Cross Country Indoor Records The Coaching Staff

Track & Field Outdoor Records

The 2006 Swarthmore men’s cross country teamlooks to improve upon its third place finish at the2005 Centennial Conference championship meet.Led by All Mid-East Region and All-Centennial sen-ior Vernon Chaplin (Indian Springs, AL / IndianSprings), the Garnet will rely on a number of youngrunners to contribute to the team’s success.

Chaplin, running cross country for the first timein 2005, earned second team A l l - C e n t e n n i a lConference; finishing eleventh in the championshipmeet at Johns Hopkins on Oct. 29. He then ran 26thout of 280 runners the following weekend at theMid-East Regional meet in Carlisle, Pa. (narrowlymissing a national qualifier spot), leading theGarnet to a seventh-place finish. Chaplin was alsonamed to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Men's Track &Field/Cross Country first team and was selected forthe inaugural Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team.

Joining Chaplin will be juniors Ross Weller(McConnellsburg, PA / Mercersburg Academy) andJonathan Shoop (Reno, NV / Incline), both of whomfinished in the top-25 at the CentennialChampionships. Sophomores Eric Saka (Quincy, IL/ Quincy) and Dan Hodgson (Trumbell, CT /Fairfield Prep) will also be looking to build onstrong freshman campaigns.

The Garnet open up the 2006 season onSaturday, Sept. 2 vs. Chestnut Hill College at FortWashington Park, and then will compete in theannual Garnet Alumni Meet a week later. On Sept.22 the team travels to Haverford College for theH a v e r f o rd Invitational, facing teams fro mVillanova, the College of New Jersey, andElizabethtown. On October 7, the Garnet will runin the Dickinson Long/Short Meet, getting a goodlook at the course at Carlisle High School, site of the2006 Centennial Conference Championships onOctober 28.

School indoor mile re c o rd holder Ve r n o nChaplin ’07 will once again lead the Swarthmoretrack & field program in 2007. Along with takingdown a 34 year old mark, Chaplin won two medalson indoor and outdoor Centennial Confere n c erelays in 2005-06. Ross Weller ’08 added a bronzemedal to his resume in the conference steeplechase.Also in conference competition, quarter miler MattSchiller ’07 scored in his specialty event (400meters) in a personal best time.

Connor Darby ’09 received his championshipbaptism by making the final and scoring sixth in the800 meters outdoors. Dillon McGrew ’08 won hissecond career 3200 meter relay medal (7:54.83) as he“set the table” for his three teammates. Jon Shoop‘08 scored in the steeplechase in only this thirdattempt ever at the event. Look for the Garnet tobring home more medals and break more schoolrecords in 2006.

55m 6.55 Donovan Goodley 2/23/99200m 22.73 Mike Turner 2/24/96400m 50.89 Mike Turner 2/24/96800m 1:56.21 Vernon Chaplin 2/12/051500m 3:57.79 Liam O’Neill 3/1/97Mile 4:19.13 Vernon Chaplin 2/11/063000m 8:40.40 Garrett Ash 2/29/042 Mile 9:24.0 Robert Neff 2/27/825000m 14:58.66 Marc Jeuland 1/26/0155m hurdles 7.7 Rubin Canada 2/27/99864m relay 1:42.7 Walid Gellad, Tony Sturm 12/7/96

A. Derhovanessian, M. Tootell1600m relay 3:25.94 M. Tootell, Amber Thompson 3/1/97

Liam O’Neill, Eric Pakurar 3200m relay 8:02.77 Keefe Keeley, James Golden 2/27/05

Duncan Gromko, Paul Thibodeau DMR 10:27.04 Vernon Chaplin, Tyler Lyson 2/26/05

James Golden, Keefe Keeley Long jump 22’6.50” Damien Jackson 2/20/88Triple Jump 46’1.5” Damien Jackson 2/20/88High Jump 6’10” Mike Vischack 2/2/90Shot Put 48’5.5” Norm Matthews 2/20/82Pole Vault 14’6” Dave Wilmore 2/11/89

