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==Athletics==
[[File:Swarthmore_logo_from_NCAA.svg|thumb|150px|Swarthmore College athletics wordmark]]
Swarthmore's athletic department has 22 varsity intercollegiate sports teams including [[badminton]], [[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[field hockey]], [[golf]], [[lacrosse]], [[soccer]], [[softball]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[tennis]], [[track and field]], and [[volleyball]]. The [[Swarthmore Garnet Tide football|football team]] was controversially eliminated in 2000,<ref name="Football NYT">{{cite news |last1=Longman |first1=Jere |title=No More Football, Lots of Questions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/sports/football-no-more-football-lots-of-questions.html |access-date=15 October 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 December 2000 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018101433/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/05/sports/football-no-more-football-lots-of-questions.html |url-status=live }}</ref> along with [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] and, initially, [[badminton]]. The Board of Managers cited lack of athletes on campus and difficulty of recruiting as reasons for terminating the programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2003-12-04/news/13551|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705035151/http://phoenix.swarthmore.edu/2003-12-04/news/13551|url-status=dead|title=Three years later, athletics shows improvement|archive-date=July 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily/specials/sportscut/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609135404/http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/daily/specials/sportscut/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Athlete recruiting difficulty|archive-date=June 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Comprehensive History|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2020/7/6/comprehensive-history.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|language=en|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019081300/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2020/7/6/comprehensive-history.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The department also offers a number of club sport options, including men's and women's [[Rugby union|rugby]], [[ultimate frisbee]], [[volleyball]], [[fencing]] and [[Squash (sport)|squash]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Club Sports and Student Activity Groups|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/17/clubsports.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|language=en|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019082334/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/17/clubsports.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The participation rate of students in intercollegiate or club sports is 40 percent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quick Facts|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/4/GEN_0604130038.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|language=en|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019081902/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/4/GEN_0604130038.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Swarthmore is a charter member of the [[Centennial Conference]], a group of private colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a member of [[NCAA Division III]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Centennial Conference|url=https://www.centennial.org/information/about|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Centennial Conference Athletics|language=en|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429104107/http://centennial.org/information/About|url-status=live}}</ref>

The men's basketball team is currently coached by [[Landry Kosmalski]] who was named Division III's National Coach of the Year in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kosmalski Picked As National Coach Of The Year|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2020/3/20/mens-basketball-kosmalski-picked-as-national-coach-of-the-year.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|date=March 20, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419143125/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2020/3/20/mens-basketball-kosmalski-picked-as-national-coach-of-the-year.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, the Garnet reached the [[2019 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division III Championship Game]] for the first time but lost to the [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] 96–82.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Garnet Conclude Tournament As National Runners-Up|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2019/3/16/mens-basketball-garnet-conclude-tournament-as-national-runners-up.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|date=March 16, 2019 |language=en|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310221549/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2019/3/16/mens-basketball-garnet-conclude-tournament-as-national-runners-up.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2019–20 team began the season 26–0 and were the last unbeaten team remaining out of all of Division I, II and III.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Pickman|first=Ben|title=The Last Unbeaten in Men's Hoops? Meet Swarthmore College|url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/02/26/swarthmore-basketball-undefeated-ncaa-d3|access-date=2020-09-23|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310220611/https://www.si.com/college/2020/02/26/swarthmore-basketball-undefeated-ncaa-d3|url-status=live}}</ref> The Garnet were ranked No. 1 in the nation by D3hoops.com for the entirety of the season, becoming the first team to be ranked at the top of that poll from start to finish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Men's Basketball Ends Season Ranked No. 1|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2020/3/17/mens-basketball-ends-season-ranked-no-1.aspx|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|date=March 17, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415000850/http://www.swarthmoreathletics.com/news/2020/3/17/mens-basketball-ends-season-ranked-no-1.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Swarthmore has won 26 Centennial Conference team championships and claims four national championships in men's lacrosse in 1900, 1904, 1905 and 1910, four national championships in men's tennis in 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1990, two men's tennis doubles national championships in 1976 and 1985, and two individual championships in women's track and field in 2016 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Championships|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/25/HT_0625133733.aspx?id=62|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|language=en|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310221330/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/25/HT_0625133733.aspx?id=62|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Individual Champions|url=https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/24/HT_0624134039.aspx?id=59|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Swarthmore College Athletics|language=en|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310221350/https://swarthmoreathletics.com/sports/2013/6/24/HT_0624134039.aspx?id=59|url-status=live}}</ref>