Athletics
Marlborough fields teams in ten sports programs in the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS): basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, water polo, and volleyball. A similar number participate in the Junior High Delphic League and Junior High Pacific Basin League. In addition an equestrian team competes in the Interscholastic Equestrian League (IEL). Over 60% of Marlborough girls compete in athletics.
Marlborough’s athletic facilities include: the Combs Gymnasium, a fitness center, Caldwell Swimming Pool, 3 multipurpose courts, and Booth Field. Marlborough also uses local sports facilities such as the Los Angeles Tennis Club and USC McAlister Soccer Field.
Marlborough has a well established athletic program that has won many championships in recent years. In 2006-2007 Marlborough won the Commissioners Cup, awarded to the most successful girls sports program in the whole of CIF Southern Section. Since the late 1970s, Marlborough has won 57 Varsity League Titles, 14 CIF-SS Titles, 2 CIF State Titles and 1 National Championship. Most recently the Cross Country Team (2006) and the Basketball Team (2007) won State Championships, and Track & Field (2006), Tennis (2006), Cross Country (2006) and Basketball (2007) won CIF Southern Section Championships. From 2006-2008, the 7-8 Tennis Team lost just once. In 2010 Marlborough Girls Varsity Swimming Team won Division IV CIF Southern Section.
Many notable athletic alumnae can be found in the Marlborough Athletic Hall of Fame.
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