GUIDE TO FROSH IMs
Introduction |
Frosh IMs and its Mission |
Those in Charge
How to Get Involved |
How We Work |
Calendar |
Referees
Introduction
The following web page introduces you to the Frosh IMs program for the Class of 2012. This information is not exhaustive, nor is it immutable. We present this guide as simply a framework for the way the Frosh IMs program will operate this year. We want the Frosh IMs program to be a meaningful part of your first year here at Harvard and so we gratefully welcome any suggestions for additional activities or other ways in which we can make the program better for you! Therefore, the information in this guide, especially regarding the events that we will offer this year, is subject to change.
We hope that this year will be an excellent one for you, and that the Frosh IMs program will be one of your many enjoyable memories of this first year! So, get involved and have fun!
Frosh IMs and its Mission
Frosh IMs is first and foremost about fun! We want this program to be a way for freshmen to take part in athletic endeavors with a relaxed atmosphere! The emphasis is not upon winning and losing, but rather upon participation by all and building a camaraderie among the Class of 2012. Frosh IMs can be an excellent way to foster spirit within your dorm or entryway, and in the past many friendships have been made on the IM fields. We also hope that you will take advantage of the opportunities to try new sports this year. No experience is necessary for any of our activities - feel free to give it a shot! Almost all of our activities are also found in the House IM program, so we hope that this year will give you a taste of the many athletic opportunities you will have over the next four years!
Best of luck with your first year here at Harvard! Remember, participation is the key! Get out there and have some fun!
Those In Charge
The Frosh IMs program is overseen and funded by the Freshman Dean's Office. The Harvard Department of Athletics, under the leadership of John Wentzell, is in charge of the facilities used by all intramural programs and also is responsible for providing the officiating for all events.
Katie Steele - Director of Freshman Programming
The Freshman Intramural Program program is pleased to have Katie Steele (kwsteele@fas), Director of Freshman Programming in the Freshman Dean's Office, in her first year in at the FDO. She is responsible for many of the programs you will participate in this year as freshman and will be overseeing the overall functioning of the program.
Undergraduate Directors
For the past eight years, a number of undergraduates have been assisting the director in the running of the Frosh IMs program. These undergraduates have been involved with Frosh IMs during their first year here and are in charge of much of the day-to-day operation of the program.
Tian Wen
Tian Wen (twen@fas) is a junior in Leverett House in her second year on the Frosh IM Staff. Freshman year, Tian was a proud member of Canaday Dorm, which managed to eke ahead of Apley Court to win the Yard Bucket. Being a proud Canadian, Tian loves the Vancouver Canucks.
Daniel Liss
Daniel Liss (dliss@fas) is a junior in Cabot House and in his second year on the Frosh IM Staff. Freshman year, Daniel proudly represented Grays in all sports but is particularly proud of Grays's championship volleyball squad. He is an avid New York sports fan whose favorite team of all time is the 1993-94 New York Knicks.
Neil Curran
Neil Curran (ncurran@fas) is a sophomore in Quincy House in his first year on the Frosh IM Staff. Last year, Neil was an integral member of Wigglesworth's successful quest of the Yard Bucket. Neil is a hardcore SoCal sports fan with his allegiances lying with the Lakers, Dodgers, Galaxy, and UCLA Bruins.
Matt Coe-Odess
Matt Coe-Odess (mcoe@fas) is a sophomore in Kirkland House in his first year on the Frosh IM staff. Matt was a proud member of the Thayer Slayers last year, giving his blood, sweat, and tears for his dorm. He is a die-hard sports fan and roots for the Yankees, Colts, Bobcats, and Los Angeles Kings, as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels in all college sports.
Whom and How to Contact
Each of the undergraduate directors of the Frosh IMs program have certain areas of the program for which they are responsible. If you have any questions or suggestions or comments about any facet of the Frosh IMs program you can either contact the appropriate undergraduate director, or, preferably, email froshims@fas. An email to froshims@fas will most likely be read the quickest and will be passed on to the appropriate director.
You are also welcome to call any of us within reasonable hours, but because many of us are often out of our rooms for long stretches of time during the day, email will probably be the best way to get a hold of us.
How to Get Involved in Frosh IMs
The easiest and most rewarding way to get involved in Frosh IMs is simply to take part in as many events and activities as you wish! Participation is the key to the success of this program! However, we also would love to have you involved in the organization and leadership of Frosh IMs. In order to get involved in this way, there are many opportunities, some of which are detailed below.
