Carleton Sports

Simone Childs-Walker placed sixth out of 40 racers, while teammate Alison Smyth finished 17th at the Iowa State Classic. Both Knights have already bested last year's regular-season best times. 

Four members of the Carleton College women’s cross country team earned spots on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national All-Academic squad. Junior Rachael Klehm was joined on the list by seniors Taylor ffitch, Alison Smyth, and Simone Childs-Walker.

The Carleton College women’s tennis team cruised to a 9-0 triumph over Hamline University in the MIAC opener for both programs. Sophomore Katherine Greenberg was one of five Knights to win at both singles and doubles.

Shane McSparron tallied a career-best 19 points and Scott Theisen contributed his third career double-dougle, yet the three-game winning streak for the Carleton College men’s basketball team was snapped with a 68-62 loss at Hamline University.

Akemi Arzouman narrowly missed a double-double, grabbing nine rebounds and tallying a game-high 20 points, but the Carleton College women’s basketball team struggled late and lost its final home contest of the season, 51-47 to Hamline University. The Knights led 38-32 with under eight minutes to go, but Hamline finished the contest on a 19-9 run.

Chris Frills established a new personal-best when he posted a 1-meter score of 179.90 during the Northfield Diving Invite.

Austen Chase won the 1-meter competition at the Northfield Diving Invite on Tuesday evening. She established a new personal best with a score of 217.85 on the lower board and finished second at the 3-meter height after tallying a score of 206.15.

Last Friday, Carleton College women’s track & field hosted its annual "Meet of the Hearts" and that seemed to be a fitting title, with senior distance runner Alison Smyth (Billings, Mont./West) showing plenty of heart in a standout performance. Smyth finished first in the women's mile with a time that helped her leap towards the top of the MIAC performance list and into the Top 25 nationally as well. For her performance, Smyth has been named the MIAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week.

The Carleton College women's swimming and diving team got to test the waters for the MIAC Championships over the weekend at a similarly big event in the same pool, and the results were extremely encouraging for both the Knights and junior swimmer Erin McDuffie. She emerged as one of the top Division III freestylers at the meet, setting season-best times in two events and recording the fastest time of all D-III entrants in both events as well. For her performances, McDuffie secured her first career MIAC Women's Swimmer-of-the-Week award.

The Carleton College men's swimming and diving team and sophomore Jesse Gourevitch both appear to be peaking at the right time. Over the weekend Gourevitch had one of his best collegiate performances at the Minnesota Challenge, setting a season-best time in the 100-yard breaststroke and a lifetime best in the 200-yard breaststroke. For his performances, Gourevitch has been named the MIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete-of-the-Week.

Sometimes Goliath manages to avoid the upset and does indeed beat David… Sunday was one of those days. Despite spirited play, the Carleton College men’s tennis team proved unable to slay the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, falling 7-0 to the Phoenix, a NCAA Division I program. The match concluded the Knights’ two-day trip into America’s Dairyland.

The Carleton College women’s swimming and diving team concluded competition at the two-day Minnesota Challenge meet held at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center. This competition concludes the regular season for the Knights and features NCAA Division I, II and III teams from across the Upper Midwest. This meet also provides those team members not on the MIAC Championship squad to taper and compete at one of the top facilities in the nation. The non-rested portion of the team participated in its final races before the upcoming conference championships.

The Carleton College men’s swimming and diving team took part in the Minnesota Challenge meet held at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center. This competition concludes the regular season for the Knights and features NCAA Division I, II and III teams from across the Upper Midwest. Alex Simonides was part of Carleton's taper group for this meet and dropped nearly 30 seconds in from his previous best in the 500-yard freestyle.

Austin Jiang may have notched another victory during doubles, but it was Mauricio Gonzalez who won the day’s final match 6-3, 6-2 to lift the Carleton College men’s tennis team to a 5-4 victory over host University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The Knights, ranked No. 10 in the central region, improve to 2-0 on the young season.

Another solid shooting performance by juniors Scott Theisen and Tom Sawatzke propelled the Carleton College men’s basketball team to its third consecutive victory, a 72-64 triumph over Concordia College. Theisen paced the Knights with 20 points—his fourth 20+point game this season—as he went 7-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. Sawatzke was 4-of-8 from downtown en route to an 18-point performance.

Akemi Arzouman led the Carleton College women’s basketball team in scoring with a game-high 23 points, but the Knights were unable to capitalize on their 46 percent (6-for-13) three-point rate as they lost to visiting Concordia College, 74-66. It was her fifth 20-plus point game of the season.

The Carleton College women’s track and field team hosted its lone indoor meet of 2012 on Friday night, welcoming competitors from the College of Saint Benedict and St. Olaf College. Alison Smyth prevailed in a spirited battle in the mile run, one of seven events that the Knights won.

The Carleton College women’s tennis team hosted St. Cloud State University, a regionally-ranked NCAA Division II program, for the indoor season opener for both schools. The Knights, who are not only regionally ranked themselves but also hold down the No. 21 spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national rankings, got the new year off to a solid start with a convincing 9-0 victory over the Huskies.

Carleton College two-sport star Jenny Ramey was one of this week's highlighted student-athletes in the MIAC Student-Athlete Spotlight. Check out what the Knights' point guard and infielder had to say during her time in the spotlight.