The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (men) and Athenas (women) is the joint intercollegiate sports program of

Claremont McKenna College Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It has a curricular emphasis on government, economics, public affairs, finance, and internat ...

Harvey Mudd College Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private college in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, which share adjoining campus grounds and resources. The college enrolls 902 undergraduate students ...

, and

Scripps College Scripps College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1 ...

, all located in

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. The teams participate in the

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as a member of the

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Individual teams and Graduation Information

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps competes in 21 men's and women's varsity sports. They have won 7 national championships and 346 SCIAC Championships.

National Champions

''*NCAA Division III unless otherwise noted.'' Men's Golf * 2010 – Tain Lee * 2013 – Bradley Shigezawa * 2016 – Team Men's Swim & Dive * 1967 – Team ( NAIA) * 1969 – Eric Jones (50y) ( NAIA) * 1969 – David Tempkin (100, 200

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) ( NAIA) * 1970 – Eric Jones (50y, 100y) ( NAIA) * 1970 – David Tempkin (100, 200 Butterfly) ( NAIA) * 2014 – Matt Williams (100

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) Men's Tennis * 1981 – Team * 1992 – Ryan McKee & Chris Noyes ( Doubles) * 1993 – Ryan McKee (Individual, Doubles), Tim Cooley (Doubles) * 2015 – Team Men's Track & Field * 1986 – Carl Giles (

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) * 1994 – Jason Rhodes (800m), Mike Susank (Hammer) * 1997 – Quang Leba (

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) * 2004 – Matt Roberson (Decathlon) * 2006 – Matt Roberson (

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) Women's Swim & Dive * 2002 – Suzy Nicoletti (200

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) * 2003 – Lisal Smith (400 IM) Women's Track & Field * 1985 –

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(3000m) * 1998 – Jennifer Culley (400m) * 2016 – Tyra Abraham (100m) * 2018 – Tyra Abraham (100m) * 2018 – Bryn McKillop (5000m) * 2018 – Emily Bassett (Hammer) Women's Tennis * 2018 – Team * 2019 – Catherine Allen & Caroline Cox (doubles) Women's Volleyball * 2017 Women's Water Polo * 1992 (Collegiate II) * 2001 (Collegiate III)

Rivals

The other sports combination of the

Claremont Colleges The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)—Pomona College, Scr ...

is the team made up of

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became ...

and

Pitzer College Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is k ...

known as

Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens is the joint athletics program for Pomona College and Pitzer College, two of the Claremont Colleges. It competes in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) of the NCAA Division III. Its masco ...

. It is known by the student body as the Sixth Street Rivalry.

References

External links

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Coverage
of the Stags and Athenas in ''

The Student Life ''The Student Life'' (abbreviated ''TSL'') is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges (7Cs, or 5Cs when referring only to the undergraduate colleges), a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Claremont, California. It is published ...

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