IM Reps
IM Reps are perhaps the most important people for the success of the Frosh IMs program. IM Reps will be the liasons between the Frosh IMs program and the Class of 2013. IM Reps are in charge of encouraging and measuring interest in each activity within their entryway and coordinating with the other IM Reps from their dorm to register an appropriate number of teams for each team sporting event. They are also responsible for informing individuals of individual events so that they may register themselves. Basically, the most important role that the IM Reps play is in keeping interested individuals within their entryway abreast of what is happening within the Frosh IMs program. This can be done by direct communication with entrywaymates or by forwarding the information they recieve from us to their proctor group. IM Reps will be expected to attend a couple of meetings during the year with the undergraduate directors to discuss organizational matters, but the primary communication between IM Reps and the program will be through email.
IM Reps (2 or 3 from each entryway) are selected at the opening entryway meetings. However, we welcome any additional individuals who would like to serve as IM Reps. If you are interested, please just contact the program (froshims@fas). A list of IM Reps will appear shortly on the Frosh IMs web page.
Frosh IMs Web Page
The focal point of all Frosh IMs information is the Frosh IMs web page located at www.fas.harvard.edu/~froshims. On this page you will hopefully find everything you might want to know about the Frosh IMs program. The IM Reps will be registering for all of the sports this year from this web page, and you can check out from the web page what teams are registered from your dorm.
Also, schedules for all of the events will be posted on the web page as soon as they are prepared, so check here to find out when and where your teams are playing. Also, the results from each game played should be posted on the web page, ideally within 2 or 3 days of the game. Updated point totals for the Yard Bucket competition will also be available on the webpage and these are instantly updated as soon as the results from a game are entered onto the web.
Finally, the Frosh IMs web page will be the site for any announcements regarding the program, especially on such topics as cancelled events due to weather, upcoming registrations, new events, etc. Check back often for the latest announcements!
The Frosh IMs web page is our most vital link between the Class of 2013 and the Frosh IM program. We hope that through it the Frosh IMs program will run as smoothly as possible this year!
Frosh IMs Mailing List
The Frosh IMs Mailing List is our way of contacting all those interested in the Frosh IM program. If you are an IM rep you will be automatically placed on the Frosh IMs mailing list. But if you are not an IM Rep and would like to receive email updates about the program, particularly detailing upcoming events and opportunities, then just sign up for the Frosh IMs Mailing List at the Frosh IMs web page (www.fas.harvard.edu/~froshims) under the 'How to Get Involved' Option.
How We Work
Because the Frosh IMs program involves many hundreds of students in the Class of 2013, it can be difficult to find a good fit between a smoothly running, efficient program and a program with a personal touch. With the advent of the Frosh IMs web page, we have greatly increased efficiency, unfortunately, though, at the price of sacrificing much of the interaction that in the past has occurred between the Frosh IMs directors and the participants. Therefore, while maintaining the efficiency of the program found in the web page, the staff is making a concerted effort to become more visible through IM meetings, running special events, etc. Introduce yourself to us - we will be very happy to put a face with a name and email address! And please don't hesitate to contact us about anything - while email is probably the easiest way to get a hold of us, we would love to sit down over a meal to discuss the program and just life in general.
This section of the Guide, however, will focus on the logistics of how the Frosh IMs program runs.
IM Rep Meetings
Once a semester, there will be a meeting of all of the IM Reps. Our introductory fall meeting will be held sometime in the first few weeks of September. All IM Reps will receive an e-mail with the time and place, and it will also be posted here on our webpage. If you are an IM Rep and cannot attend the meeting, please contact froshims@fas if you have any questions. These meetings will give you a chance to put a face to the names of those running the Frosh IMs program and will also serve as a time for us to give you an overview of how the program will run and events to look forward to in the future. Also, of course, this will be a great chance to have any of your questions answered.
While the meetings are primarily for IM reps and will largely focus upon the logistical side of the running of the program, we certainly welcome any interested individuals to come to these meetings.
Registration
All IM reps and everyone on the Frosh IMs mailing list will receive an email announcing when registrations for various IM activities will begin and end. In addition, an annoucement will be posted on the Frosh IMs web page. Each dorm is allotted a set number of teams for each team sport (see below for the team allotments and a brief explanation of the rationale behind these numbers). Individual sports (such as tennis, racquetball, Charles River Run, etc.) have no limits on the number of participants from each dorm and we encourage all those interested to take part.
