Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's Track & Field Team
HAVERFORD, Pa. – Nicole Giannetti and Katie Sullivan have been named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team. With two student-athletes honored, Haverford is one of just three schools in the Philadelphia area with multiple selections. The Fords had multiple representatives for the sixth time in the last 11 years, but the first since the 2014 season.
The honorees are voted on by the sports information offices of the 29 area institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area. In order to be eligible for Academic All-Area honors, an athlete must be in at least his or her second year at the institution and hold a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better.
Giannetti also earned this honor during the cross country season, making her one of just two student-athletes, along with Villanova's Belle Burda, to earn this honor during both the cross country and track & field seasons. During her track & field season, the team captain qualified to her first NCAA outdoor national championship and placed 21st overall in the steeplechase. She was the Centennial Conference runner-up in that event and is a three-time all-conference performer between the indoor and outdoor track seasons.
Sullivan, a two-time All-American during the indoor track & field season earned her second such honor this winter when she placed eighth in the mile. Sullivan also qualified to the NCAA outdoor championships where she placed 16th overall in the field. Sullivan won the Centennial Conference individual title in each of her events that she represented the Fords at the Division III Championships. She is a four-time conference champion and eight time all-conference selection on the track through her junior season.
Haverford's duo is joined on the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's Track & Field team by Widener's Samantha DeCapua; Swarthmore's Lulu Allen-Waller; Bella Burda, Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, and Caroline Hamilton of Villanova; Millie Hample of Rutgers-Camden; and Kim Johnson and Jessalynn Wright of Rowan.