4/22
Sports
Powerful play propels Parker to Ivy Co-Player of the Week
The sophomore forward put up impressive numbers against Yale and a conference title-clinching win against Brown.
Champs and madness: Quaker basketball teams win big and advance
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams had a winning weekend, and will face Harvard in the Ivy League Tournaments.
School spirit with Maya Moore
The junior flyer on the cheerleading team discusses the training and practice required for the sport, flipping and flying through the air, and her interest in health and medicine.
Mark of a champion
Swimmer Mark Andrew wins fourth straight Ivy title in 400-yard individual medley.
Courtside with Princess Aghayere
The senior forward discusses growing to love basketball, how her game has improved, and moving from sixth woman into the starting five.
Running into the history books
On Sunday at the Ivy Heps, Calvary Rogers became the first sprinter in conference history to win the indoor 200m dash three years in a row.
Sedky takes home College Squash Association’s top honor
The senior has been conferred the 2019 Betty Richey Award.
Back to back
The women’s track and field team has won the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heptagonal Championships for the second straight season.
Remaining men’s basketball home games to be broadcast in Mandarin
Four Penn graduate students who are Chinese natives and fluent in Mandarin will serve as announcers, with the video available on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet.
Big 5 big-ups Brodeur
The junior forward has been named Big 5 Co-Player of the Week.
In the News
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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With one jump, Scott Toney set a Penn pole vault record, and topped his late brother’s mark in a fitting tribute
Scott Toney, a Wharton School fourth-year and pole vaulter from Mountainview, California, recently broke the Penn program record in a tribute to Marc Toney, his late brother and fellow pole vaulter.
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