Women’s Track & Field: Garnet Compete at CC Championships
WESTMINSTER, Md. - Swarthmore had several strong individual performances, including a bronze medal performance by the 4 x 800 meter relay squad, while finishing ninth at the 2006 Centennial Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at McDaniel College this past weekend.
The Haverford team earned its second Conference championship, and its first since the 1995 season. Gettysburg sprinter Lauren Parker, the 100 meter and 200 meter champion, was named outstanding track performer while Haverford's Jessie Belden was named outstanding field performer.
On Friday night, the first slate of competition, senior Carrie Ritter ran fourth in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 39:44.58 (good for fourth-fastest in school history).
On day two, The 4 x 800 meter quartet of Kavita Hardy '08, Lauren Fety '06, Caitlin Mullarkey '09, and Emily Wistar '06 ran third to Haverford and Muhlenberg, finishing with a time of 9:54.31. Mullarkey also took fifth in the 400 intermediate hurdles posting a personal-best (and the fifth-fastest in school history) with a final heat time of 1:07.20.
On the final day of competition, Wistar ran a strong seventh in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:53.77. That time was a personal-best for Wistar and the sixth-fastest in school history. Hitting the top 25 in the 1,500 as well were freshmen Kathy Feeney (17th - 5:10.54) and Faith Pampel (22nd - 5:15.63). Later in the afternoon, Ritter and freshman Emma Stanley ran seventh (18:33.34) and eighth (18:37.57), respectively, in the 5,000 meter run.
Final Team Scores
Haverford 185, Muhlenberg 138, Dickinson 108, Gettysburg 103, McDaniel 88.5, Johns Hopkins 75, Ursinus 50, Franklin & Marshall 47.5, Swarthmore 21, Bryn Mawr 3