Athletics News

LANCASTER, Pa. – Six Swarthmore student-athletes were named to the fall All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team today. The Centennial’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee created the team to emphasize sportsmanship within the Conference. All institutions elected one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-Centennial team.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – It was quite a day for sophomore Kenyetta Givans.

Givans earned two golds, taking first place in the women’s 55m hurdles (8.44) and women’s 55 meter dash (7.47) – breaking the school record and earning an NCAA provisional time in the 55m hurdles – to pace the Swarthmore College indoor track teams at the Centennial Conference Championships from Haverford College on Saturday evening.

The Swat women’s 4×800 relay team – consisting of senior Lauren DeLuca, senior Mariel Feigen, sophomore Margret Lenfest, and freshman Rebecca Hammond – also earned a medal and made history, taking second-place with a school-record time of 9:41.47.

LAMB-MILLER FIELD HOUSE – Join Victor Brady on this week’s episode of the Garnet Sport Update featuring guest Kenyetta Givans of the Swarthmore College Track and Field team. Kenyetta gives us insight on hurdling techniques as well as this weekend’s Centennial Conference Championships. Also, Victor will attempt to make it over a few high hurdles; can he make it? Watch the ‘Update’ to find out.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team put on a strong performance in its final meet before the Centennial Conference Championships, as several different members of the Garnet met conference qualifying times as Swat competed at the Keogh Invitational from Haverford College on Friday evening.

BOSTON – Sophomore Daniel Ly finished in eighth place in the triple jump with a leap of 43’5.25″ – good for the third-best jump in the Centennial Conference this indoor season – to lead the Garnet in the prestigious Valentine Invitational from Boston University on Friday and Saturday afternoon.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Sophomore Daniel Ly jumped into the Swarthmore all-time Top 10 list with a triple jump of 42’11″ to lead the Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team at the snow-delayed Haverford Quad Meet on Sunday evening. Along with Ly, freshman Matthew Heck continued the impressive start to his Swarthmore career, earning a seventh-place finish amongst Division I competitors in the 400 meter dash with a time 53.57.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The major snow storm that is expected to hit the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday and has forced the postponement of several Swarthmore College athletic events. Both of the home men’s and women’s basketball games against Johns Hopkins have been postponed until Sunday, February 7th, at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The men’s and women’s swimming meet at Dickinson (2:00 p.m.) and the men’s and women’s track meet at Haverford (11:00 a.m.) have also been postponed until Sunday.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – After a two-week layoff, the Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team got back to action with a short trip to Haverford College to compete in the Seamus McElligot Invitational on Saturday afternoon from Haverford’s Alumni Field House.

NEW YORK – Sophomore Daniel Ly was was the star for the Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team in its first competition of the semester, earning two Top 10 finishes to lead the Garnet at the Gotham City Cup from the New York Armory on Friday afternoon.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Competing against many Division I and II teams from the Philadelphia area, the Swarthmore College men’s indoor track team opened its season with the 2009 Jack Pyrah Invitational from Haverford College.