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Six Diplomats Named to the CC Sportsmanship Team
Six Franklin & Marshall athletes have been named to the All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team. The Centennial Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) established the All-Sports...
22 Diplomats Earn CC Academic Honor Roll
Franklin & Marshall placed 22 student-athletes on the Centennial Conference (CC) Academic Honor Roll Wednesday. To be nominated for the Academic Honor Roll, a student must meet the following...
Nine Diplomats Reach Final Round
Franklin & Marshall put itself in a great position to catch Gettysburg in the team standings by advancing nine swimmers from Sunday’s preliminaries to the finals. Five swimmers made the...
Diplomats Take Second
Franklin & Marshall finished second to Gettysburg for the second year in a row at the Centennial Conference Championships. The host Bullets scored 635.5 points to win, while the Diplomats scored a...
Diplomats Fall to Second
Franklin & Marshall added a pair of bronze medals and fell to second place after Saturday’s competitions at the Centennial Conference Championship. The Diplomats (406) trail Gettysburg...
Eight Advance to Finals From Session Two
Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming team placed 15 swimmers from this mornings preliminaries to the finals. Eight swimmers made the championship round, while seven reached the consolation...
Diplomats Lead After First Day
Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming team is sitting on top after the first day of the Centennial Conference championship. The Diplomats picked up a gold and silver medal, and placed well in...
Six Advance To Finals From Session One
Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming team began its quest to regain the Centennial Conference (CC) championship on Friday afternoon at Gettysburg. In Friday’s session one, the...
Bullets Down Diplomats
Katherine Grant secured two top place finishes as Franklin & Marshall suffered its first Centennial Conference (CC) loss, falling to Gettysburg 121-84, in women’s swimming action on...
F&M Handles Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall secured top placings in eight of 11 events to take down Dickinson, 129-76, in Centennial Conference (CC) women's swimming action on Saturday. The Diplomats move to 6-2, 6-0 CC...
Grant Breaks Two School Records; Diplomats Defeat Bears
Katherine Grant set new school records in the 1000 and 1650 freestyles as the Franklin & Marshall women's swimming team defeated Ursinus, 121-84, in Centennial Conference action on Saturday...
Diplomats Remain Perfect in Conference
Franklin & Marshall remained perfect in Centennial Conference (CC) action dominating McDaniel 55-30 with the final two events going to exhibition, in women’s swimming action. The Diplomats...
F&M Third at Invitational
Katherine Grant won the 1650 freestyle with an NCAA B Cut time to help the Franklin & Marshall women's swimming team to a third-place finish in a field of 10 teams at the F&M Invitational...
F&M Third Heading Into Sunday
Franklin & Marshall is in third place following session two of the F&M Invitational on Saturday evening at McGinness Pool. The Diplomats have a total of 367.5 and trail only California (Pa.)...
Diplomats Second Through Session One
Franklin & Marshall sits in second place with 189.5 points through Saturday morning's first session of the F&M Invitational in women's swimming action at McGinness Pool. The Diplomats are...
Diplomats Win Second Straight
Franklin & Marshall took the top spot in nine events en route to a 130-69 Centennial Conference (CC) win over Washington College Saturday. The win improved the Diplomats to 2-0 CC, 3-2 overall.
Diplomats Swim Past Swarthmore
Franklin & Marshall took down visiting Swarthmore, 152-110, in Centennial Conference (CC) women's swimming action on Saturday afternoon at the Kunkel Aquatic Center. The Diplomats improve to 2-2...
Diplomats Fall To TCNJ
Franklin & Marshall dropped a 169-93 decision to the College of New Jersey in a non-conference dual meet Sunday. The Diplomats fell to 1-2 on the season.
Diplomats Earn First Win
Franklin & Marshall won the first eight events before flipping into exhibition mode, as the Diplomats defeated Bryn Mawr 120-70 to earn its first win of the season on Saturday.
Diplomats Fall to Blue Jays
Johns Hopkins won 11 of 14 events on Saturday, as the Blue Jays defeated the Diplomats 170-87 in the season opener for both teams at McGinness Pool.
Weather Forces Several Saturday Time Changes
With the threat of an early winter storm headed towards Lancaster on Saturday, the start times to several Franklin & Marshall athletic contests have been moved up. Forecasts are calling for up to...
