4/22
Sports
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.
Fast times at Boston U
Members of the women’s track and field team set new school, Ivy League, and facility records on Saturday at Boston University.
Undefeated squash teams commence conference play
The men’s and women’s squash teams, both 7-0, open Ivy League play on Friday at the Penn Squash Center.
Quakers set for Ivy League play
The women’s and men’s basketball teams open their conference schedules on Saturday afternoon. The women are 8-5 and the men are 8-7.
Reading the game with Ginger Fontenot
The fourth-year defender on the women’s soccer team chats about her competitive drive, the charge of a center-back, running five to eight miles per game, playing at home, her favorite memory, and her favorite movie.
Slackman selected Ivy Defensive Player of the Year
The fourth-year defensive lineman is Penn’s first conference Defensive Player of the Year since 2015.
Quakers place first in baker’s dozen of events
Penn track & field athletes won 13 events at the Seahawk Invitational over the weekend in Staten Island, New York.
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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