Sports

Athlete of the Week: Kela Watts

Junior Kela Watts ’26 is a student-athlete on the varsity women’s lacrosse team. The attack from Tampa, FL made an immediate impact on her arrival to Swarthmore, scoring one goal and assisting two in an eleven-game appearance in her first collegiate season.
February 27, 2025

Weekly Recap

Men’s Baseball Swarthmore College: 1, Berry College: 11 On Feb. 21 in Kannapolis, NC, the Swarthmore Garnet fell to the Berry College Vikings. The game took eight innings and lasted three hours. The Garnet led into the sixth inning, but the Vikings
February 27, 2025

Can We Change the Way We Think About Sports vs. Music?

Fun fact: my middle school gym teacher called me “grossly unfit” in seventh grade. Most of my life, I’ve been nowhere near athletic, until very recently, when I started picking up jogging. I’ve trained myself up to a slow ten miles, which
February 27, 2025

The Sports World’s Super Bowl Reactions

On Sunday, Feb. 9, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, earning their second championship in franchise history. There was no question about who would come out on top, as the Eagles scored 34 unanswered points before the Chiefs responded
February 20, 2025

AOTW: Theo Teszler

Theo Teszler is a first-year Track and Field athlete from Newton, MA. He went to Newton North High School and is a prospective engineering major. Teszler predominantly runs the 400-meter race and has now broken two programs records in this event. Katie
February 20, 2025

Weekly Recap

Women’s Basketball Swarthmore College 59 vs. Ursinus College 75 In their thirteenth conference game, Swarthmore Women’s Basketball team fell to Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. The first quarter saw a relentless Bears offense that opened the score with a 3-pointer. 3:34 into
February 20, 2025

Athlete of the Week: Norah Rutkowski

Norah Rutkowski ’28 is a first-year athlete on the women’s No. 9-ranked swim team. Rutkowski is from St. Louis, MO, and graduated from Parkway West High School in the spring of 2024. The Centennial Conference Athlete of the Week swims butterfly, breaststroke,
February 13, 2025

Behind the Scenes: Basketball Game Days at Swarthmore

As a member of the women’s soccer team, we have developed several cheers to help support our teammates and other Swarthmore student-athletes. “HERE WE GO SWAT!” “WE ARE ONE.” These chants echo throughout Tarble Pavilion as students and fans begin trickling in.
February 13, 2025

Swarthmore Sports Weekly Recap

2/7: Men’s Track and Field at the FastTrack National Invitational Men’s Track and Field traveled to Staten Island, NY to compete in the FastTrack National Invitation this past Friday. Robert Mirabello ’25 earned eighth overall in the 5000m run and fell a
February 13, 2025

Athlete of the Week: Ham Williams-Tracy ’25

Ham’s career bests are 100 Free – 47.92, 200 Free – 1:42.32, 500 Free – 4:35.97, 200 Breast – 2:14.45, 200 Fly – 1:54.95, and the 400 IM – 4:01.52. He is a 4x All-Centennial (1x First Team, 2x Second Team, 1x
February 6, 2025
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