Women’s Swimming Season Preview
Last season, the Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming team looked to defend their 2010 Centennial Conference (CC) title. Unfortunately, the Diplomats finished second to Gettysburg in the...
Delia Named Swimming Coach
Patricia S.W. Epps, Director of Athletics and Recreation, announced Ben Delia as head men’s and women’s swimming coach at Franklin & Marshall College. A 2005 graduate of Hamilton...
Coaching Legend George McGinness Passes Away
Franklin & Marshall coaching legend, George McGinness, passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon at the age of 96.
22 Diplomats Earn CC Academic Honor Roll
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall placed 22 student-athletes on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll Wednesday. To be nominated for the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, a...
Four Diplomats Named to CC Sportsmanship Team
Four Franklin & Marshall athletes have been named to the All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team. The Centennial Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) established the All-Sport...
Diplomats Earn CC Silver
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall's bid for a repeat championship was halted by Gettyburg Sunday at the Centennial Conference Championship. The host Bullets scored 724.5 points to win the...
12 Diplomats Reach Final Round
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall put itself in a great position to catch Gettysburg by advancing 12 swimmers from Sunday's preliminaries to the finals. Seven swimmers made the championship...
Diplomats Stay In Second
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall added a pair of bronze medals, and received solid finishes in all events, to remain in second place after Saturday's competitions at the Centennial Conferenc...
Diplomats In A Close Second
GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall women's swimming team is just 12 points off the team lead after the first day of the Centennial Conference championship. The Diplomats picked up two bronze...
Title Defense Starts Off Strong
Franklin & Marshall's women's swim team began defense of its Centennial Conference championship Friday afternoon at Gettysburg. In Friday's Session One, the Diplomats advanced six swimmers in...
Diplomats To Defend CC Crowns
Franklin & Marshall's swimming teams will travel to Gettysburg this weekend for the 2011 Centennial Conference championships. The men's team, winners of the past six-straight CC titles, will...
Diplomats Wrap Up Unbeaten CC Season
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall edged Gettysburg 108-97 in a battle of unbeaten Centennial Conference teams Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats finished the regular season with a 7-0 CC mark,...
Diplomats Stay Unbeaten in CC
CARLISLE, Pa. -- Franklin & Marshall won seven events to defeat Dickinson 122-83 Saturday in a Centennial Conference (CC) meet. The Diplomats stay unbeaten in the CC at 5-0 and 6-4 overall....
Diplomats Win Second Straight
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.-- Franklin & Marshall won seven events to beat Ursinus 129-74 in a Centennial Conference meet Saturday. Olivia Hill and Rebecca Daen each one an individual event, and were...
F&M Strokes Past Green Terror
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Krista Hollingsworth won two individual events, and was a part of a winning relay team, to pace Franklin & Marshall to a 108-62 win over McDaniel in a Centennial Conference meet...
Diplomats Take Second at Invitational
LANCASTER, Pa – Franklin & Marshall women’s swim team finished second in the F&M Invitational Sunday afternoon. The Diplomats posted 571 points while Kutztown ran away with the...
Hill Paces Swimmers to Second After Day One
LANCASTER, Pa -- Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team is in second place at the conclusion of Day One of the F&M Invite Saturday. The Diplomats (366) trail Kutztown (468) by 112...
2010 Franklin & Marshall Invitational
Franklin & Marshall will host nine men's teams and 10 women's teams at this weekend's F&M Invitational. Meet information and results are available here.
Diplomats Down Rochester, Fall to CMU and W&L
Franklin & Marshall defeated Rochester, but fell to Carnegie Mellon and Washington & Lee in a quad meet at McGinnis Pool on Saturday. F&M downed Rochester 148-114. CMU handed F&M a...
Team Effort Propels Diplomats
Franklin & Marshall won just four of 11 events but it was enough for a 116-88 win over Washington College in a Centennial Conference women’s event Friday.
Lions Stop Diplomats
The College of New Jersey won 12 events en route to a 161-99 win over Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swimming team. The Diplomats fell to 2-2 while the Lions improved to 4-0.
Women Win Ninth in a Row
Franklin & Marshall’s women picked up their ninth Centennial Conference (CC) win in as many tries with a 127-78 win at Swarthmore on Saturday. Rebecca Daen, Olivia Hill, and Krista...