Because there are only a limited number of teams allowed per dorm, the IM reps for each dorm should be in contact with one another whenever reigstrations for team sports begin. Particularly, the IM reps should discuss the amount of interest for each sport within their own entryway as well as whether there is anyone in their entryway who might be interested in serving as team captain for the sport. While anyone from the dorm may play on a team, an individual may only play on one team from a dorm for each sport. In other words, even if Thayer has three volleyball teams, a student must pick one volleyball team to play on and remain with that team exclusively throughout the season. For this reason, therefore, we suggest that the IM reps, when discussing the interest within their entryways for each sport, decide roughly how the teams will be divided up for each sport. For instance, taking Grays as an example, they might decide in ultimate that Grays West will field one team for ultimate and Grays East and Middle would field the other team. These divisions are not set in stone, but we've found that this is the best way for organizing the teams within each dorm and also leads itself to the building of unity within the entryways.
Dorms are not required to field as many teams in each sport as they are allotted. If there is only enough interest within a dorm for basketball to field 2 teams, then even if the dorm is allotted 3 teams, they should only field 2. This way there will be fewer forfeits and ultimately more net points for the dorm.
Once a registration has been announced and the IM reps have had an opportunity to decide with the other IM Reps for the dorm how the teams from their dorm will be distributed, then these teams need to be registered. To register teams, select the 'Register' option from the Frosh IMs webpage. From there you will be prompted to select the sport you are registering for, the dorm that you represent, and to provide the name of the team (be creative - but decent!), and a team captain, along with his or her email and phone number. Before you finalize your registration, you will be shown all of the other reigstrations from your dorm so that you can make sure that someone else has not already registered the team.
You can also view the teams registered for each sport from each dorm by selecting the 'Registrants' option from the Frosh IMs web page.
In the case of individual sports, either an IM rep can register everyone from their entryway who is interested in participating, or else individuals can register themselves. Each individual will receive an email that they must respond to in order to confirm their participation in the event.
If you accidentally register a team, wish to change any information, or have any problems, please email froshims@fas.
Number of Teams
Perhaps the most annoying part of Frosh IMs is when you and your team are all excited to play a sport, you travel down to the fields or to the MAC to play, and then your opponents do not show up! In order to try to reduce the number of forfeits that occur during the year, the Frosh IMs program in the past few years have adopted a number of different measures, one of which is allotting to each individual dorm a set number of teams for all team events.
From past years we have discovered that a dorm can generally support 1 team in a given sport for every 50 people in the dorm. For that reason, then, we have allotted to each dorm one team for roughly every 50 students, allowing for small fluctuations in the case of small dorms (i.e. a dorm with 25 students still gets a team) and for dorms with numbers in between 50s (i.e. a dorm with 110 students would probably be best with 2 teams while a dorm with 140 could probably handle 3). These team allotments will be rather strictly enforced, especially at the beginning of the year. If you feel like your dorm could field more teams in a particular sport than the number allotted, please contact us and we will consider these on an individual basis.
We recognize that setting a maximum on the number of teams that a dorm can field may seem rather strict, but we believe that by doing this, many forfeits will be eliminated, allowing ultimately for more fun for everyone.
The team allotments are as follows:
| Dorm | Max # of Teams |
| Apley Court/Mass Hall | 1 |
| Canaday | 3 |
| Grays | 2 |
| Greenough | 2 |
| Hollis | 1 |
| Holworthy | 2 |
| Hurlbut | 1 |
| Lionel | 1 |
| Matthews | 3 |
| Mower | 1 |
| Pennypacker | 2 |
| Stoughton | 1 |
| Straus | 2 |
| Thayer | 3 |
| Weld | 3 |
| Wigglesworth | 3 |
Team Captains
Acting as a team captain for a team in a given sport can also be a great way to get involved in the Frosh IMs program. We will email team captains with any annoucements regarding their particular sport, such as cancellations or reschedulings due to inclement weather. Team captains primarily serve as the liason between the participants in a particular sport and that sport's director. Their basic job is to get a list of all those interested in their particular sport, and let everyone on that list know when the games are. Before each game, they should ensure that there are enough participants for the game. If there are not, team captains should first try to find additional players from their dorm, and if that fails, e-mail froshims@fas as soon as possible. In addition, we hope that team captains will work to rally support for their sport within the dorm. IM Reps may certainly serve as team captains, although we encourage having other interested people serve as captains for some sports, as this expands the number of people directly involved with the operation of Frosh IMs in the entryway.
