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Sports
Yurkow awarded East Region Coach of the Year honors
Yurkow awarded East Region Coach of the Year honors
The W. Joseph Blood Head Coach guided the Quakers to their first outright Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 28 years.
Fallon wins national title with sixth-fastest time in U.S. history
Fallon wins national title with sixth-fastest time in U.S. history
The rising junior won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke on Wednesday evening at the USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships.
Five rowers earn All-American honors
Five rowers earn All-American honors
Two members of the men’s heavyweight crew team and three members of the men’s lightweight crew team have received All-American recognition.
Christie Novatin named new head softball coach
Christie Novatin named new head softball coach
Novatin arrives at Penn following four years as the associate head coach at UConn, where she helped lead the Huskies to back-to-back regular season Big East Championships.
Pitching ace Dromboski named Second-Team East All-Region
Pitching ace Dromboski named Second-Team East All-Region
The rising third-year finished the season with a 7-3 record, a 3.17 ERA, 97 strikeouts, and 35 walks in 71 innings.
Penn to battle Auburn in first round of NCAA tourney
Penn to battle Auburn in first round of NCAA tourney
The Quakers and the Tigers will face off in the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on Friday at Auburn.
Penn pulverizes Princeton, advances to NCAA tourney
Penn pulverizes Princeton, advances to NCAA tourney
The baseball team trounced the Tigers 16-3 on Monday to earn their first berth in the NCAA Tournament in 28 years.
Baseball team wins first outright Ivy title in 28 years
Baseball team wins first outright Ivy title in 28 years
The Quakers beat Columbia three straight times on Saturday and Sunday to clinch the undisputed regular-season conference championship.
Aiming high with McCaleigh Marr
Aiming high with McCaleigh Marr
The fourth-year gymnast discusses her love of gymnastics and her record-setting career at Penn.
Quakers beat back Bulldogs, capture Ivy tourney title
Quakers beat back Bulldogs, capture Ivy tourney title
The women’s lacrosse team defeated Yale 15-14 in overtime on Sunday at Penn Park to win their first conference tournament championship since 2016.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
These Penn Relays will have more prestige in the track world, and more prize money for stars
This year’s Penn Relays again will have a set of races with big international stars on Saturday, and though exact numbers weren’t provided, the increase in prize money more than doubles what it was before.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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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Philadelphia Inquirer
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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Marketplace (NPR)
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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Philadelphia Inquirer
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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