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

Moforehan Abinusawa, left, and Bronwyn Patterson, right stand on the podium holding Ivy 2023 Champion placecards after the Ivy Heps Indoor Championships.

Two Quakers take home Ivy Heps titles

First-year sprinter Moforehan Abinusawa won the 60m and second-year distance runner Bronwyn Patterson was victorious in the 800m.

Playing hard and breaking records, Kayla Padilla leads by example

The fourth-year do-it-all guard on the women’s basketball team is in the final stages of her sensational career at Penn.

Anna Kalandadze takes a breath while swimming a lap at the Ivy League Championships.

Kalandadze sets new Ivy record in 1,650-yard freestyle

The fourth-year swimmer broke the 14-year-old record at the Ivy League Championships at Princeton over the weekend.

Kayla Padilla, left, holds up her follow through against Yale after shooting a shot. Jordan Dinge, right, dribbles to the basket while guarded by a Yale defender.

Penn’s hoops teams lock up spot in Ivy tourney

Both the women’s and men’s basketball teams have advanced to the Ivy League Tournament, which will take place March 10-12 at Princeton.

At the Penn Squash Center, Omar Hafez prepares to swing at the ball during a match.

Hafez named Ivy League Rookie of the Year

The first-year player on the men’s squash team finished the regular season with a 13-1 record. He is the second consecutive Quaker to take home conference Rookie of the Year honors.

Kayla Padilla, left shoots a shot over a defender against Harvard. Simone Sawyer, right, dribbles to the basketball against Harvard.

Ivy League applauds Padilla, Sawyer

Kayla Padilla of the women’s basketball team has been named Ivy League Player of the Week and teammate Simone Sawyer has been selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

Simone Sawyer, left, drives to the basketball against Harvard at the Palestra. Nick Spinoso, right, drives to the basket against Harvard at Harvard.

Quakers cook Crimson

On Saturday at the Palestra the women’s basketball team avenged its recent loss to Harvard, and on Saturday in Massachusetts, the men’s basketball defeated the Crimson, their fifth-straight win.

During a game at the Palestra, guard Jordan Dingle dunks the ball with two hands.

Dingle named Big 5 Player of the Week

The third-year guard led the Quakers to their fourth straight win over the weekend and averaged 26 points across two games.

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.