Centennial Conference Silver Anniversary release

HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Centennial Conference is celebrating 25 years as one of the elite small college athletic conferences in the country with the announcement of its Silver Anniversary teams. With criteria selected by conference officials, the Silver Anniversary teams are designed to highlight the best of the best over the conference's first quarter-century.

For inclusion on a Silver Anniversary team, a student must have a degree from their institution and meet one of the following qualifications:

• Three-time or four-time first-team All-Centennial performer
• Two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year
• First-team All-America AND two-time first-team All-Centennial performer
• Two-time All-America (first, second, or third team)

For individual sports such as swimming and track & field, the accomplishments must have occurred in the same event.

On Tuesday, the Centennial Conference released the list of 58 men's outdoor track & field athletes who were named to the Silver Anniversary team. The Haverford College men's outdoor track & field was once again well represented as the Fords have won 18 of the Centennial Conference's first 25 team championships (1994-2007, 2012-2013) and has never placed lower than second. The team has also placed in the top 10 nationally on three different occasions, ranking as high fifth in the nation during the 1997 outdoor championships.

The Conference was founded in 1981 as the Centennial Football Conference and began competition as an all-sports conference in the fall of 1993. The Conference crowns champions in 24 sports.

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Haverford College Men's Outdoor Track & Field Silver Anniversary Team (by graduation year)

Masilo Grant '97

• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (1994, 1996, 1997)

Karl Paranya '97

• Four-time NCAA National Champion (800 meters in 1995, 1996, 1997; 1,500 meters in 1997)
• Six-time All-American (first in 800 meters in 1995, 1996, 1997; first in the 1,500 meters in 1997; second in the 1,500 meters in 1996; third in the 800 meters in 1994)
• 1996 Centennial Conference Outstanding Performer
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 800 meters (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x400 relay (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (1995, 1996, 1997)

Aaron Cooper '98

• Two-time steeplechase All-American (seventh in 1998, eighth in 1997)

Chris Coulston '98

• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x400 relay (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Ian Fraser '98

• Two-time steeplechase All-American (fourth in both 1996 and 1998)
• 1998 Centennial Conference Outstanding Performer

Ntobeko Ntusi '98

• Two-time All-American (third in steeplechase; seventh in 1,500 meters)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x400 relay (1997, 1998)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (1995, 1996)

Jason Bernstein '01

• Two-time 1,500 meter All-American (second in 2001; fifth in 1999)
• 1999 Centennial Conference Outstanding Performer
• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (1997, 1998, 1999)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 800 meters (1998, 1999)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (1999, 2001)

Joe McCool '01

• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (1998, 1999, 2001)

J.B. Haglund '02

• Two-time NCAA National Champion (5,000 and 10,000 meters in 2002)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference steeplechase (2000, 2002)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (1997, 2002)

Greg Bielecki '02

• 2003 1,500 meter All-American (8th)
• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (2001, 2002, 2003)

Scott Sargrad '04

• 2004 steeplechase All-American (2nd)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference steeplechase (2003, 2004)

Bobby Cannon '05

• 2005 1,500 meter All-American (4th)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (2004, 2005)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (2004, 2005)

Eddie Papalia '05

• Two-time 800 meter All-American (third in 2005; seventh in 2003)
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Tom Reynolds '05

• 2009 Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference discus (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Grant Scott '06

• 2006 steeplechase All-American (2nd)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference steeplechase (2005, 2006)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 5,000 meters (2005, 2006)

Josef Bartles '07

• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (2004, 2005, 2006)

Joe Awantang '08

• 2008 shot put All-American (7th)
• Two-time Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer (2007, 2008)
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference shot put (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference discus (2006, 2007, 2008)

Don Letts '08

• Two-time All-American (sixth in 10,000 meters and eighth in 5,000 meters during 2007)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 10,000 meters (2007, 2008)

Ian Ramsey-North '09

• 2007 steeplechase All-American (7th)
• 2007 Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference steeplechase (2007, 2008)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (2007, 2008)

Chaz Thomas '09

• Two-time All-American (fifth in long jump in 2008; eighth in triple jump in 2008)
• 2009 Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer
• 2009 first-team All-Centennial Conference in long jump and triple jump

Tim Schoch '12

• Two-time 1,500 meter All-American (third in 2011; fifth in 2012)
• Four-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 800 meters (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (2010, 2011)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 4x800 relay (2011, 2012)

Peter Kissin '13

• Two-time All-American (fourth in 10,000 meters and seventh in 5,000 meters in 2013)

Jordan Schilit '13

• Two-time All-American (second in 5,000 meters in 2012; second in the 1,500 meters in 2013)
• 2012 Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (2012, 2013)

Avi Bregman '14

• Two-time steeplechase All-American (fourth in 2013 and 2014)
• Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference steeplechase (2012, 2013, 2014)

Chris Stadler '14

• 2014 NCAA 5,000 meter National Champion
• Three-time All-American (first in 5,000 meters in 2014; second in 10,000 meters in 2014; sixth in 5,000 meters in 2013)
• 2013 Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 5,000 meters (2013, 2014)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 10,000 meters (2013, 2014)

Gibby Graves '15

• Two-time Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer (2014, 2015)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference high jump (2012, 2015)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference long jump (2014, 2015)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference triple jump (2014, 2015)

Charlie Marquardt '16

• Two-time 1,500 meter All-American (second in 2015; fourth in 2016)
• Two-time Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer (2015, 2016)
• Two-time first-team All-Centennial Conference 1,500 meters (2015, 2016)