Women Open Centennial Slate With Win
Franklin & Marshall’s women took first and second place in seven of the first nine races to cruise to a 127-72 Centennial Conference (CC) swimming win at Bryn Mawr on Friday. The win was...
Women Fall in Season Opener
Johns Hopkins won nine of the first 10 races before flipping into exhibition mode, handing Franklin & Marshall a 144-107 setback in women’s swimming on Saturday. The meet was the season...
Diplomats Set to Start Title Defenses
The Diplomats will take their first competitive dip in the pool Saturday at Johns Hopkins. As Franklin & Marshall gets set for the start of their Centennial Conference title defenses, GoDiplomats....
Diplomat Swimmer Tapped for Rutgers Post
Phil Spiniello, a 2003 graduate of Franklin & Marshall and two-time swimming captain, was named the Rutgers University Head Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach on Wednesday. The former Diplomat...
Seven Selected for Hall of Fame
Seven Diplomats have been selected for induction into Franklin & Marshall College’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Penny Blakeman ’86, John Hargreaves ’74, Alex Kraft ’02, Justin...
Kelly Landman Honored with McPherson Award for Excellence
Third-year assistant swim coach, Kelly Landman, recently received the prestigious 2010 McPherson Award for Excellence as a Bryn Mawr College PhD graduate student. Recipients are recognized for...
Twenty-One Diplomats Named to Academic Honor Roll
Twenty-one Diplomats have been named to the 2009-10 Centennial Conference (CC) Winter Academic Honor Roll. To be nominated for the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must participate in at least...
Four Diplomats Named to CC Sportsmanship Team
Four Franklin & Marshall athletes have been named to the All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team. Each Centennial Conference member institution was permitted to nominate one student from each...
Double Dipin'
Pictures for the 2010 Centennial Conference Swim Championships. Photos were taken by David Sinclair.
Diplomats Capture 2010 Title
Franklin & Marshall’s women entered the third and final night of the 2010 Centennial Conference Championships with an 11-point lead on Gettysburg, by night’s end, the lead was quadrupled...
F&M's Women Positioned to Move on Gettysburg
A strong Saturday morning has positioned Franklin & Marshall’s swimmers to move up in the standings on Saturday. The Diplomats placed 12 swimmers in the second championship final session of...
Women Takeover First
Despite a second disqualification, the Franklin & Marshall women have seized the lead two-thirds of the way through the 2010 Centennial Conference (CC) Swimming Championships. The Diplomats have...
F&M Women Start Strong
Franklin & Marshall is poised to make early noise at the 2010 Centennial Conference (CC) Championships. At the end of Friday’s preliminary heats, the Diplomats’ women have six women...
Resilient Diplomats Third on Day One
Despite an early setback, Franklin & Marshall’s women are in third place after day one of the 2010 Centennial Conference (CC) championships. The Diplomats team was disqualified in the...
Follow the Centennial Championships
Franklin & Marshall College will host this weekend’s Centennial Conference Swimming Championships in McGinness Pool at the Kunkel Aquatic Center. If you cannot be in Lancaster, GoDiplomats.co...
Diplomats Dodge Bullets
Franklin & Marshall won six of the first eight races, but it was a win in the final race that halted Gettysburg’s Centennial Conference (CC) dual meet winning streak at 20. The Diplomats...
Diplomats Bedevil Dickinson
Olivia Hill’s early swims helped Franklin & Marshall to an unassailable lead as the Diplomats (6-2, 6-0 CC) played poor hosts to Dickinson. Hill won the first two individual races of the...
Young Diplomats Tame Bears
Sophomore Olivia Hill and first-year Krista Hollingsworth were doubles winners as Franklin & Marshall handed Ursinus a 125-71 setback in Centennial Conference (CC) women’s swimming on...
Diplomats Triumphant Over Terror
Having posted the top time in eight of 10 races, Franklin & Marshall’s women remained perfect in the pool against Centennial Conference (CC) competition this season. The Diplomats (4-2, 4-0)...
Women Climb to Fifth at F&M Invite
Both Franklin & Marshall men’s and women’s swim teams showed solid on Sunday for the third and final session of the 14th annual F&M Invitational. The men held onto the second place...
