Entering his 11th season at Swarthmore College, cross country head coach Peter Carroll enters the 2009 season with a large stable of runners on both the men’s and women’s teams, with both squads hoping to compete for a Centennial Conference title as well as a top-ten finish at the NCAA Mideast Regionals.
The 2008 men’s cross country team saw several personal-best times and another strong showing at the NCAA Regional Meet at the end of the season.
WAYNESBURG, Pa. — Junior Nyika Corbett led the Swarthmore women’s cross country team to a seventh place finish overall at the 2008 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore cross-country teams travel to Waynesburg, Pa. this Saturday, competing in the NCAA Division III Mid-East Regional meet, led by three All-Region performers.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Garnet cross country teams traveled to central Pennsylvania to race in the 2008 Centennial Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by Gettysburg College on a warm November day. The women placed fourth as a team while the men registered a seventh-place finish.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Swarthmore senior Dan Hodson ran fifth out of 180 competitors at the DeSales Invitational, leading the Garnet men’s cross country team to a fifth-place finish on Saturday morning.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Swarthmore cross country teams competed in the annual Paul Short Run on the campus of Lehigh University this past Friday.
HAVERFORD, Pa. — The Swarthmore women’s country had three runners place in the top-ten, while Patrick Hartnett ‘11 led the men’s team with a personal best, at the Main Line Invite on the campus of Haverford College late Tuesday afternoon.
CARLISLE, Pa. — The Swarthmore cross country teams ran the short courses in the Dickinson College Long-Short Invitational. The women placed 7th out of 23 teams and the men placed 11th out of 22 teams on Saturday afternoon.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — The Swarthmore cross-country alums turned the tables on the current varsity runners, claiming victory at the 34th annual Alumni Meet held on the campus of the College.