100m 10.9 Olato Sam 4/21/90200m 22.12 Antoine Gayles 5/2/86400m 47.9y Ed Skeath 5/9/58800m 1:54.45 David Graham 5/3/911500m 3:53.93 Scott Reents 5/11/96Mile 4:15.5 Gil Kemp 4/16/703000m steeple 9:16.9 Kirk Swenson 5/15/852 Mile 9:21.8 Rich Shultz 5/8/715000m 14:40.77 Marc Jeuland 4/26/0110000m 30:34.47 Marc Jeuland 4/6/01110m hurdles 14.5y Bill Edgar 5/13/67400m hurdles 54.0 Bill Edgar 5/15/68400m relay 43.5y Gary Dell, John Edgar 5/10/69

Eric Bressler, Craig DeshaSMR 3:37.3 B. Hosch, Rob Henderson 3/31/90

Olato Sam, Matt Warshawsky800m relay 1:32.1 M. Tootell, Wald Gellad, 4/19/97

Amber Thompson, Eric Pakurar 1600m relay 3:20.5y John Edgar, Bill Edgar 5/11/68

Bob Bartkus, Fred Montgomery3200m relay 7:50.35 G. Lucks, Wyn Strodtbeck 5/4/96

John Freeman, Scott ReentsDMR 10:22.8 Tom Graham, C. Sivaraska 4/1/88

Wolfram Urbanek, Scott Maines 6400m relay 17:30.9 Scott Maines, Robert Marx 4/2/88

Wolfram Urbanek, Tom GrahamLong jump 23’0.25” Dick Hall 5/25/51Triple Jump 47’7.75” Gary Dell 5/6/72High Jump 6’11.25” Mike Vischak 5/26/90Shot Put 50’2” Norman Mathews 5/1/82Discus 144’7” Mike Lieberman 4/17/82Javelin 177’0” Mason Tootell 5/4/97Decathalon 6,581 Jamey Clarke 5/6-7/89Pole Vault 15’0” Peter McGinnis 4/24/76

Head Coach: Peter Carroll

After a two-year stint coaching at Swarthmorefrom 1988 to 1989, followed by 11 years at Franklin& Marshall, Peter Carroll returned to coach theGarnet in 2000. In his tenure at F&M, Carrollcoached seven All-Americans and more than 20school record-holders. His 1999 men’s indoor trackand field team won the Centennial ConferenceChampionship.

Coach Carroll’s troops broke two more schoolrecords during the 2005-06 track & field seasonbringing the total to 38 in his eight seasons atSwarthmore. Carroll has also coached eight All-Americans, four Centennial Conference Performersof the Year, and 14 National Qualifiers during in histime at the College.

C a r roll earned bachelor’s (biology, ‘82) andmaster’s (secondary education, ‘85) degrees fromVillanova University. He also studied extensivelyin the physical education sports medicine graduateprogram at Ithaca College, N.Y.

As an undergraduate student, Carroll was amember of the Villanova track and cross-countryteams. He won Big East and IC4A championshipswhile on the Wildcats’ 2-mile relay team and fin-ished second in the Big East indoor 1,500-meter runin his senior season. Carroll’s personal best mile is4:02.34.

Assistant Coaches:

John JaudonJaudon begins his ninth season as an assistant

coach with the Swarthmore track-and-field pro-gram, primarily coaching the sprint events. Jaudonwas a four-time Division II All-American at 800meters while attending Johnson C. SmithUniversity.

A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Jaudon earnedAll-American honors running the 800 at the leg-endary track-and-field powerhouse Overbro o kHigh School. Before coming to Swarthmore, Jaudonreturned to his alma mater, guiding the Overbrookmen’s track-and-field team to the indoor statechampionship and the Philadelphia Public Schoolchampionship.

John NoonNoon enters his eighth season as an assistant

c ross-country and track-and-field coach atSwarthmore. Noon works with the cross-countryteam and the middle-distance runners. Noon grad-uated from Drexel University with a degree inmechanical engineering. At Drexel, Noon was a 2-year captain of the track team and a 4-year letterwinner. Noon won a gold medal at the NorthAtlantic Conference Championships as a memberof the 4x100 relay squad and holds a school recordwith the 4x400 indoor team.

