In addition to the team-wide plaudits, Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year Alice Sappenfield (San Francisco, Calif.) was named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete.
Three men and three women can qualify for the USA Team at the trials in Orlando and the nation’s best elite distance runners will all battle for those vital podium places.
To be nominated for the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and attain a cumulative grade point average of 3.40 or higher.
Haverford, who finished one place better than last season, collected 293 total points and had all runners place in the top-100, on a gorgeous November day.
A total of 10 teams in each gender (each regional champion) will automatically qualify for the NCAA National Championships on November 19 in Newville, Pa. at Big Spring High School.
Sappenfield is the first women’s cross country Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year in school history. The San Francisco, Calif. native finished first for the Fords in four of the five meets that she competed in during her first season on campus.
The Fords have captured three Conference titles in their history, with 1996 being their last. The last NCAA Championship appearance for the Scarlet and Black was 2017, where they finished 25th.
The Haverford College Women's Cross Country team rose to sixth in the latest release of the Division III Women's Cross Country Metro Region rankings, moving up four spots from last week.
The varsity squad returns to action next Friday, September 15 for the Main Line Invitational back on the Alumni Cross Country Course beginning at 4:45 p.m.
In preparation for the biennial induction ceremony, the athletic department is seeking nominations of former Haverford student-athletes and coaches for induction.
The men's team has qualified for its 29th consecutive championship, while Katie Hirsche will represent the women's side in Lansing, Michigan on Saturday.
The Fords were buoyed by a fifth-place finish from sophomore Katie Hirsche, who finished in 23:18, earning automatic qualification as an individual to the NCAA Championships next weekend.
This is the second consecutive season that Haverford has earned a first-team All-Conference nod as Izzy Miller finished second overall in the Centennial Conference Championships a season ago.