Season Highlights: The Haverford College women's cross country team has built a reputation as a program which makes huge improvements throughout the year. This season was no different and no meet emphasized that fact more than when the Fords saw all seven of their NCAA Mideast Regional entrants run a personal best time during the regional championship. Those seven PRs helped the Fords earn a fourth-place finish as a team, coming up just on the wrong side of the bubble with sights towards another appearance at the NCAA Championship.
That strong regional showing came after a fourth-place finish in the Centennial Conference Championship. Throughout the regular season, the Fords won team titles at the Haverford Open, Paul Short Run, and Haverford Invitational.
Awards
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- USTFCCCA Scholar-Athletes: Amalia Axinn, Natalia Cordon, Hannah Doll, Sheena Dwyer-McNulty, Griffin Kaulbach, Izzy Miller, Angie Petrichenko
- All-Mideast Region: Griffin Kaulbach, Hannah Doll, Sheena Dwyer-McNulty
- Centennial Conference Runner of the Week: Griffin Kaulbach (9/10)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll: Zoe Arditi, Amalia Axinn, Marly Banatte, Annie Connolly-Sporing, Natalia Cordon, Hannah Doll, Maggie Doubman, Molly Hawkins, Jolie Jaycobs, Griffin Kaulbach, Izzy Miller, Angie Petrichenko, Mariana Ramirez, Sophie Schleifer, Hannah Yeakey
- Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Jolie Jaycobs
- Ambler Scholar-Athlete: Mariana Ramirez
Season Notes: In addition to the strong overall team finish at the NCAA Mideast Regional, Haverford had three individuals finish among the top 35 individuals and garner All-Mideast Region status … The Fords have garnered 100 all-region accolades in the program's storied cross country history with Griffin Kaulbach, Hannah Doll, and Sheena Dwyer-McNulty all earning that distinction this season … Haverford has now had multiple all-region honorees in every season this Century … Kaulbach's 14th-place finish at the regional championship was just one spot away from earning her a qualification spot to the NCAA Division III Championship as an individual … The Fords had 15 student-athletes named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll this fall, the second most of any team in the Centennial Conference.
Looking ahead: All seven runners who turned in personal best times at the regional championship will return next fall even hungrier to return the program back to the national stage. Hannah Doll is a two-time NCAA qualifier in cross country entering her senior season while Griffin Kaulbach while be motivated to make her first trip to the national championships during her senior campaign. Amalia Axinn and Angie Petrichenko also competed at regionals and want to help the team get back to nationals in their senior seasons. Izzy Miller, the team's top finish at the conference championship, and Natalia Cordon both had strong sophomore seasons while Sheena Dwyer-McNulty and Cate Tomson burst onto the scene during their first fall with the Fords. However, before looking ahead to the fall of 2020, the Fords are also aiming high during the upcoming indoor and outdoor track & field seasons which will run through the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year.