Greg Johnson | Penn Today

Greg Johnson covers Penn Athletics and Recreation, which includes sports teams, intramural sports, and the Penn Relays. He manages the annual Research at Penn publication, which highlights notable research from all 12 schools at Penn.

Articles from Greg Johnson

A collage showing basketball, gymnastics, tennis, track and field, and squash athletes competing in sports.

Penn sports teams win the weekend in places near and far

Quaker athletes were victorious across the winter sports spectrum, kicked off by the men’s tennis team’s triumph over Navy on Friday.

Second-year guard George Smith dribbles the ball up the court against Harvard at the Palestra.

Quakers crush Crimson

The men’s basketball team beat Harvard 83-68 on Saturday at the Palestra. Four Quakers scored in double figures.

During the Pottruck Center's 20th anniversary celebration on Jan. 20, the Penn Quaker does a bench press in the second-floor weight room.

Pottruck Center powerlifts 20 years

On Jan. 20, the Penn community celebrated the 20th anniversary of the David S. Pottruck Health & Fitness Center. To much fanfare, the facility officially opened on Jan. 17, 2003.

During a race, Isabella Whittaker runs with a baton in her hand, trailing a runner from Towson.

Quakers place first in six events at Wesley A. Brown Invitational

Penn took the top spot in the 60m hurdles (men’s and women’s), 500m, 4x400 relay, high jump, and pole vault.

Sizzy Lawton stands in the soccer goal wearing her white Penn jersey and holding a soccer ball under her right arm.

Thinking soccer with Sizzy Lawton

The fourth-year forward discusses playing the beautiful game, how to develop a soccer IQ, the importance of knowing your teammates, changing coaches, and her plans for the future.

Jordan Dingle, left, dribbles the ball up the court; Kayla Padilla, right, dribbles past a Columbia defender.

Double trouble: Dingle, Padilla pick up weekly awards

Jordan Dingle of the men’s basketball team has been named Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Week and Kayla Padilla of the women’s basketball team has been selected Ivy League Player of the Week.

Against Columbia at the Palestra, forward Jordan Obi goes up for the shot while guarded by a defender.

Quakers clip Columbia, extend winning streak to nine

The women’s basketball team defeated Columbia 71-67 on Saturday at the Palestra, notching their ninth straight win, tied for the second-longest streak in school history.

A collage of Kayla Padilla driving to the basketball against Temple and Bucknell.

Big 5 big-ups Padilla with Player of the Week award

The fourth-year guard averaged 21 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in Penn’s wins over Bucknell, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Temple.

Against Villanova at Villanova, Jordan Dingle of the men's basketball team drives to the basketbal for a layup.

Dingle three-peats as Ivy League Player of the Week

The third-year guard averaged 27.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.5 steals in Penn’s Big 5 contests against Villanova and Temple.

At left, Jordan Dingle drives to the basket against Temple, at right Kayla Padilla goes up for the shot against Temple.

Dingle, Padilla captain Quakers past Temple

Jordan Dingle scored 30 points in the men’s basketball team’s 77-57 win on Saturday and Kayla Padilla dropped 28 points in the women’s basketball team’s 62-61 victory on Sunday.