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.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Freshmen John McMinn, Jacob Phillips and Brian King led the pace for the Swarthmore men’s cross country team in the NCAA Mideast Regional meet; all finishing in under 27 minutes. Sophomore Melissa Frick made an impressive return to competition for the Garnet women, pacing Swarthmore with a 23:09 run good enough for 35th place. The Garnet men finished 14th of 53 teams and the women finished 9th.

LANCASTER, Pa. – Thirty Swarthmore College student-athletes have been named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2009 fall season. The honor roll recognizes athletes’ performance both on the field and in the classroom.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Hannah Rose led the pack for the Swarthmore College women’s cross country team, coming in 17th place with a time of 24:27.43 to help the Garnet earn a fifth-place team finish (39) at the Centennial Conference championship on Saturday afternoon from Gettysburg College.

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Sophomore Hannah Rose (19:06) crossed the finish-line in fourth place and senior Lauren Deluca took ninth (19:44) as the Swarthmore College women’s cross country team finished in third place at the 28th annual Seven Sisters Championship from Mount Holyoke College on Saturday morning. For their Top 10 finish, both Rose and DeLuca were named to the All-Championship team.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – For the second consecutive meet, sophomore Hannah Rose was the top finisher for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team, finishing in 75th place with a time of 23:18 to pace the Garnet at the Women’s Brown Race at the Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon from the campus of Lehigh University. As a team, the Garnet finished in 31st place with a total of 713 points in the 6K run.

HAVERFORD, Pa. – Sophomore Hannah Rose ’12 finished in 15th place at the Haverford Main Line Invitational on Thursday as the Swarthmore women’s cross country team continued their 2009 campaign following a third-place team finish at the Dickinson Long-Short Run last Saturday.

Carlisle, Pa. – Senior Nykia Corbett finished in fourth place in the long run as the Swarthmore women’s cross country team opened up the 2009 season with a third-place finish at the Dickinson Long-Short Run on Saturday afternoon.

SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Recent graduate Caitlin Mullarkey ’09 led the pack of female runners while senior Nyika Corbett led the crop of current runner at 2009 Alumnae Meet recently held at the College.

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.