2010 seven sisters CROSS COUNTRY championship Hosted by Vassar College October 1 6 • 11:00 a.m. • Poughkeepsie, NY
Bryn Mawr • Mount Holyoke • Smith Swarthmore • Vassar • Wellesley Year Champion/Runner-Up 1982 Barnard (24) / Smith (55) 1983 Smith (33) / Columbia (34) 1984 Smith (32) / Columbia (51) 1985 Smith (31) / Wellesley (38) 1986 Smith (37) / Wellesley (51) 1987 Smith (25) / Wellesley (44) 1988 Smith (33) / Columbia (72) 1989 Swarthmore (42) / Smith (55) 1990 Smith (39) / Columbia, Swarthmore (62) 1991 Columbia (38) / Smith (39) HISTORY OF SEVEN SISTERS 1992 Mount Holyoke (60) / Swarthmore (66) 1993 Haverford (29) / Columbia (53) In November 1980, Barnard hosted Bryn Mawr, New Rochelle and Vassar in a 1994 Columbia (35) / Wellesley (41) four team basketball tournament, won by New Rochelle. Following the tour- 1995 Haverford (29) / Swarthmore (56) nament, the original Seven Sisters institutions - Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount 1996 Wellesley (48) / Haverford (70) Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley - joined to conduct champi- 1997 Wellesley (51) / Smith (60) onships in common sports. Radcliffe (now Harvard in the athletic arena) was 1998 Wellesley (39) / Bryn Mawr (72) invited but opted not to join, and Barnard (now competing as Columbia) was 1999 Mount Holyoke (51) / Wellesley (54) unable participate in all championships. 2000 Haverford (38) / Wellesley (45) 2001 Haverford (33) / Swarthmore (71) Without Radcliffe and Barnard, only five of the original Seven Sisters remained. 2002 Wellesley (42) / Haverford (61) Haverford and Swarthmore were invited to join the championships as cousins, 2003 Wellesley (30) / Smith (66) and depending on the tournament, several other schools have been invited to 2004 Wellesley (49) / Smith (68) 2005 Wellesley (35) / Smith (74) compete, including: Agnes Scott, Haverford, Swarthmore, Simmons and Elms. 2006 Haverford (38) / Swarthmore (74) Seven Sisters Tournaments are currently held in basketball, crew, cross country, 2007 Mount Holyoke (52) / Wellesley (59) field hockey, lacrosse, squash, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball. 2008 Swarthmore (35) / Smith (65) 2009 Wellesley (33) / Vassar (54))
Year Champion, Institution (Time) 1982 Ylonka Wills, Barnard (18:45) 1983 Ylonka Wills, Barnard (16:53) 1984 Kirsten Kannengeiser, Smith (18:56) 1985 Kirsten Kannengeiser, Smith (17:40) 1986 Gwyn Hardesty, Smith (18:48) 1987 Meg White, Smith (18:40) 1988 Meg White, Smith (18:05) 1989 Devon Martin, Columbia (18:22) 1990 Gwen Young, Smith (18:24) 1991 Susanna Kohn, Columbia (18:36) 1992 Jen Maranzano, Haverford (17:42) 1993 Jen Maranzano, Haverford (18:01) 1994 Jessica King, Wellesley (19:13.3) 1995 Meredith Unger, Vassar (19:04) 1996 Clodagh Rafferty, Smith (18:50) 1997 Pam Maryanski, Vassar (19:03) 1998 Clodagh Rafferty, Vassar (19:24) 1999 Jokotade Agunloye, Swarthmore (19:26) 2000 Jokotade Agunloye, Swarthmore (18:09) 2001 Sara Lewicke, Smith (18:30) 2002 Maria-Elena Young, Swarthmore (19:23) 2003 Sara Lewicke, Smith (18:27) 2004 Sarah Hobbs, Swarthmore (18:02) 2005 Nora Youngs, Smith (19:34.4) 2006 Clare Egan, Wellesley (17:54) 2007 Anna Cressotti, Smith (18:47) 2008 Nora Youngs, Smith (19:19) 2009 Johanna Spangler, Vassar (18:44)
2009 Champion: Vassar’s Johanna Spangler (18:44) Bryn mawr college owls
