Kampton Kam secured an eighth place finish in high jump.
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Third-year Kampton Kam earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 13, finishing tied for eighth in the men’s high jump.
Kam cleared the bar set at 2.15m (7’ 0.5”) on first attempt, securing an eighth place finish in high jump. The points for eighth were split as a result of the three-way tie with Kam scoring 0.33 points for the men’s team. Penn men finished 72nd.
Ryan Matulonis earned Second Team All-America honors on Thursday finishing 15th in the 400m hurdles semifinals with a time of 50.75. Alex Sadikov placed 21st, clocking in a time of 52.50.
Fourth-year Dylan Throop ended his career at Penn finishing 17th in the 10,000m finals, recording a time of 29:24.03.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Rashi Sabherwal, a doctoral student in political science, explores how women engage politically in society in informal roles through her research in India.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
