Athletics News

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Making the most of its final meet before the Centennial Indoor Track Championships, the Swarthmore College women’s indoor track team saw several individuals meet Conference qualifying marks as the Garnet competed at the Keogh Invitational from Haverford College on Friday evening.
Senior Lauren DeLuca and sophomore Kenyetta Givans – two of the Garnet’s top performers all season – were excellent once again to lead the Garnet, with each earning top three finishes in the meet.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – After falling just short of a Centennial Conference championship in 2009 – losing in the title game to reigning champion Johns Hopkins – the Swarthmore College men’s tennis team returns to the courts in 2010 regrouped and focused in on a title, hoping that a very young but very talented crop of players can lead it to a conference championship and back into the NCAA Championships.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE – On this week’s rendition of the Garnet Sports Update, Victor welcomes All-American Anne Miller of the Swarthmore College women’s swim team. Anne shows us what an All-American looks like as she sports her swimming attire. Later in the show Victor flaunts some less-than flattering attire while Taylor Rhodes and Kathryn Riley get him ready for Friday’s pep rally, and the sports information director makes the most obvious cameo in history.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Junior Sam Lacy and freshman Will Gates certainly came through when it counted for the Swarthmore College men’s basketball team (6-17, 5-11).

Not only did the duo combine to score the Garnet’s final 11 points in the last two minutes of play and shoot a perfect six-of-six from the free-throw line in pressure situations, but each player recorded a game-saving block in the waning moments as the Garnet rallied to defeat visiting Johns Hopkins 55-51 on Monday evening from Tarble Pavilion.

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.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – For a third time, winter weather has postponed Swarthmore’s scheduled men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader versus Johns Hopkins. Tonight’s scheduled games have been moved yet again – this time to Monday, February 15 at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. from Tarble Pavilion.

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 snowstorm that dumped over two feet of snow across the Mid-Atlantic has postponed Sunday’s home basketball games versus Johns Hopkins for a second time. The games – originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon but moved to Sunday because of the storm – will now take place on Monday, February 8th. The women’s game will begin at 6:00 p.m. from Tarble Pavilion, with the men’s game taking place at 8:00 p.m.

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.

Both the Swarthmore College men’s and women’s basketball teams will look to improve their playoff prospects when they travel to Lancaster to take on Franklin & Marshall. The men’s game will begin at 4:00 p.m. with commentary from Jimmy Gill ’10. The women’s game will begin at approximately 6:00 p.m. with commentary from Victor Brady ’13.