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Sports
Wrestling with academics
As a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, second-year wrestler Adam Thomson, an international champion, balances athletics with his research on hyperinflation in Brazil.
Men’s squash team wins national championship
The third-ranked Quakers triumphed over top-ranked Trinity on Sunday to win their first Potter Cup in school history.
One-on-one with Jordan Obi
The fourth-year forward discusses her love of basketball, building team chemistry, being a quiet leader, her most memorable game, and her most interesting class.
Women’s track & field team wins seventh Indoor Ivy Heps title
The Quakers produced five first-place and six second-place finishes over the weekend at Harvard.
Quakers puff Dragons
In their season opener on Saturday at Franklin Field, the No. 14-ranked women’s lacrosse team defeated Drexel 11-8.
Andy Ma named Ivy Coach of the Year
The veteran coach guided the women’s fencing team to their first conference title in 20 years.
Ogbevire earns Ivy Rookie of the Week honors
The first-year guard scored 16 points off the bench in Penn’s 67-54 loss to No. 25-ranked Princeton on Saturday.
2018 alumnus Justin Watson seeking third Super Bowl ring
Watson is a wide receiver on the Kansas City Chiefs, who will take on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
Building muscle with the Penn Barbell Club
Open to beginners, intermediates, and experts, the Club features powerlifting, bodybuilding, and general fitness.
Perkins, Gayle pick up Ivy Rookie of the Week awards
The first-year guards were bright spots in the Red & Blue’s losses to Columbia on Saturday.
In the News
She graduated from Penn in 2023. Now, she’s the Quakers’ director of football operations
Jordyn Hall is Penn’s director of football operations, a role she’s had since last spring when she was a fourth-year student.
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These Penn Relays will have more prestige in the track world, and more prize money for stars
This year’s Penn Relays again will have a set of races with big international stars on Saturday, and though exact numbers weren’t provided, the increase in prize money more than doubles what it was before.
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After a back injury, this Penn senior’s record-breaking track success is ‘a long time coming’
Penn fourth-year Isabella Whittaker has set multiple program and Ivy League records this season and has Olympic hopes.
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For Penn’s wrestling team, an ‘innovative’ succession plan from one program legend to another
Matt Valenti will take over the Penn wrestling program in 2025-26, when longtime coach Roger Reina will move into an emeritus role for one season before retiring from coaching.
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The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged.
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