flying camper takes on 6-foot 4-inch Pat Gallagher '20.

 

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