February 5th, 2005
Keefe Keeley '06 posted the Garnet's best finish at the Ursinus Invitational, placing second in the 800 meter run in 1:59.57. Duncan Gromko '07 followed in sixth place in 2:03.04.
Lang Reynolds '05 placed sixth in the mile in 4:33.76 and James Golden '05 finished eighth in the 3,000 in 9:12.04.
The 4x800 relay placed fifth in 8:32.44 and the 4x400 relay also finished in fifth place in 3:33.73.
Matt Singleton '07 placed seventh in the long jump with a leap of 5.76 meters.
Results
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February 5th, 2005
The Garnet built an early lead, hung on through the middle races and pulled out the victory in the final event to defeat visiting Dickinson 107-98 in a Centennial Conference meet at Ware Pool.
Swarthmore got off to a fast start by capturing the first three races to build a 43-12 advantage. The team of Melanie Johncilla '05, Michele Hom '07, Jennie Lewis '08, and Whitney Nekoba '08 won the 400 medley relay in 4:10.17. Katherine Reid '05 captured the 1,000 freestyle in 11:11.85 and Nekoba earned her second victory of the day by leading a Garnet sweep in the 200 freestyle. Nekoba took first in 2:00.34 followed by Patricia Funk '06 (2:04.12), and Lewis (2:05.15).
Stacey Foltz broke the Garnet streak by winning the 50 freestyle for Dickinson in 25.11. Franny Zhang '08 won the 200 IM in 2:15.74 to give the Tide a 62-31 advantage.
Dickinson captured the next five events as Leslie Vaughan won the 200 butterfly (2:16.01), Lauren Tammany placed first in the 100 freestyle in 55.25, Karen Younkins won the 200 backstroke (2:18.21), and Kim Ogren won the 500 freestyle (5:21.12) and the 200 breaststroke (2:30.34) to tie the meet at 94-94 with one event remaining.
The Garnet prevailed in the 400 freestyle relay as anchor Sarah Cotcamp '07 touched the wall less than a second ahead of Foltz in 3:40.90 to 3:41.89. Zhang, Johncilla and Kathryn Jantz '05 joined Cotcamp on the relay.
Swarthmore improves to 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the CC while the Devils drop to 9-3, 4-3.
Swarthmore hosts Washington on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the season finale.
Results
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February 1st, 2005
Jessica Fuhr '07 scored a career-high 17 points to lead the Garnet to a 66-49 victory at Lincoln. Swat improves to 12-6 overall as the victory is the team's seventh in a row.
The Garnet got off to a fast start scoring the game's first eight points. Kristin Lee '05 and Fuhr each scored eight points in the half in building a 34-22 lead.
Swarthmore took control of the game by scoring the first nine points of the second half to take a 43-22 advantage with 17:12 remaining in the game.
Jen Stevenson '06 added 11 points and Karen Berk '08 chipped in with nine points and 10 rebounds.
The Garnet have strung together seven consecutive wins for the first time since the 1975-76 squad closed the season with five in a row and the 1976-77 team opened its season with two victories.
The last time the Garnet won seven in a row in one season was during 1938-39 campaign when the team won eight straight.
Swarthmore looks for number eight on Saturday when it visits No. 22 Dickinson in a 1 p.m. Centennial Conference match up. The top team in the CC, Dickinson is 17-1 overall and 12-1 in the conference. The Red Devils are working on their own school record 13 game winning streak.
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January 31st, 2005
Dominating singles play from Jessica Larson '06 and Candice Cherk '07 powered the Garnet to a 4-1 PAIAW victory at Haverford on Wednesday night.
Larson was an 11-1, 11-0 winner at No. 1 singles over Rui Qi Lim and Cherk defeated Yen Na Yum 11-3, 11-4 at No. 2 to set the pace for the evening. Katie Crawford '07 earned a, 11-6, 13-12 win at No. 3 singles to give the Garnet the match.
