4/16
Sports
Rogers races to school record in 200m
The senior sprinter ran a 21.05 at the Texas Tech Shootout over the weekend.
Triple threat
Freshman Bryce Washington earns his third consecutive Ivy League Rookie of the Week award.
Quakers blow out Brown, prevail over Yale
The women’s basketball team improved to 15-3 by defeating Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday.
Mannino named ECAC Specialist of the Week
The sophomore gymnast finished second on the uneven bars and fourth on the floor at the Teal Meet over the weekend.
Three cheers for Bryce Washington
The freshman guard on the men’s basketball team picks up his second straight Ivy League Rookie of the Week award, and third overall.
Women’s basketball team conquers Cornell, Columbia
The 13-3 Quakers bested the Big Red on Friday and the Lions on Saturday.
Shooting hoops with Ashley Russell
The senior guard and co-captain of the women’s basketball team talks a shooter’s mentality, rebounding at the guard position, and the key to avoiding turnovers.
AD Calhoun named chair of NCAA Division I Council
M. Grace Calhoun, director of athletics and recreation at Penn, has been named the incoming chair of the NCAA Division I Council, a high-level group responsible for the day-to-day decision-making for Division I.
Two if by three
Freshman guard Bryce Washington’s heroics in Penn’s win over Saint Joseph’s earned him two player of the week awards.
Undisputed
Penn declawed Saint Joseph’s on Saturday to win the outright Big 5 championship.
In the News
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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Meet the Masterman junior who just represented Brazil in the Youth Olympics
Masterman junior and Youth Olympics speedskater Lucas Koo, the son of Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine, hopes to attend the Wharton School after graduation.
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