2009 Franklin & Marshall Invitational
Franklin & Marshall will host eight teams at this weekend's F&M Invitational. Meet information and results are available here.
Diplomats Fourth Through Session One
Six meet records fell during the first ten events of the 2009 Franklin & Marshall Invitational. One record was topped by the Diplomats’ Tom Grabiak to help F&M to second place amongst the...
Women Drop to Sixth
With two-thirds of the sessions on the books, Franklin & Marshall’s men remain in second place at the 2009 F&M Swimming Invitational, however, The College of New Jersey increased its lead...
Four is a Charm
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team won just four events but it was enough for a 108-97 win over Washington College on Saturday to remain unbeaten in the Centennial Conference.
Still Unbeaten in C.C.
Franklin women’s swimming team remained unbeaten in the Centennial Conference (CC) with a 122-88 win over Swarthmore Saturday.
The Diplomats (2-0 CC, 2-2 overall) won eight of 11 events.
Lions Topple Diplomats
The College of New Jersey’s women won nine of 11 races Friday night, handing Franklin & Marshall’s swimmers a 133.5-71.5 setback. Olivia Hill and Ana Franzluebbers accounted for the...
Diplomats Have a Hoot in Centennial Opener
Franklin & Marshall’s women won eight of the 11 races swam during a 140-64 defeat of Bryn Mawr. The Diplomats draw even on the season at 1-1 and open the conference season 1-0. The Owls...
Women’s Swimmers Strong in Season Opener
Franklin & Marshall’s women did not win the swimming season opener, but offered a strong showing in a 148-114 loss to Johns Hopkins. The Diplomats (0-1) won half of the day’s 14 events,...
Swimming Starts 2009-10 Season
The Franklin & Marshall swimming teams are set to kick off their 2009-10 campaign tomorrow with a meet against Johns Hopkins at McGinnis Pool. The meet will feature both the men and women’s...
Godfrey Tapped for Swimming Assistant
Franklin & Marshall College Swim Coach, Bob Rueppel, announced Patrick Godfrey ’06 as the assistant coach for the men’s and women’s teams.
F&M Announces 2009 Athletics Hall of Fame Class
Franklin & Marshall’s Department of Athletics and Recreation announced its 2009 Hall of Fame Class on Thursday. The class includes seven inductees: Liz Mackey, Carmen Trombini Glenn, Todd...
Who will be 100?
Brittany McCabe and Tom Grabiak have had no shortage of successes in the pool. One of them is poised to become the answer to a Franklin & Marshall swimming trivia question.
Bullets in Diplomats Crosshairs
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s team entered Sunday trailing Gettysburg by 33.5 points. The Diplomats will throw 13 swimmers at the problem with nine swimmers in the championship finals...
Bullets Shoot Down F&M’s Title Hopes
Gettysburg entered Sunday’s portion of the Centennial Conference Championships with a 33.5 point lead on Franklin & Marshall. The Bullets managed to fend off the upstart Diplomats to capture...
Women Move Seven Into Championship Finals
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team propelled seven swimmers into tonight’s championship finals at McGinness Pool. 12 swimmers will appear in the consolation finals.
McCabe Posts NCAA Automatic Qualifier
Brittany McCabe completed a four-year run on the Centennial Conference’s 100-yard backstroke championship in style, posting an NCAA Division III National Championship automatic qualifying mark of...
Bullets Dodge Diplomats on Day One
Gettysburg holds a 4.5-point lead on Franklin & Marshall with one day on the books at the Centennial Conference Championships. The difference came in the night’s two relays.
Women's Swimmers Start Strong
Franklin & Marshall landed seven swimmers in the three individual finals that will be contested Friday evening at the Centennial Conference Championships.
Gettysburg Edges Women’s Swimming
Gettysburg’s women’s swim team handed Franklin & Marshall its first setback inside of Centennial Conference (CC) action on Saturday. After falling behind early, the Bullets (8-2, 7-0 CC)...
Women Hand Dickinson First Setback
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team handed Dickinson its first loss of the season during Centennial Conference (CC) competition on Saturday. The Diplomats (7-4, 6-0 CC) remain...
Women’s Swimming Stays Perfect in CC
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team remained perfect in Centennial Conference (CC) competition this season with a 125-54 win over McDaniel Friday night. The Diplomats moved to 6-4...