Abe Howland and Mu Yang teamed for a mixed doubles win for the Garnet.
At 4-0 Swarthmore remains unbeaten in conference play. The Garnet host Bryn Athyn on Monday night at 7:30. Results
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January 29th, 2005
Karen Berk '08 scored a game-high 27 points and Jen Stevenson '06 chipped in nine points as Swarthmore won their sixth game in a row, defeating Bryn Mawr 63-36 on Saturday afternoon.
The Garnet shot 50% from the field in the first half to build a comfortable 38-20 lead at the intermission. Berk dominated the half, grabbing eight boards while shooting nine for ten from the floor for 20 points.
Stevenson, fifth in the Centennial Conference in three-point field percentage (41%), sank two buckets from deep in the second half as Swarthmore cruised to their 24th straight win over the Owls, dating back to 1994.
Senior co-captain Ali Wolff played another solid all-around game, registering seven points, a season-high ten rebounds, and a team-high three steals.
Deb Charamella led the Owls (2-17, 0-12 CC) with 10 points while Amy Johnson added six points and six rebounds.
Swarthmore (11-6, 8-4 CC) will travel down Baltimore Pike to square off with Lincoln University in a 7:00 p.m. contest on Tuesday, February 1st.
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January 29th, 2005
Gettysburg won 10 of 11 events en route to a 144-61 Centennial Conference (CC) victory in Gettysburg. The Bullets improve to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the CC while the Garnet fall to 5-4 and 3-2.
Michele Hom '07 was the lone winner for the Garnet claiming victory in the 200 breaststroke in 2:34.12.
The Garnet return to the pool on Saturday when Dickinson visits Ware Pool at 2 p.m. Results
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January 26th, 2005
Swarthmore put four players in double figures, defeating long-time rival Haverford College 68-49 for the fourteenth consecutive time.
Ali Wolff '05 scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds while Laura Popovics '08 chipped in a dozen points of her own to go along with three assists. Karen Berk '08 just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, while guard Debra Farrelly '06 scored 10 points and added two assists.
The Garnet took control of an ugly first half as Farrelly sank two long three-pointers. Swarthmore's trademark defense held the Fords to 13.6% shooting from the floor and forced 15 turnovers as the Garnet enjoyed a 27-9 halftime lead.
Swarthmore opened the lead to as much as twenty-nine points, following an Ashley Brandt '07 reverse lay-up with 11:08 left in the game.
Haverford climbed back to within fourteen, 56-42, following two free throws from Katie Crowley with 1:32 remaining. The Fords were forced to foul and Popovics shot a perfect six for six to send Swarthmore (10-6, 7-4 CC) to their fifth consecutive win.
Erica Juliano led Haverford (3-13, 0-10 CC) with 16 points and seven rebounds off the bench, while Crowley finished with 14 points.
The Garnet continue to move up in the Centennial Conference standings, passing Gettysburg for fourth place following a Bullets loss at Dickinson.
Swarthmore travels next to Bryn Mawr on Saturday, January 29th for a 2:00 p.m. game.
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January 25th, 2005
Swarthmore captured 9 of 11 events en route to a 147-56 Centennial Conference victory at Bryn Mawr. The Garnet move to 5-3 overall, 3-1 in the Conference.
Martyna Pospieszalska '06, Whitney Nekoba '08, Jennie Lewis '08, Michele Hom '07 and Janice Yeo '07 were all double-winners for the Garnet.
Pospieszalska, Hom, Yeo and Lewis got the Garnet off to a fast start with a win in the 200 medley relay finishing in 2:01.92. Nekoba then won the 1000 freestyle in a personal best time of 11:09.78 to place ahead of Franny Zhang '08 (11:38.53).
Tara Finley '06 won the 200 freestyle in 2:07.16 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 sprinted to a victory in the 50 freestyle in 26.34, Hom places second in 27.40 and Erin Dwyer-Frazier '05 completed the sweep in 27.45 to give the Garnet a 58-14 lead through four events.
