Team History
Women's cross country began at Haverford in the mid-1980's and has been a varsity sport for more than a decade. The team has grown to well over 30 members and has won three Centennial Conference championships since 1993.
Rachel Mosher '99 was the conference's Runner of the Year in 1998, and the team rebounded from a runner-up Centennial finish to qualify for its fourth NCAAs at regionals. A succession of top runners has brought individual conference titles home to Haverford eight times and led their squadmates to strong team finishes. Tamara Lave '90, Middle Atlantic Conference cross country champion in 1988 and '89 and an All-American in the 10,000 meters as a senior, became a deputy public defender in San Diego and wrote a "My Turn" column in Newsweek magazine. She was the top American finisher in the Suzuki Rock'n'Roll Marathon in May 1999 and 19th in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. In 2003, she was chosen to represent the United States in the marathon at the World Championships in Paris.
Four-time All-American Jen Maranzano '94, who won the MAC in 1991-92 and the Centennial in '93 and the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional as a junior and a senior, is a government lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Five-time All-American and 1995-96 CC Runner of the Year Meredith Unger '97 won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and currently is pursuing a doctorate in cell and molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania. Kristen Wilson '03, a first team academic all-district selection in 2003, was Centennial Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2001.
During Fran Rizzo's tenure, the Fords have qualified for the Division III cross country nationals nine times. Their best finish came in 1993, when the Fords finished 10th. In 2002, Jane Steinemann earned all-American honors by finishing 15th overall in the national meet and leading Haverford to a 12th-place finish in the country. In 2007, Annick Lamar became the sixth All-American in program history.