Swarthmore College Men's Track

Carroll , the 2014 Centennial Conference Indoor and Outdoor Womens Track & Field Coach of the Year, is entering his 18th season as the pilot of the Garnet cross country and track & field programs. After a two-year stint at Swarthmore in 1988 and 1989, followed by 11 years at Franklin & Marshall, Carroll returned to coach the Garnet in 2000. In his tenure at Swarthmore, Carroll has mentored 13 All-Americans, seven Centennial Conference Performers of the Year and 31 NCAA qualifiers. During the 2014-15 season, senior Saran Nielsen placed eighth in the indoor mile to earn All-American honors and Osazenoriuwa Ebose '15 became the first thrower in program history to receive All-America status with her seventh-place mark in the shot put. Ebose was the indoor and outdoor Centennial Conference Performer of the Year and set the conference mark in the shot put, breaking a 21-year old record. Junior Sid Kakkar also competed at the 2014 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in the fall. The 2013-14 season was one of the best in recent memory for the womens program. The Garnet women placed second at the Centennial Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, which was the program's highest finish since 1998, and third at the league's outdoor meet. Katie Jo McMenamin was named an All-American by placing seventh in the 1,500-meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships after qualifying for NCAAs in the mile indoors. In the fall, the cross country programs placed fourth at the Centennial Conference championship meet behind three nationally-ranked teams as well as sixth at the NCAA Mideast Regional. Mike McConville competed at the 2013 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.    During the 2012-13 campaign, Rebecca Hammond 13 was crowned an All-American at the 2013 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships after completing the 1,500-meter run in a school-record time of 4:28.09. In addition, Jacob Phillips 13 competed at the 2012 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Furthermore, Carrolls student-athletes have also been highly rewarded for their efforts in the classroom. Hammond was named the schools fourth Capital One Academic All-American under Carroll in 2013, while the programs have also combined to produce four Fulbright Scholars and a Rhodes Scholar in 2009. Prior to coming back for his second stint at Swarthmore, Carroll coached seven All-Americans and more than 20 athletes that broke a school record at Franklin & Marshall. His 1999 mens indoor track & field team won the Centennial Conference crown. As an undergraduate student, Carroll was a member of the Villanova track & field and cross country programs. He won Big East and IC4A championships as a member of the Wildcats 2-mile relay team and finished second in the Big East indoor 1,500-meters during his senior season. Carrolls personal-best time in the mile is 4:02.34. Carroll earned a bachelors degree in biology from Villanova in 1982 and a masters in secondary education from the institution in 1985. He also studied extensively in the physical education and sports medicine graduate program at Ithaca College.