Bryn Mawr won the next two events as Stacy Claxton captured the 200 IM in 2:21.28 to finish ahead of Katherine Reid '05 (2:23.15) and Kayla Gaydosh (1:04.05) finished ahead of Maila Sepri '05 (1:05.23) to win the 100 butterfly.
Nekoba (56.69), Cotcamp (56.84) and Zhang (58.09) led a sweep of the 100 freestyle and Melanie Johncilla '05 touched the wall first in the 100 backstroke in 1:07.19.
Lewis (5:27.67), Reid (5:38.57) and Katie Altynova '08 (5:43.98) went 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle and Hom (1:14.57) and Finley (1:19.20) place 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke.
In the closest race of the evening the 200 freestyle relay team of Pospieszalska, Yeo, Zhang, and Patricia Funk '06 (1:47.34) edged out teammates Stacey Prow '06, Johncilla, Lewis, and Nekoba (1:47.45) to win by 0.09.
Saturday, the Garnet travel to Gettysburg for a 2 pm Centennial meet.
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January 24th, 2005
In an unusual situation, Swarthmore defeated an opponent they never actually met. Due to the impending snowstorm both teams decided to swim the meet in its own pools, Drew on Friday night and Swarthmore on Saturday. Once the times were compiled it was the Garnet that earned a 114-85 victory over the Rangers.
Ben Morgan '05 was a double-winner capturing the 100 backstroke in 1:00.48 and the 400 IM in 4:33.19, while Andrew Koczo '07 won the 100 breaststroke (1:03.65) and swam on the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:33.45) with Jonathan Augat '07, Andrew McKay '07, and Andrew Frampton '08. Mike Auerbach '05 also picked up a win in the 200 butterfly touching the wall first in 2:08.92.
The Garnet showed its depth sweeping the 100 backstroke, the 100 breaststroke and the 200 butterfly.
Morgan set the pace in the 100 back to lead the sweep ahead of Jeff Schneider '05 and Andrew Hermann '08 while Koczo finished ahead of Kaena Horowitz '06 and Anders Taylor '07 in the 100 breaststroke.
Auerbach made it three straight races with a sweep as he finished ahead of Reid Johnson '08 and Frampton in the 200 butterfly.
The Garnet are now 4-3 on the season. They travel to Gettysburg on Saturday for at 2 p.m. meet.
Swarthmore Results
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January 24th, 2005
In an unusual situation, Swarthmore defeated an opponent they never actually met. Due to the impending snowstorm both teams decided to swim the meet in its own pools, Drew on Friday night and Swarthmore on Saturday. Once the times were compiled it was the Garnet that earned a 113-79 victory over the Rangers.
Martyna Pospieszalska '06, Whitney Nekoba '08, Jennie Lewis '08 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 were all double-winners for the Garnet.
Pospieszalska and Cotcamp got the Garnet started on the right foot as they teamed with Janice Yeo '07 and Franny Zhang '08 to win the 200 medley relay in 1:58.06.
Nekoba captured the 1000 freestyle in 11:15.91 ahead of Katie Altynova '08 (11:26.3) and Lewis led a sweep of the 200 freestyle in 2:02.08 with Melanie Johncilla '05 (2:04.38) and Katherine Reid '05 (2:05.09).
Pospieszalska then captured the 100 backstroke in 1:06.92 and Michele Hom '07 (1:12.10) and Yeo (1:15.17) went 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke. Cotcamp led a sweep of the 50 freestyle in 25.84 ahead of Kathryn Jantz '05 (26.47) and Nekoba (26.66) and Reid touched the wall first in the 400 IM (4:59.15).
The 200 freestyle relay team of Nekoba, Lewis, Jantz, and Hom closed the meet with victory in 1:44.63.
The Garnet move to 4-3 on the season and travel to Bryn Mawr on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. meet.
Swarthmore Results
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