Player Yr Ht Hometown/High School Emily Bell So. 5-6 So. Cambridge, IA / Nevada Leah Boylan Sr. 5-10 Holliston, MA / Holliston Lily Cole-Chu Jr. 5-6 Salem , CT / East Lyme Jennifer Danielsson Sr. 5-6 Westfield, NJ / Westfield Liz Frontino Fr. 5-2 Brookville, PA / Brookville Area Alexandra Funk Sr. 5-5 Southampton, PA / William Tennent Aigne Goldsby Sr. 5-2 Reading, PA / Reading Kelsey Grimes Jr. 5-4 Roanoke, VA / Virginia Tech Margaux Kearney Sr. 5-8 Dallas, TX / Ursuline Acad. of Dallas Cassie Kosarek Jr. 6-0 Kinnelon, NJ / DePaul Catholic Kristina Kronauer So. 5-0 Harvard, MA / Bromfield Grace Krusell Fr. 5-5 Newington, CT / Newington Sarah Macholdt Fr. 5-3 Hopewell, NJ / Hopewell Valley Central Anna Melker Jr. 5-3 Princeton, NJ / Princeton Emily Scioscia So. 5-4 Watertown, MA / Noble & Greenough School Victoria Travis Fr. 5-8 Hatboro, PA / Upper Moreland
Head Coach: Jason Hewitt (First Season) Assistant Coach: Kathleen Roach
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE LYONS Player Yr Ht Hometown/High School Emma Angus Sr 5-8 Canton, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams Hannah DiCocco Sr 5-4 Broomall, Pa./Marple Newtown Rebecca Engell Sr 5-5 Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow Emily Follo Jr 5-4 Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth Lucia Garcia Fy 5-4 Bakersfield, Calif./East Bakersfield Dianne Laguerta So 5-0 Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Preparatory Elizabeth MacLauchlan So 5-10 Somers, Conn./Somers Casey McClellan Fy 5-8 Concord, Mass./Concord Carlisle Julia Merton So 5-3 East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow Margaret Norton Fy 5-1 Poland, Maine/Poland Regional Meghan O’Grady So 5-4 Williamstown, Mass./Mount Greylock Regional Allegra Pellerano So 5-5 Surry, Maine/Surry Katherine Schlusser Fy 5-2 Carlisle, Pa./Trinity
Head Coach: Beth Somerset (First season) Assistant Coach: Darla Aron Captains: Rebecca Engell, Stephanie Sluyter
SMITH COLLEGE PIONEERS
Player Yr Ht Hometown/High School Kelly Beauvais So. 5-4 W. Springfield, Mass./W. Springfield Samantha Cunningham Fr. 5-3 Afton, Va./Nelson County Kylee Drugan-Eppich Fr. 5-3 Madbury, N.H./Oyster River Victoria Dunch Fr. 5-1 Amherst, Mass./Amherst Raquel Lemire-Da Silva Pinto So. 5-2 Austin, Texas/Westwood Abigail Mosca Fr. 5-0 Manchester, N.H./Central Hanna Negusie Jr. 5-6 Amherst, Mass./Amherst Katie Paulson-Smith Fr. 5-3 Apple Valley, Minn./Environmental Studies Elizabeth Rosenfield Jr. 5-9 Wayland, Mass./Noble & Greenough Stephanie Strenta Sr. 5-7 Hanover, N.H./Hanover Micaela Young Fr. 5-0 Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties Emma Yourd Jr. 5-7 Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon
Interim Head Coach: Ben Raphelson swarthmore college garnet
Player Yr Hometown/High School Stephanie Beebe Jr. Whitehouse Station, N.J. - Hunterdon Central Chelsea Brett Sr. Mechanicsburg, Pa. - Trinity Sarah Diamond So. Miami, Fla. - Milton Academy Mairin Din Jr. Irvington, N.Y. - Irvington Amand Jr. Seattle, Wash. - University Preparatory Academy Ali Farnos-Wilker Sr. Wilmington, Del. - Brandywine Melissa Frick Jr. Swarthmore, Pa. - Strath Haven Katie Gonzalez Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. - University High School Rebecca Hammond So. Winters, Calif. - Davis Jen Johnson So. Cowallis, Ore. - Cowallis Margret Lenfest Jr. Birchrunville, Pa. - The Shipley School Lizah Masis Jr. Kitale, Kenya - Moi Girls High School Julia Melin So. Abington, Pa. - Abington Isabel Newlin So. Oberlin, Ohio - Phillips Exeter Academy Becky Painter So. Wallingford, Pa. - Strath Haven Hannah Rose Jr. Croton-Hudson, N.Y. - Croton-Harmon Caitlin Russell Sr. Mountain View, Calif. - Los Altos Emma Saarel Fr. Salt Lake City, Utah - West Ximena Violante Fr. Collegeville, Pa. - Perklomen Valley Rebecca Woo Sr. Davis, Calif. - Davis