Sweeney Sets Pool Record at Ursinus
Franklin & Marshall freshman Samantha Sweeney set a new pool record at Ursinus swimming to a 2:32.86 in the 200-yard breaststroke. Sweeney was swimming as an exhibition entry in the race as...
Women Take Second at F&M Invite
Franklin & Marshall’s women placed second at their own invitational, which wrapped up Sunday morning. The Diplomats fended off Rowan to hold onto second place. Kutztown’s women ran away...
McCabe Posts B-Cut Mark in 100-Back
Franklin & Marshall’s Brittany McCabe posted an NCAA B-Cut time of 59.30 in the 100-yard backstroke to highlight the Diplomats’ effort on the first day of its own invitational. It was...
2008 Franklin & Marshall Invitational
Franklin & Marshall will host eight teams at this weekend's F&M Invitational. Meet information and results are available here.
Diplomats Down Rochester; Fall to CMU and W&L
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swimming team bested the University of Rochester, but fell to Carnegie Mellon and Washington & Lee in a non-conference quadrangular Saturday afternoon....
Diplomats Grab First Eight in CC Win Over Washinton
Franklin & Marshall’s men won the first eight races of the night en route to a 117-75 win over Washington College in Centennial Conference (CC) competition Friday evening. The win runs...
McCabe and Hill Halt Shorewomen
Brittany McCabe won a pair of races and contributed a leg on the winning 400-medley relay team to lead Franklin & Marshall to a 114-74 win over Washington & Centennial Conference (CC) swimming...
Women's Swimming Swats Swarthmore
Franklin & Marshall swept the first nine events before going into exhibition-mode to pick up a 130-65 Centennial Conference win over Swarthmore on Saturday. The Diplomats (2-2, 2-0 CC) logged the...
TCNJ Edges Diplomats
The College of New Jersey and the Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming team exchanged wins in the first two events but the Lions went on to capture the next five enroute to a 121-81 victory...
Diplomats Capture First Centennial Dual
Jennie Payne, Laura Bassford, and Olivia Hill each had a hand in three wins as Franklin & Marshall cruised to a 108-50 win over Bryn Mawr in the Diplomats Centennial Conference (CC) opener....
Swimmers Open Season at Hopkins
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s swim team opened the season with a 141-115 loss at Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Brittany McCabe won a pair of races for the Diplomats (0-1), capturing the 50...
McCabe Places 20th in 200 Back
Franklin & Marshall junior Brittany McCabe wrapped up her third trip to the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving National Championships with a 20th place finish in the 200-yard backstroke...
McCabe Earns Fourth All-America Honor
Franklin & Marshall junior Brittany McCabe picked up her fourth career All-America honor, placing 13th in the 100-yard backstroke at the NCAA Division III National Championships. She logged a time...
McCabe Competes on Day One at NCAA Championships
Making her third appearance at the NCAA National Championships, Franklin & Marshall junior, Brittany McCabe, placed 38th in the 50-yard freestyle. The three-time All-America opted into the event....
McCabe Set for Third Trip to Nationals
Franklin & Marshall junior Brittany McCabe will look for her fourth All-America honor, competing this weekend at the NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The three-day...
McCabe Posts Second NCAA Qualifying Time
Brittany McCabe picked up her second gold medal and NCAA qualifying of the time of the 2008 Centennial Championships on Sunday, clocking a 2:08.07 in the 200-yard backstroke. She beat Swarthmore's...
McCabe Hits Qualifying Mark
Brittany McCabe became the first women's swimmer from Franklin & Marshall to collect 2008 gold at the Centennial Conference Championships. McCabe won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.29,...
Diplomats in Sixth After First Day
Gettysburg College's women's swim team opened up their Centennial Conference title defense on a solid note at F&M's Kunkel Aquatic Center Friday evening. The Bullets hold 71.5 points on the field,...
Women's Swimmers Fall at G'burg
Gettysburg's women's swim team mirrored the accomplishment of Franklin & Marshall's men, marching through the Centennial Conference portion of their slate without a blemish on their record. The...
Swimmers Collect CC Wins Over Dickinson
The women held a 62.5-47.5 lead after capturing the first four out of six events and earning three more victories down the stretch to edge the Red Devils, 112.5-90.5. Meghan Karanian was a double...