Before Swarthmore, Noon served as an assis-tant coach of the Drexel cross-country and tracksquads from 1996 to 1998.

Noon earned a master’s degree in bioengineer-ing from the University of Pennsylvania and cur-rently works as a biomechanical engineer.

Nat Erb-Satullo ‘07

Conor Darby ‘09

Peter Carroll

2006-07 Schedules About the College

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Coach Pete Carroll: 610-328-8683Email: pcarrol2@swarthmore.edu

One of the finest liberal arts schools in the country,Swarthmore College offers its 1,500 students a passionate learningcommunity that prepares students for full, balanced lives throughexacting intellectual study supplemented by a varied program ofsports and other extracurricular activity.

The College’s 330-acre campus, located 20 minutes by local trainfrom Philadelphia, has facilities comparable to many large univer-sities. Its 10 academic buildings have extensive laboratories, class-rooms, and other resources for the sciences, engineering, comput-er science, social sciences, and the humanities. Well-equipped com-puter facilities are always open for student use.

Three libraries, a music building, and a performing arts centerprovide extensive resources for study, research, and performance.Students also enjoy a central dining hall, student center,Intercultural Center, Black Cultural Center, Women’s ResourceCenter, Community Resource Center, and both coed and single-sexresidence halls with telephone and computer network connectionsin every room.

Swarthmore’s student-faculty ratio is 8 to 1, among the lowestin the country. Students work closely with outstanding scholarswho are committed to teaching.

Athletics are an integral part of the Swarthmore education.The College’s athletic teams have garnered many league titles,playoff berths, and conference records. Swarthmore athletes havewon All-American honors in numerous sports: 90 in men’s soccer,51 in men’s tennis, 43 in men’s and women’s swimming, 30 inmen’s lacrosse, 16 in men’s and women’s track and field, nine inwomen’s lacrosse, four in women’s basketball, four in women’stennis, two each in football and field hockey, and one in crosscountry. Six Swarthmore athletes have been inducted into theNational Lacrosse Hall of Fame, two in to the National FootballHall of Fame, and one into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Four men’s tennis teams have won NCAA Championships andtwo men’s lacrosse teams have captured National Championships.

In 2005-06, 73 Swarthmore athletes were represented on theCentennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 12 athletes wereselected for the inagural Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Areateams, and one athlete was named ESPN the Magazine AcademicAll-American. Swarthmore has produced 16 Rhodes Scholars; andtwo alumni, Lee MacPhail Jr. and Neil Austrian, have served asp residents of baseball’s American League and the NationalFootball League, respectively.

Cross CountrySept. 2 Chestnut Hill TBA

9 Alumni Meet 12:0023 at Haverford 5:00

Oct. 7 at Dickinson Long/Short Invite 10:3014 DeSales Invite 11:0028 Centennial Championships 11:00

at DickinsonNov. 11 NCAA III Mid-East Regional 11:00

at Dickinson18 NCAA III National Championships

Indoor TrackDec. 3 Villanova Invite at Haverford 11:00Jan. 12 at NYU Invite 11:00

21 at Haverford Open 11:0028 at Haverford McElligott Invite 11:00

Feb. 3 Frank Colden Invite at Ursinus 10:009-10 Valentine Invite at Boston Univ. 5:0012 at Haverford Quad Meet 5:00 18 at Haverford Keogh Invite 11:0024-25 Centennial Championships 12:00

at HaverfordMar. 9-10 NCAA III Championships

Outdoor TrackMar. 3-10 Spring Break Trip TBA

31 Danny Curran Invite 11:00at Widener

April 7 Osprey Invite TBA13 Grizzly Invite TBA20-21 at Widener Invite 11:0026-28 at Penn Relays TBA28 Lions Invite at College of NJ 11:00

May 4-6 Centennial Championshipsat Haverford

14 Tuppeny Twilight Meet 5:00at Villanova

24-26 NCAA III National Championships

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2006-07 Swarthmore CollegeMen’s

Track & Field - Cross Country

Ross Weller ‘07CentennialMedalist

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