Season Notes
The Haverford men's indoor track & field team finished in the runner-up spot at the 2014 Centennial Conference championship. The Fords won six events at the meet including victories in the 4x800 and distance medley relay. Gebby Keny, Cormac Rada, Soren Rasmussen and Charlie Marquardt joined forces to set a meet record in the 4x800 with a winning time of 7 minutes, 55.59 seconds. Sam Fujimori, and Chris Gardner teamed up with Rada and Rasmussen in the distance medley relay to claim first in 10:29.87.
Haverford also had four individual Centennial champions including Christopher Stadler, who finished first in the 3,000-meter run and 5,000. Jeffrey Ainsley (60m hurdles), Charlie Marquardt (mile) and Jonathan Yellets (400m) also ran to individual titles.
Ainsley set two program records on the final day of the conference championship meet hosted by the Fords at the Gary Lutnick Tennis & Track Center inside Alumni Field House. The sophomore raced to a school record in the 60-meter hurdle event in the heptathlon, posting a first-place time of 8.42 seconds.
Ainsley then went on to place second in the final two events of the heptathlon, the pole vault and the 1,000-meter run, to finish with a two-day total of 4,482 points which breaks the school record he set earlier this season. Ainsley fell just short up an overall heptathlon victory but merited second-team all-conference honors in the event.
Avi Bregman (3,000m) joined Ainsley in garnering second-team all-conference honors while Yellets picked up honorable mention accolades for a third-place finish in the 200.
Stadler, Bregman, Marquardt, Yellets and Keny earned the opportunity to participate at the Division III indoor track and field championships. The first day of the national meet saw the distance medley relay team garner All-America status with a second-place finish in the event. Marquardt led off the relay for Haverford and was followed by Yellets, Keny and anchorman Stadler. Bregman just missed earning All-America honors in the final individual event of the day with a ninth-place finish in the 5,000.
The final day of the national championships was highlighted by Stadler picking up his second All-America certificate of the meet with a fifth-place finish in the 3,000. Joining Stadler in the field for the 3,000 was Marquardt, who finished in the 11th spot. The Ford finished 15th overall in the team standings.
Stadler earned recognition for his standout senior campaign as he was named the the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named the Mideast Region indoor track athlete of the year and a recipient of a prestigious NCAA postgraduate scholarship.
Centennial Conference Champions
- Christopher Stadler (3,000m, 5,000m)
- Jeffrey Ainsley (60m hurdles)
- 4x800 (Gebby Keny, Cormac Rada, Soren Rasmussen, Charlie Marquardt)
- DMR (Sam Fujimori, Chris Gardner, Cormac Rada, Soren Rasmussen)
- Charlie Marquardt (mile)
- Jonathan Yellets (400m)
Postseason Awards
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship: Christopher Stadler
- Philadelphia InquirerAcademic All-Area Track Performer of the Year: Christopher Stadler
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Track Team: Christopher Stadler, Avi Bregman
- U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Mideast Region indoor track athlete of the year: Christopher Stadler
- NCAA Division III All-Americans: Christopher Stadler (3,000m, DMR), Charlie Marquardt (DMR), Jonathan Yellets (DMR), Gebby Keny (DMR)
- NCAA Division III National Qualifers: Christopher Stadler (3,000m, DMR), Avi Bregman (5,000m), Charlie Marquardt (3,000m, DMR), Jonathan Yellets (DMR), Gebby Keny (DMR)
- Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Centennial championship meet: Christopher Stadler
- All-Centennial Conference First Team: Christopher Stadler (3,000m, 5,000m), Jeffrey Ainsley (60m hurdles), Sam Fujimori (DMR), Chris Gardner (DMR), Gebby Keny (4x800), Charlie Marquardt (mile, 4x800), Cormac Rada (4x800, DMR), Soren Rasmussen (4x800, DMR), Jonathan Yellets (400m)
- All Centennial Conference Second Team: Jeffrey Ainsley (heptathlon), Avi Bregman (3,000m)
- All- Centennial Conference Honorable Mention: Jonathan Yellets (200m)
- Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Michael Iannacone
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll: Avi Bregman, Sam Callon, John Curry, Sam Fujimori, Zachary Gabor, Nicholas Gandolfo-Lucia, Chris Gardner, Ryan Gooding, Michael Iannacone, Gebby Keny, David Marsico, Richard Mendelsohn, Kyle Priver, Bill Ristow, Elliott Schwartz, Alex Smith, Brian Sokas, Daniel Stackman, Christopher Stadler, Dylan Verner-Crist
Looking Ahead
The Fords will be ready to challenge for the Centennial title once again in 2014-15. Charlie Marquardt, Jeffrey Ainsley and Jonathan Yellets return to defend their individual conference titles while Sam Fujimori, Chris Gardner and Cormac Rada will ensure that Haverford's relay squads remain a source of strength.