Swarthmore College Bulletin (June 1998) - ITS

COLLECTIONELEFTHERIOS KOSTANSWired ... When senior Allison Marshsearched for a way to pique interest inscience among school children, shedecided to think small. Armed with a$1,000 grant from AT&T and the Instituteof Electronics and Electrical Engineers,Marsh wired her childhood dollhouse,modeling the National ElectricCode to scale (1 inch equals 1 foot).“I’ve made this as a teaching tool,”Marsh said, “to explain how a house iswired and show how switches interact.”The control panel is color coded,with large appliances, such as theoven or clothes dryer, getting their owncircuits. Using a computer simulation,she’s able to determine which branchoutlets draw the most—and theleast—in monthly consumption. A doublemajor in history and engineering,Marsh has won a Watson Fellowship,with which she hopes to combine bothmajors in producing an engineers’guide to Europe.ELEFTHERIOS KOSTANSWomen's track and field team capturesits first Centennial Conference outdoor titleCatherine Lainé ’98 led thewomen’s track and field team toits first-ever Centennial Conference(CC) outdoor crown by earningPerformer of the Meet honors. Lainéwon the 400-meter run, setting a new CCrecord of 58.36 seconds, and ran a legon the winning 4 x 100 relay squad withDanielle Duffy ’98, Desiree Peterkin ’00,and Wonda Joseph ’00. She also finishedsecond in the 400-meter hurdles, longjump, and triple jump. Peterkin was awinner in the long jump and the triplejump, setting conference records inboth events. Peterkin topped her ownmark in setting a school record in thetriple jump with a leap of 37'6.5", justedging Lainé by half an inch. Both athletesqualified for the NCAA Division IIIChampionships. Head coach Ted Dixonwas honored as the 1998 USTCAMideast Regional Women’s OutdoorCoach of the Year in guiding the Garnetto a 5-0 record and the CC Championship.At the NCAA Championships, bothPeterkin and Lainé earned All-Americanhonors.The men’s track and field team posteda season record of 4-1 and placedfourth at the conference championships.Steve Dawson ’00 led the Garnetwith a second-place finish in the highjump, a fourth-place finish in the longjump, and fifth place in triple jump.Mason Tootell ’99 placed third in the110-meter hurdles, fourth in the 400-meter hurdles, and fifth in the longjump. George Bealefeld ’99 placed fourthin the shot put, and Keith Gilmore ’01ran fourth in the 400-meter run.The women’s lacrosse team qualifiedfor the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championshipfor the second consecutive season.The Garnet lost a 12-11 overtime heartbreakerto Drew University in the firstround of the ECAC Championships tofinish the season at 10-7. The trio ofHolly Baker ’99, Betsy Rosenbaum ’98,and Alicia Googins ’00 led the squad onoffense, scoring goals in all 17 games.Baker led the Garnet with a career-best72 goals and 21 assists for 93 points toearn Second-Team All-American, First-Team All-Region, and First-Team All-Centennialhonors. Baker now ranks fourthon the Swarthmore career points list,with 155 goals and 57 assists. Rosenbaumscored a career-best 60 goals and18 assists for 78 points to finish 10th onthe Garnet all-time scoring list, with 94goals and 38 assists. Googins netted acareer-best 53 goals and 20 assists for73 points to earn Second-Team RegionalAll-American honors. Sarah Singleton ’99was named to the Second-Team All-Region and Second-Team All-Centennialsquads, and Jane Kendall ’00 earnedSecond-Team All-Regional and Centennialhonors.The men’s lacrosse team posted a3-12 overall record and a 1-5 mark in theCC. The Garnet Tide snapped a 16-gamelosing streak, with an 8-7 victoryat Shenandoah, and earned their firstCC victory since the 1995 season with a12-4 win over Dickinson. The GarnetDanielle Duffy ’98 won this year’s GladysIrish Award. A three-time Centennial ConferenceMVP in field hockey, co-captainDuffy led the team to three consecutiveconference championships and earnedFirst-Team All-American honors. Duffy alsoco-captained the women’s track and fieldteam, capturing three Outstanding Performerof the Meet awards, leading thesquad to two indoor Centennial championshipsand this year’s outdoor title. Sheholds six Centennial and nine Swarthmorerecords in indoor and outdoor events.A biochemistry major, Duffy is also athree-time regional Academic All-Americaselection. She was also named to the 1997GTE Academic All-America Fall/Winter At-Large First Team. She will attend medicalschool at the University of Pennsylvania.8 SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN