Season Notes: Junior Charlie Marquardt secured his third career All-America accolade as he finished second in the 1,500m event at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Seniors Joel Christian (10,000m) and David Roza (steeplechase) also qualified for the national meet … Marquardt was named US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Track Athlete of the Week (May 19) and Mideast Regional Track Athlete of the Year … Senior Gibby Graves was selected as the USTFCCCA Mideast Regional Field Athlete of the Year … Haverford had six members make the All-Centennial Conference team … Marquardt was picked as the Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer after becoming just the fifth runner in conference meet history to win both the 800m and 1,500m races … Graves nabbed the Centennial's Outstanding Field Performer for the second straight season on the heels of becoming the first person in the conference's history to sweep the jumps … Marquardt set a personal record with the eight fastest time in Division III history in the 1,500m (3:43.84) at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet (May 11) … The junior also posted the seventh quickest time in the nation in the 5,000m (14:21.63) at the Sam Howell Invitational (Apr. 3) … Christian ran to a top ten national time in the 10,000m (30:33.30) while Roza cruised to the sixth best time in the country in the steeplechase (9:05.60) at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 17) … Graves won eight individual titles during the spring season … Nick Gandolfo-Lucia won the 5,000m (15:26.39) event at the Widener Invitational (Apr. 17) … Michael Brier was a winner in the 1,500m (4:06.24) at the Muhlenberg Invitational (Apr. 4) … John Curry scored the Ford's first individual victory of the outdoor season with his 9:56.53 time in the steeplechase at the Danny Curran Invitational (Mar. 28)
NCAA Division III All-American
- Charlie Marquardt (second, 1500m)
NCAA Division III Qualifier
- David Roza (steeplechase)
- Joel Christian (10,000m)
Centennial Conference Champions
- Gibby Graves (High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump)
- Charlie Marquardt (800m, 1,500m)
- David Roza (Steeplechase, 5,000m)
Postseason Awards:
USTFCCCA Mideast Region Track Athlete of the Year: Charlie Marquardt
USTFCCCA Mideast Region Field Athlete of the Year: Gibby Graves
USTFCCCA Division III National Track Athlete of the Week: Charlie Marquardt (May 19)
Centennial Conference Outstanding Track Performer: Charlie Marquardt
Centennial Conference Outstanding Field Performer: Gibby Graves
All-Centennial Conference First Team: Graves (high jump, long jump and triple jump), Marquardt (800m, 1,500m), Roza (steeplechase, 5,000m)
All-Centennial Conference Second Team: Christian (10,000m)
All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention: Curry (steeplechase)
Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Chaz Schneider
Centennial Conference Track Athlete of the Week: Charlie Marquardt (Apr. 6, Apr. 20)
Centennial Conference Field Athlete of the Week: Gibby Graves (Apr. 20)
Ambler Scholar-Athlete: Zachary Gabor, David Marsico
A.W. "Pop" Haddleton Award: Zachary Gabor
Centennial Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll: Michael Brier, John Curry, Alex Frost, Sam Fujimori, Zachary Gabor, Nick Gandolfo-Lucia, Chris Gardner, Ryan Gooding, Jimmy Gorman, Charlie Hale, David Marsico, Robert Parry, Kyle Priver, Bill Ristow, David Roza, Julian Schneider, Alex Smith, Dylan Verner-Crist
Looking Ahead: Marquardt will return looking for another All-American title. Haverford finished second in the Centennial Conference Championships and has 15 top ten performers returning next season. With a strong core coming back along with several more from injury, the Fords will be in contention in 2016.