Athletics News

Andrew Frampton '08 won the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 freestyle to lead the Garnet to a 78-59 victory over visiting McDaniel in the Centennial Conference opener.

Frampton captured the 1,000 in the second fastest time in school history. He touched the wall in 10:10.56 just missing out on the school record of 10:09.98 set by Mark Friedberg '98 in 1995. In the 500, Frampton cruised to victory in 5:02.61 besting second place by over 38 seconds.

The Garnet captured the first five races en route to the easy victory. Jeff Schneider '05, Kaena Horowitz '06, Wootae Min '07, and Andrew Koczo '07 opened the meet by winning the 400 medley relay in 4:00.8.

Mike Auerbach '05 won the 200 freestyle in 1:53.48 and Koczo earned his second win of the day when he led a sweep of the 50 freestyle in 23:06 with Jon Augat '07 and Tristan Lawson '08. Anders Taylor '07 touched the wall first in the 200 IM (2:04.82) to give the Garnet a 69-10 lead.

The Garnet move to 1-1 overall on the season and 1-0 in the Centennial. They return to action on Saturday, November 13 when 2004 CC Champion Franklin & Marshall visits Ware Pool at 2:00 p.m.

Results

The Garnet jumped out to an early lead but could not hold on as Widener captured 9 of 11 events en route to a 124-81 victory at Ware Pool.

The team of Anders Taylor '07, Andrew Koczo '07, Mike Auerbach '05, and Jason Horwitz '07 won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:41.33 to stake the Garnet to an early 11-6 lead. From there Widener won the next seven events before Ben Morgan '05 touched the wall first in 4:58.61 to give the Garnet its only other win in the 500 freestyle.

The Garnet host McDaniel in the Centennial Conference opener on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Results

First-years Franny Zhang and Jennie Lewis each won three events to lead the Garnet to a 121-82 season-opening victory over visiting Widener.

Zhang touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle (2:00.12) and the 100 freestyle (55:54) and Lewis sprinted to victory in the 50 freestyle (25.55) and 100 butterfly (1:01.65) to pace the Tide. The duo then teamed up with Sarah Cotcamp '07 and Whitney Nekoba '08 to win the evening's final event, the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:43.63.

The Garnet jumped out to an early lead winning the first four events. Katie Schmidt '07, Michele Hom '07, Kathryn Jantz '05 and Sarah Cotcamp '07 breezed to an easy victory in the 200 medley relay in 1:57.98.

Katherine Reid '05 (11:12.07) and Katie Altynova '08 (11:20.29) went 1-2 in the 1,000 freestyle to build a 28-8 advantage. Zhang then led a sweep of the 200 freestyle with Jantz and Nekoba to make it 44-11. The trio then went on to sweep the 200 freestyle as well.

Schmidt led Christie Tomm '05 and Erin Dwyer-Frazier '05 to the Garnet's third sweep of the evening in capturing the 100 backstroke in 1:05.65.

The Garnet host McDaniel on Saturday at 2:00 in the Centennial Conference opener.

Results

The Women's Swim team will see plenty of action this year with eleven dual meets, one two and a half day December invitational and Centennial Conference Championships. Swarthmore's roster size will remain unchanged as five seniors graduated and five first-years join the ranks. The incoming class includes a number of talented swimmers, and with a year of experience, look to the sophomores to make a bigger impact. The Garnet also return four swimmers to the lineup that have earned seven Centennial Conference medals.

Look for the group of Sarah Cotcamp '07, Erin Dwyer-Frazier '05, Patricia Funk '06, Michele Hom '07, Kathryn Jantz '05, Melanie Johncilla '05, Martyna Pospieszalska '06, Katherine Reid '05, Katie Schmidt '07 and Christie Tomm '05 to lead the Garnet as they all have multiple Swarthmore All Time Top Ten times. In addition, Johncilla, Reid and Pospieszalska are all College Record holders.

With the graduation of four seniors, the 2004-05 badminton team will be a young sqad. Even so, the team looks to equal or better its performance from last year's PAIAW co-championship season. Returning for the Garnet are the starting trio of Anjali Aggarwal '06, Candice Cherk '07, and Jessica Larson '06 to lead the team. With the infusion of some young talent, the netters will be tough to beat.

This year's schedule marks the first time that the team will compete in November with the Mid-Atlantic Classic and the Main Line Doubles Invitational. When classes reconvene in January, the team will step up its competitive schedule as it goes against perennial nemesis Bryn Mawr in addition to hosting the Northeast Regional Collegiate Tournament.

At last year's tournament, Andrew Sniderman '06 reached the finals before losing to a nationally ranked player from Howard University. The season will be surely an exciting year as new head coach Bhavin Parikh will offer expert guidance and tutelage to the squad.