Academic Snapshot
Acceptance Rate
54%
Avg SAT
1,370
Avg ACT
29
Enrollment
1,876
Team Information
Sport
Swimming
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
Wooster, OH
Coaching Staff (2)
Rob Harrington
Head Coach
Harrington became head coach in August of 2003, the Fighting Scots womens team placed seventh at the 2004 NCAA Div. III Championships, followed the next year by the programs third individual national championship Elizabeth Roesch in the 1650 freestyle. More recently, Wooster came in 18th-place at the 2012 NCAA meet and tied for 27th in 2013. In the North Coast Athletic Conference, widely regarded as the top swimming conference in Div. III, Woosters women have five third-place finishes during his tenure, while the mens team has come in fourth four times during that stretch. Also of note, Harrington has compiled career dual-meet records of 100-28 (women) and 71-56 (men). Wooster's women won their 100th dual meet under Harrington's tenure during a double-dual meet win against Albion College and Olivet College on Jan. 30, 2016. The only year since 1995 Harrington hasnt been part of the Wooster program was 2002-03, when he was the head coach at Wheaton (Mass.) College, also an NCAA Div. III school. At Wheaton, he led the Lyons to one of their most successful seasons in school history, as the women went 6-5, broke six team records, and finished in seventh-place at the New England Womens and Mens Athletic Conference Championships, while the mens squad established 14 school records and came in sixth at the NEWMAC meet its highest placement ever. When Harrington was an assistant coach at Wooster (1999-02), he helped the Scot women to a 21-2 dual-meet record and two top-10 showings at the NCAAs, while the men went 12-10 and finished as high as 11th at the national meet. As a student-athlete (1995-99), Harrington earned four varsity letters as a specialist in the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley, while completing work toward a bachelors degree in history. Originally from Washington, D.C., and a graduate of St. Andrews Episcopal School near Bethesda, Md., Harrington also serves as Woosters director of aquatics.
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Ellen Craddock
Coach
Craddock headed a successful program at Medina High School (just north of Wooster), highlighted by earning the 2008 Boys Swimming Coach-of-the-Year honor from the . She also helped coach and develop the Medina Recreation Swim Team (2004-07), and prior to her time there, was co-head coach at Tiffin Columbian High School (2002-04). Craddock went to Heidelberg University, graduating with a bachelors degree in education in 2004. She competed on the Bergs cross country and track & field teams, serving as a captain on the 2004 track team. In the pool, Craddock has been a YMCA national qualifier and USA Swimming sectional qualifier and placer.
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