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Chalkings outside of Sharples in preparation for Saturday's Yule Ball

Swimming Smashes Records at Conferences

Although neither the men’s nor the women’s swimming teams returned home with the championships that they had hoped for, several Swarthmore swimmers set school records and earned individual accolades. In the Centennial Conference Championships, held at Franklin & Marshall, the men’s team
February 28, 2013

Swat Swimmers Reflect on Four Years

Swarthmore swimming honored its seniors during Saturday’s senior day meet at Ware Pool against Dickinson, with exciting, competitive swimming between two evenly matched teams. While the men managed a hard-fought 111-94 victory, the women fell to the Red Devils by the even
February 14, 2013

Alice Wong

Athlete of the Week: Alice Wong Sr., Swimming, Oakland, Calif. What She’s Done: Earned her first career victory in last Wednesday’s meet against Washington. Favorite Career Moment: I guess I would say the other day winning the 400 free relay. And, really,
February 7, 2013

Swimming Maintains Strong Start to Season

The Swarthmore men’s and women’s swimming teams each continued their strong starts to their seasons last weekend at the Swarthmore Invitational. Both teams finished in second place at the invitational, which featured teams from five schools. For the women, leading the way
December 6, 2012

Kate Wiseman

Kate Wiseman Nashville, Tenn. WHAT SHE’S DONE: Won the 200 IM (2:14.55), 100 Freestyle (54.68), and anchored the first place 400 Medley Relay to lead the Garnet to a second place finish at the Swarthmore Invitational. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: Our record-breaking 400
December 6, 2012

Jake Benveniste

Jake Benveniste Jr., Men’s Swimming, Redlands, Calif. WHAT HE’S DONE: Won the 100 fly to spark the Garnet pulling away in their 125-80 win over Franklin and Marshall. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: At Conferences freshman year, earning the 1650 and 1000 records in
November 15, 2012

Swimming Makes Big Splash in Season Opener

In their first meet of the season on Nov. 2, the men and women’s swim teams pulled out huge wins over McDaniel, easing by with room to spare with scores of 119-86 and 112-93, respectively. Both the men and women’s 200-yard medley
November 8, 2012

Underclassmen highlight Championships performance

Despite finishing outside of the top three at last weekend’s conference championships hosted at Gettysburg College, both the Swarthmore College men’s and women’s swimming teams put the rest of the Centennial on notice with phenomenal showings from its underclassmen. The classes of
February 23, 2012

For swimming, losses can’t dim the joy of Senior Day

Pitted against the defending conference champions on Senior Day, the Swarthmore men’s and women’s swim teams both fell to the visiting Gettysburg Bullets on Saturday at the Ware Pool. The women’s team played Gettysburg competitively all the way through, but ultimately fell
February 2, 2012

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