Zoe Welch ’11 of Orchard Park, N.Y. runs for both the
indoor and outdoor track & field teams and participates in over
seven events across both seasons. A captain of both teams, she has
helped set school records in the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x400 meter
relays.
Welch was named to the United States Track & Field and Cross
Country Coaches Association Division III All-Academic Team her
sophomore and junior years. This past weekend Welch set her own
personal record for the long jump (4.94m), which gives her the
second best long jump in the Centennial Conference this year.
Head coach Fran Rizzo has high praise for Welch’s athletic
and leadership ability.
“Over a four-year period Zoe has developed into one of the
top sprinters in the Centennial Conference,” said Rizzo.
“Most impressive to me and the other coaches is her
development as a leader on the team. We are excited to see
Zoe’s final performances in both the indoor championships in
two weeks and the impending outdoor season. Zoe and the other
captains are ready to lead the team to another successful
completion to our seasons.”
Welch is a biology major who is researching the interactions
between metalated porphyrin molecules and polypeptides. This past
summer she worked at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
doing prostate cancer genetic research, and hopes to continue doing
cancer or biotechnological research after she graduates this
spring.
SAAC is the College’s student-athlete advisory committee,
which discusses issues that affect the well-being of
Haverford’s student-athletes on campus and within the
Centennial Conference and the NCAA. For more information, please
check out the SAAC web site.
