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Penn announces 2020-21 senior student-athlete awards
An aerial view of an empty Franklin Field showing the football field.

Penn announces 2020-21 senior student-athlete awards

Andrew Douglas, Uchechi Nwogwugwu, Jennifer Richards, and Ben Padon were honored for their performances in athletics and in the classroom.

Penn Today Staff

Zoe Belodeau reaches 100-goal mark
With the ball in her stick, Zoe Belodeau makes a move on the open field.

Zoe Belodeau reaches 100-goal mark

Against La Salle at Franklin Field, the senior attacker recently became the 13th player in Penn women’s lacrosse history to score 100 goals.
Student-athletes for an anti-racist society
A composite of Michae Jones, left, and Jelani Williams right. Both are standing outside of the Palestra. Williams, wearing a red Penn hoodie, leans against a tree with his arms folded. Jones stands with her hands on her hips.

Student-athletes for an anti-racist society

Junior Jelani Williams of the men’s basketball team and senior Michae Jones of the women’s basketball team are leaders among Penn’s student-athlete community in the fight for social justice and racial equality.
Quakers shine in Philly Mets meet
Runners jump over the hurdles at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational at Franklin Field on April 24.

Quakers shine in Philly Mets meet

At the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational on Saturday at Franklin Field, Penn’s track and field teams were victorious in more than a dozen events.
How young athletes can safely return to sports after COVID-19
Young person running laps on a track wearing a face mask.

How young athletes can safely return to sports after COVID-19

Sports medicine experts at Penn worked with school districts to develop a protocol for student athletes to safely return to competitive sports, and the strenuous exercise levels associated with those activities.

From Penn Medicine News

Penn Relays to host an April 24 track and field meet featuring 15 to 20 local schools

Penn Relays to host an April 24 track and field meet featuring 15 to 20 local schools

The Philadelphia Metropolitan Intercollegiate meet will take place at Franklin Field on what was to be the final day of the 126th carnival, which was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Penn Relays director Dave Johnson says that the Philadelphia “Mets,” a revival of the collegiate meet that ran annually from 1963 through 1987, mostly at Franklin Field, will feature all the Big 5 universities plus Delaware and Rider, along with Division II and Division III schools and junior colleges.