HAVERFORD, Pa. – Junior Charlie Marquardt was named the Centennial Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week after his record-breaking 3000m run in the Tufts Stampede on Saturday afternoon.
Marquardt won the 3000m event, finishing over 24 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. His 8:13.36 run is the best time among all Division III runners by six-tenths of a second this year and is the eighth fastest time in Division III history. It also set a new conference record, beating the previous one set by Haverford's Christopher Stadler '14 (8:16.63) at the 2014 NCAA Championship.
This is the fourth time that the junior has won the weekly honor for his work during the indoor season. Two weeks ago, he was given the accolade after winning the mile event at the NY Gotham Cup. He was athlete of the week last season after winning the 800m in the Eddie Papalia Memorial and as a freshman; he won the mile event at Lafayette/Rider Winter Games Invitational.
Marquardt has had an outstanding junior campaign. During the cross country season, he won three individual titles including the Centennial Conference Championship and Mideast Regional. He was also named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week twice and the conference Runner of the Year.
Head coach Tom Donnelly's squad will now spend the month of February at home as it hosts the McElligott Invitational (Feb. 6-7), Keogh Invitational (Feb. 21) and the Centennial Conference Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 1).