2005 Season Preview
Swarthmore graduated two All-Conference and All-MidEast Region runners from a year ago, but a deep team still remains. The Garnet Tide will have plenty of senior leadership with Keefe Keeley, a track medalist; Adam Hunt; Jim Kreft; and Jones Nauseef.
Newcomer Vernon Chaplin '07, who won a bronze medal at the Centennial meet at 1,500 meters and broke the school indoor 800-meter record, will run cross country for the first time in his collegiate career. Sophomores Mickey Katz and Ross Weller will add depth, while newcomers Scott Brainard, Dan Hodson, Robert Kolodgy, and Erik Saka could crack into the top seven by season's end.
The Garnet open the 2005 season by hosting the annual Alumni Meet at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10. Swarthmore will compete in the Dickinson Long/Short Meet, the Blue Jay Invitational, and the DeSales Invitational in preparation for the 2005 Centennial Conference Championship meet held at Johns Hopkins on October 29.