Head Coach: Peter Carroll (11th season) Assistant Coach: John Noon, Tom Reynolds
VASSAR college bREWERS
Player Yr Hometown/High School Zoe Carpenter Sr. Portland, OR Catlin-Gabel April Cha Jr. Fresh Meadows, NY Frances Lewis Samantha Creath Jr. Corte Madera, CA Redwood Emily Crnic So. New Fairfield, CT New Fairfield Brittany Davis Jr. Exeter, RI Exter-West Greenwich Elizabeth Forbes Jr. Boxford, MA Masconomet Regional Emily Garber Fr. Ridgewood, NJ Ridgewood Kelly Holmes So. Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield Gillian Jaffee Fr. Columbus, OH Upper Arlington Elizabeth Jones Sr. Redondo Beach, CA South Erin Lefkowitz Jr. Clifton Park, NY Shenendehowa Stephanie Malek So. Belmont, MA Concord Academy Tiffany Marchell Jr. Torrington, CT Torrington Melissa McClung Jr. Pelham, MA Amherst Regional Kristine Olson So. Wilsonville, OR Wilsonville Aubree Piepmeier Fr. Franklin, MA Franklin Arial Shogren So. Waunakee, WI Edgewood Johanna Spangler Jr. Gettysburg, PA Gettysburg Area Emily Sufrin So. Los Angeles, CA Marlborough School Rebecca Valencia Sr. Tempe, AZ Marcos de Niza Chloe Williams Jr. Saratoga, NY Saratoga Hannah Ziobrowski Jr. Sudbury, MA Lincoln-Sudbury
Head Coach: James McCowan Head Coach Associate Head Coach: Ron Stonitsch | Assistant Coach: Meghan Young wellesley college blue Player Yr Hometown/High School Camille Basurto Fy. Wilton, Conn./Wilton Randelle Boots Fy. Seekonk, Mass./Providence Country Day Leah Clement So. East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme KC Clements Sr. Cobleskill, N.Y./Cobleskill-Richmondville Claire Cummings Fy. Norway, Maine/Hebron Academy Clare Egan Sr. Stuart, Fla./Cape Elizabeth Libby Freeman So. Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont Katie Gosling Sr. Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto Andrea Gumushian So. Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Cranbrook Kingswood Evelyn Haro Fy. Sylmar, Calif./Sylmar Perry Hodgkins Jr. New Providence, N.J./The Lawrenceville School Mia Howard So. Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson Elizabeth Hubertz Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind./North Side Alexa Jackson Fy. Bronxville, N.Y./Bronxville Mina Juhn Fy. Princeton, N.J./Princeton Cristina Lucas Fy. Glendale, Calif./Sherman Oaks Notre Dame Ashley Muller Sr. Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South Sara Putterman Fy. Bethesda, Md./Holton-Arms Sarah Rabourn Fy. Villa Hills, K.Y./Seven Hills Ada Smith Fy. Stoughton, Wis./Stoughton Cailey Stevens So. Kodiak, Ark./Wareham (Mass.) Eliza Tibbits Jr. Old Town, Maine/Old Town Emily Tramont Jr. Coral Gables, Fla./Gulliver Prep Maura Tucker Sr. Albany, N.Y./Shaker Amy Wolkin So Atlanta, Ga./North Springs Head Coach: John Babington (23rd season) Assistant Coaches: Susan Hughes Captains: Karyn Clements, Maura Tucker M M M i i i l l l e e e
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Smith Vassar Mount Holyoke
