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Incoming swimmer competes in race around Manhattan island
Swimming a mile in the still water of an indoor or outdoor pool is a feat not many can say they would be able to accomplish in a competitive amount of time. Even swimmers know that long distance swimming isn’t for everyone,
Teams look ahead
In a year that featured many championship runs and a few last place finishes, 2015 certainly had no shortage of individual Garnet accomplishments. From Wesley Fishburn ’17 shattering the Centennial Conference single season hit record (59 hits) to Osazenoriuwa Ebose ’15 cementing
Weekend Roundup
Baseball The baseball team closed out its season with a 4-1 victory away at Gwynedd Mercy on Monday. Nathan Booth ’16 allowed one unearned run and fanned six in a complete game effort, while the offense provided one run each in the
What do athletes eat?
At Swarthmore, eating can be hard. Face it, we all get tired of eating the “Sharples slop” every once in a while. Though you have your gem meals like flank steak, jerk chicken and salmon, more often than not you’ll get a
Athlete of the month: Lulu Allen-Waller ’17
This weekend marks the beginning of the end as some of our spring season athletes compete in the competition their regular seasons have all been leading up to: The Centennial Conference Championships. One of these athletes, Lulu Allen-Waller ’17 of the women’s
Sports Roundup: April 20 – 26
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Women’s and
Weekend Roundup
Women’s Tennis The women’s tennis team earned its fifth conference win of the season over Dickinson College this past weekend after returning home with a 7-2 win. The match began with wins from all three doubles teams. Alli Wong ’17 and Maria
What’s in a fan?
Looking back, I realize I’ve spent all year talking about the problems inherent in the world of sports today. With all of that negativity out of the way, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind myself and everyone else that, in
eSports complicate definition of sports and games
When most people think of video games, they envision sitting down in front of the TV and playing a quick game of FIFA with their friends or slaying dragons in Skyrim. Although this might have been the case 15 years ago, there