NEW ORLEANS – Swarthmore College cross country head coach
Peter Carroll was celebrated for an outstanding season, being chosen the USTFCCCA Metro Region Coach of the Year for women's cross country, announced Tuesday night by the organization.
Carroll, in his 26th year as head coach at Swarthmore, led the Garnet to the team title at the Metro Region Championships with 71 points and later finished 32nd at NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Earlier in the season, Swarthmore finished third in the Centennial Conference Championships with 103 points.
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Carroll oversaw a historic season for the women's program, leading the Garnet to their first regional championship in program history and first-ever NCAA appearance as a team. Six women's runners finished in the top-35 to garner All-Region recognition, the most for the squad in the past 15 years.
Olivia Montini led the way with a 10th-place finish, followed by
Elizabeth Page,
Ania Wong,
Charlotte Martin,
Téa Malone-Bonacci, and
Aaliyah Anaskevich.
Rica Eleches-Lipsitz rounded out the squad's top-seven, finishing 49
th overall with a personal record of 23:34.7.
In addition to a historic women's season, Carroll also led the men's team to an excellent finish.
Cohen Manges secured a spot in the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish at the Metro Regionals. The junior matched his best regional finish, while securing all-region status and an NCAA Championship invite for the third-straight season. The men's team placed second overall at the regional meet with six all-region finishers, and finished third in a talented Centennial Conference.