Since its founding in 1871, Founded in 1861, Vassar L o c a t e d i n S o u t h Smith College has provided College is a highly selective, Hadley, Massachusetts, women of high ability and residential, coeducational Mount Holyoke College promise an education of liberal arts college. is a highly selective, uncompromising quality. A Consistently ranked among n o n d e n o m i n a t i o n a l , world-class faculty of scholars the top liberal arts colleges residential liberal arts are fully engaged with their students’ in the country, Vassar is renowned for college for women. Mount Holyoke is intellectual development, and an open pioneering achievements in education, for its renowned for educating women leaders, from curriculum encourages each student to long history of curricular innovation, and for medical pioneers to Pulitzer Prize-winning explore many fields of knowledge. Mentors for the beauty of its campus. Vassar is located playwrights. Mount Holyoke offers 49 scholarship, leadership and service, across all in the scenic Hudson Valley, 75 miles north departmental and interdepartmental majors. spectrums of endeavor, allow Smith students of New York City, in Poughkeepsie. It is in The College’s 2,100 students hail from 48 to observe different models of achievement, a residential area three miles from the city states and nearly 70 countries. then set their own course with conviction. center. Founded: 1837 Founded: 1887 Founded: 1861 Enrollment: 2,100 Enrollment: 1,200 Enrollment: 2,400 Athletic Director: Laurie Priest Athletic Director: Lynn Oberbillig Athletics Director: Dr. Sharon Beverly Nickname: Lyons Nickname: Pioneers Nickname: Brewers Colors: Blue, White Colors: Blue, Gold Colors: Burgundy, Grey
Wellesley Bryn Mawr Swarthmore We l l e s l e y C o l l e g e Bryn Mawr College was S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e , was founded in 1870 founded in 1885 to give one of the nation’s finest with the mission of women access to educational institutions of higher providing an excellent opportunities that had long learning, is a college like no liberal arts education been denied them — including other. Private, yet open to all for women who will the first Ph.D. programs at a regardless of financial need. make a difference in the world. Wellesley’s women’s college. The College is located in American, yet decidedly global in outlook commitment to intellectual scholarship, the village of Bryn Mawr, about nine miles and diversity, drawing students from around research, and innovative teaching provides an west of Philadelphia. Its 135-acre campus the world and all 50 states. Small, yet with environment in which women can achieve and is widely recognized as one of the most the financial strength to offer students and excel to meet their personal goals. Located beautiful college campuses in the country. faculty generous resources to push their own 12 miles west of Boston in the town of and the world’s understanding of disciplines. Wellesley, the College occupies over 450 Founded: 1885 Located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia, rolling acres of cultivated and natural areas Enrollment: 1,250 Swarthmore’s idyllic, 399-acre campus is a that are adjacent to Lake Waban. Athletic Director: Kathy Tierney designated arboretum. Nickname: Owls Founded: 1870 Colors: Yellow, White Founded: 1864 Enrollment: 2,318 Enrollment: 1,490 Athletic Director: Bridget Belgiovine Athletic Director: Adam Hertz Nickname: Blue Nickname: Garnet Colors: Blue, White Colors: Red, White