Schedules
After registrations have been confirmed, the schedules for at least the first two weeks of competition will be posted on the web page. Team captains, IM Reps, and those on the Frosh IMs Mailing List will be emailed with notification of when the schedules are online. Schedules hopefully will be posted at least 3 days prior to the day of play. If you find that there is a conflict in one of your scheduled matches such that your team absolutely cannot make the scheduled game, please contact us (froshims@fas) as soon as possible and we will try to make alternate arrangements.
Forfeits
Teams are expected to arrive and be ready to play at the time that their match is scheduled. There is often additional field space or court space where you can warm-up even if there is another IM game going on before your scheduled game. Captains' meetings will be held at 5 minutes past the scheduled start time, and the game will begin promptly 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
A team can forfeit in one of two ways. If a team has less than half the number of people that can play at any time (e.g. 3 for basketball, 3 for volleyball) at the time the game is to begin (10 minutes after the scheduled start time), the team will forfeit the game immediately. Players will only be counted if they are present and ready to play.
If a team has half or more of the total number of players that can play at a time, but less than the required number (see table below), then they are granted a 10 minute extension. The game will begin with the depleted squad, and the team must have the required number of players by 20 minutes after the scheduled start time. If the team does not have the required number of players, the game will be halted immediately, and a forfeit will be recorded.
If at any time 20 minutes after the start of a game a team does not have the required number of players eligible to play (including shortages caused by ejections, but not by injuries), the team will immediately forfeit.
| Sport | Maximum Players | # of Players Needed at 10 After | Required Players at 20 After |
| Soccer | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Ultimate Frisbee* | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Flag Football | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| * Ultimate Frisbee is Coed. There can be a maximum of 5 of either sex on each team at any time. | |||
As an additional way to help decrease the number of forfeits in Frosh IMs, if you forfeit any two games of your season, your team will be removed from the remainder of the season.
If you know that you will be unable to field a team for a scheduled contest, it is possible to avoid a forfeit. To do so, you must e-mail the opposing captain, froshims@fas, the head officials, and the season coordinator by midnight before the game. The opposing team will win by default (they need not show up to the fields), and your team will not have any decision recorded on the game (you will neither win nor lose points for the Yard Bucket).
If you wish to reschedule, you must give at least 36 hours notice.
Playoffs
Most team sport seasons will be followed immediately by a playoff. Playoffs usually involve 8-16 teams, and the teams with the best records will make the playoffs. These records will also roughly be used to determine seeding. In most cases, playoff schedules will be posted online 3 days prior to the beginning of the playoffs and usually a couple of days after the completion of the regular season. The playoffs will be single-elimination.
Inclement Weather Conditions
In the case that weather should force the cancellation of any IM events, the captains of the events in question, as well as IM Reps and those on the Frosh IMs mailing list, will receive an email announcing the cancellations at least 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the game. In addition any cancellations will be posted on the Frosh IMs web page under announcements. If there is no announcement on this website and you haven't gotten an e-mail saying that the games have been cancelled, then the games will be played as scheduled. As field space and mild weather are very limited, often a light rain will not cancel games.
Who Is Eligible
All sports are open to all frosh men and women unless otherwise specified. However, frosh may not participate in the same intramural sports as those in which they play as varsity or sub-varsity athletes. Proctors, non-resident advisors, peer advising fellows and assistant deans are also eligible to play for the dorm with which they are associated. Please email froshims@fas if you have any questions regarding whether a player is eligible. We want to encourage everyone to participate, but we recognize also that much of the enjoyment is taken away for everybody if varsity or junior varsity athletes are allowed to compete in their sport. For more detailed eligibility rules, please view the rules page by selecting rules at the top of your screen. Please understand that these eligibility rules will be strictly enforced and any team using ineligible players will forfeit all games in which the ineligible player participated.
As an added rule this year, any player caught playing illegally (either for another dorm or a team other than the one he/she originally played on) will not only cause that team to forfeit, but will also be ineligible to play IMs in that sport for that season.
For a more detailed Eligibility rule, check our rules page.
Yard Bucket Competition
The Yard Bucket is awarded each year to the dorm that accumulates the highest total points during the year. This year, during regular season play, points will be awarded in the following ratio:
Win: 20 points
Loss: 10 points
Forfeit: -15 points
Therefore, you can see that the emphasis is placed more heavily upon participating in the event rather than winning and losing. The dorm that wins the Yard Bucket competition each year is often the dorm that has forfeited the least.
For individual tournaments and special events (like the Charles River Run) points will also be allotted in a similar manner, with full details being given prior to the start of each event. For these events as well, though, the emphasis will be upon participation.
In order to account for the fact that some dorms are larger than others and can field more teams, the final total for each dorm will be calculated by normalizing the number of teams allotted. The actual numbers used to normalize involve cubed roots and fibonacci numbers, or so it seems, but it does follow that smaller dorms get over two times more points for a win or loss than a larger dorm would. For team sports, small dorms are multiplied by 2.5, medium dorms are multiplied by 1.5, and large dorms aren't multiplied by anything. For example, since Mower has 1 allotted team, Mower's score will be multiplied by 2.5 to determine its final point total.
Individual events are weighted according to a normalized scale based on the actual number of people in the dorm. The smallest dorm, Mass Hall, with 24 people is multiplied by 4 for individual events, and Canaday, the largest dorm, is multiplied by 1. Other dorms are somewhere in between these two multipliers. For more details, see the FAQ's page.
The up-to-the minute point totals and standings in the Yard Bucket Competition can be viewed at the Frosh IMs web page under point tallies.
Behavior
You are expected to abide by the rules set forth by the University when engaging in IM play. Any fights/incidents occurring during intramural activities will be subject to disciplinary action by the Ad Board. In addition the referees have the authority to remove anyone acting inappropriately from any IM game and such action could result in suspension from that team or even from the entire program. The Frosh IMs program is supposed to be fun - please work to make sure that it stays that way!
Suggestions
This is your program! We strongly welcome and encourage any suggestions you might have about how the program can be made better and provide more fun for you! We particular welcome suggestions for new activities the Frosh IMs program can offer! Please send any suggestions you have to harvardfroshims@gmail.com!
Calendar of Events
Below is a very rough sketch of what will be offered this year for the freshman intramural program. The dates are always subject to change, and events may be added or deleted based on space, time, and interest. This list is simply our tentative plan for the year. Specific sport offerings are subject to change due to field limitations and suggestions from you! Also listed are basic descriptions of each sport offered. More detailed rules can be obtained from our website via the rules page.
Fall Sports
The fall sports will begin in mid-September and conclude prior to Thanksgiving Break. The specific starting times for the events will be announced later, but in general the field sports will begin first, with the indoor sports beginning a number of weeks later.
Ultimate Frisbee
Although we often have to contend with temperamental winds, ultimate Frisbee is great fun and good exercise. The format for ultimate is two twenty minute halves with running time. Officials may stop time if the disk flies a long distance out of bounds. This is a seven-a-side game, but a game may begin with a minimum of five players per team. Standard ultimate rules apply; they will be discussed by the officials before the game.
Soccer
We play two 20-minute halves with seven players per side. Teams must have a minimum of five players to avoid a forfeit. Games are played on a field just beyond the Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts. Nets, game ball, and officials are provided. Standard NCAA soccer rules are enforced.
Flag Football
Six players represent each team. Game may start when 5 are present. The game consists of four quarters of twelve plays each, divided into two halves. Teams will have five downs to score a touchdown. Complete rules can be found in the House Athletics Rule Book.
Charles River Run
The Charles River Run is a 1.7 mile cross-country style race that takes place twice a year. The course begins at Newell Boathouse, goes around the Eliot-Anderson Bridge loop, finishing again at Newell. Everyone is welcome to join the Race - both seasoned runners and occasional joggers have turned out in the past versions of this classic. The River Run is one of the more popular events of the year, drawing a large portion of the freshman class. Intramural points are awarded for all participants; top finishers receive additional points for their dorm.
Individual Tournaments
Individual tournaments work slightly different than regular team sports. Individuals will be paired to play each other and given a deadline by which to play their match. They can then schedule the match at a mutually convenient time. We hope to run at least one tournament a season. In the past we have done Squash, Pool, Chess, Ping-Pong, Foosball and others. We are always open to new suggestions so if there is something you want to play let us know!
Winter Sports
Winter sports, with the exception of ice hockey, start in December and continue until spring break.
