Drulard, Zhao, and Saunier Named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week

HANOVER, N.H.—Sudi Zhao and Olivia Drulard of Dartmouth open and women's sailing and Grayson Saunier of Dartmouth football have been named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.

Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes – one male athlete or team, one female athlete or team– as Athletes of the Week.

Sudi Zhao, Sr., Lexington, Mass., Open and Women's Sailing

Olivia Drulard, Jr., Coral Gables, Fla., Open and Women's Sailing

Sudi Zhao and Olivia Drulard were dominant last weekend for the Big Green in the first round of the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship. The pair won the B Division, posting 24 total points to help Dartmouth to a first-place overall finish. Zhao and Drulard won five of their nine total races, finishing in the top four in all but one race. With the win, the Big Green qualify for the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship in two weekends hosted by MIT.

Grayson Saunier, Jr., Lafayette, Louisiana, Football

Junior Grayson Saunier set career highs in pass completions (30), attempted (44) and yards (407) in Dartmouth's 35-28 win over defending NEC Champion Central Connecticut State Saturday. The 407 yards marked the ninth most in all of Division I FCS this season. It's also the most in the Ivy League this season and most yards by an Ivy League quarterback in a regulation game since Cole Smith of Princeton in October of 2021. Saunier also became the first Big Green player with 400+ yards passing since Jack Heneghan had 440 vs. Brown on Nov. 12, 2016. Among Saunier's completions Saturday was a 71-yarder to Grayson O'Bara in the first quarter (one play later, the Big Green punched in their first touchdown). Another was a 50-yard strike to Ky'Dric Fisher to break a 28-28 tie and put the Big Green ahead 35-28 with 16 seconds remaining. Saunier also rushed for 21 yards and rushed in a 2-point conversion in the fourth.

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