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The Athletic Department is committed to the belief that physical education is an integral component of each student’s liberal arts education and offers a wide range of athletic opportunities including intercollegiate varsity teams, club teams, intramural programs, instructional classes, and recreational activities.

The Athletic Department is committed to the belief that physical education is an integral component of each student’s liberal arts education and offers a wide range of athletic opportunities including intercollegiate varsity teams, club teams, intramural programs, instructional classes, and recreational activities.

Harlem Lacrosse puts coaches in schools to help at-risk students achieve. The skills and lessons taught by team sports, says Joel Censer ’08, “couldn’t be more transferable.”

Read "Heads in the Game" in the Fall 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

Harlem Lacrosse puts coaches in schools to help at-risk students achieve. The skills and lessons taught by team sports, says Joel Censer ’08, “couldn’t be more transferable.”

Read "Heads in the Game" in the Fall 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

Physical education has been part of the Haverford experience since the College’s earliest days, and today, the College maintains a physical education requirement for all students. Participation in one of the College’s 23 varsity teams will fulfill that requirement, but there are plenty of other choices as well, including instructional classes, intramural sports, and club teams.

Read "Good Fit" in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

Physical education has been part of the Haverford experience since the College’s earliest days. As far back as the 1896-97 academic year, the course catalog described a “refitted” gymnasium, which included among its equipment “rowing, sculling, and wrist machines, chest weights ... and the necessary apparatus for the gymnastic game of basket-ball.”

Read "Good Fit" in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

On the softball field, Julia Blake '19 was a team captain, a star player at second base, and increased her batting average in each of her seasons at Haverford. On campus, the political science major worked her way up to being Students’ Council co-president in 2018.

How did Blake balance being the best leader she could be for both her teammates and student body constituents? Read "What It Takes" in the Winter 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

On the softball field, Julia Blake '19 has been a team captain since she was a junior, is a star player at second base, and has increased her batting average in each of her first three seasons at Haverford. On campus, the political science major worked her way up to being Students’ Council co-president in 2018.

How did Blake balance being the best leader she could be for both her teammates and student body constituents? Read "What It Takes" in the Winter 2019 issue of Haverford Magazine

Charlie Marquardt ’16 was a Haverford first-year when he began a dogged quest to join the top ranks of the running world. Six years later, he finally reached his goal.

Read "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile" in the Fall 2018 issue of Haverford Magazine

Charlie Marquardt ’16 was a Haverford first-year when he began a dogged quest to join the top ranks of the running world. Six years later, he finally reached his goal.

Read "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile" in the Fall 2018 issue of Haverford Magazine