A-League / B-League Basketball
Basketball has proven to be the most popular of the IM sports over the past few years. In an effort to make it fun for as many people as possible, this year we divide basketball into two leagues. The A-league is for the teams who want some serious competition and is definitely the place for a team with some former high school varsity basketball stars. For frosh who are trying basketball for the first time and don't want a 6-foot five guy stuffing their every shot, the B-league might be more fun. Both leagues play by traditional rules: this is five-a-side, full-court basketball played in two 20-minute halves. The clock runs continuously until the final three minutes of the second half at which point stop-time goes into effect. A bonus free-throw is awarded after the seventh team foul in each half, and two shots are granted for fouls committed during the last three minutes of the game. There are no limits on personal fouls, but referees are given authority to boot players who abuse this allowance or who choose violent play over finesse. Teams are permitted three time-outs per game. We would naturally prefer that teams arrive with five players plus some reserves, but we will allow a squad to play with a minimum of four players.
Ice Hockey
Each year we pull together an all-frosh Intramural Ice Hockey team. The frosh team participates in the House Intramural League, and has succeeded in bringing the championship back to the yard. The 8 or 10 occasional practices are held at Bright Hockey Center. You need not have had much or any hockey experience in order to play, although this it is not recommended for non-skaters to play. We have a minimal reserve of hockey equipment. More information on what is available will be provided as the season approaches. We do provide helmets and pucks. Games are supervised by experienced referees and are attended by and athletic trainer. Good sportsmanship is expected; dangerous play will not be tolerated. Games are scheduled during weekday evenings and include ten minutes of warm-up and two 25 minute periods.
Dodgeball
A relatively new addition to Frosh IMs, dodgeball has quickly become one of the most popular IM sports. We play dodgeball in the MAC, in teams of six a side. Games last until one team is eliminated and matches are best of three games. Official rules are provided by the NADA, and are available at www.dodgeballusa.com/rules.html.
Individual Tournaments
Individual tournaments work slightly different than regular team sports. Individuals will be paired to play each other and given a deadline by which to play their match. They can then schedule the match at a mutually convenient time. We hope to run at least one tournament a season. In the past we have done Squash, Pool, Chess, Ping-Pong, Foosball and others. We are always open to new suggestions so if there is something you want to play let us know!
Triathalon
The triathalon will be an intense test of courage and athletic prowess. It will be held in the MAC, and will consist of treadmill running, biking, and swimming in the indoor pool. Each event will be timed, and scores will be based on distance traveled within time limits.
Spring Sports
The spring sports will take place following Spring Break. The specific starting times for the events will be announced later.
Volleyball
An overwhelmingly popular evening diversion, this sport is played at the MAC. Although NCAA rules provide the guidelines for play, some rules are relaxed for practical reasons. The referee will explain the rules before each match which consists of two out of three games to 20 points using rally scoring. At least four members of each team must be present for play to begin, but as many as six players may be on the court for each team at a time, with substitutions being allowed.
Ultimate Frisbee
Although we often have to contend with temperamental winds, ultimate Frisbee is great fun and good exercise. The format for ultimate is two twenty minute halves with running time. Officials may stop time if the disk flies a long distance out of bounds. This is a seven-a-side game, but a game may begin with a minimum of five players per team. Standard ultimate rules apply; they will be discussed by the officials before the game.
Soccer
We play two 20-minute halves with seven players per side. Teams must have a minimum of five players to avoid a forfeit. Games are played on a field just beyond the Palmer Dixon Tennis Courts. Nets, game ball, and officials are provided. Standard NCAA soccer rules are enforced.
Charles River Run
The Charles River Run is a 1.7 mile cross-country style race that takes place twice a year. The course begins at Newell Boathouse, goes around the Eliot-Anderson Bridge loop, finishing again at Newell. Everyone is welcome to join the Race - both seasoned runners and occasional joggers have turned out in the past versions of this classic. The River Run is one of the more popular events of the year, drawing a large portion of the freshman class. Intramural points are awarded for all participants; top finishers receive additional points for their dorm.
Tennis Tournament
Due to popular demand, Tennis is back this year, but we still have to work out the details. More information on this soon.
Referees
Referees for all Frosh and House intramural games are provided by the Intramural Reffing Program which is made up of all Harvard students and is under the guidance of the Athletic Department. The reffing program is a great way to get more involed with IMs and to make a few bucks without having to clean toilets. If you are interested in becoming a referee, contact the head ref, whose e-mail can be found on the Contact Us page. We are always looking for new refs and no reffing experience is required.
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