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Staffers from the Pottruck Center for Student-Athlete Success lauded the University’s nearly 1,000 student-athletes on Monday with goodies and giveaways on Locust Walk.
The third-year swimmer set a new school record in the 200-yard breaststroke and was awarded First-Team All-American honors.
The third-year swimmer continued his dominance in the event over the weekend at the U.S. Open Championships.
The rising junior is the first Quaker to medal at the World Championships.
Out of more than 350 Division I institutions, Penn finished 60th and matched the school record 409.5 points.
The rising junior won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke on Wednesday evening at the USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships.
Penn’s campus community includes students from all parts of the globe, bringing their unique experiences and soaking in all the University has to offer.
The fourth-year swimmer broke the 14-year-old record at the Ivy League Championships at Princeton over the weekend.
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.
Anthony Erz began his career at Penn in 2015 as an assistant athletic trainer and previously worked as head athletic trainer for the football and men’s lacrosse teams.
Penn students are providing free on-campus swim lessons to children with special needs through national nonprofit SNUGS.
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With her victory in Atlanta, Thomas became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. swimming championship in the 500-yard freestyle.
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In her first year swimming for the Penn women’s team after three seasons competing against men, Penn senior Lia Thomas throttled her competition. She set records en route to becoming the nation’s most powerful female collegiate swimmer. “I just want to show trans kids and younger trans athletes that they’re not alone,” she says. “They don’t have to choose between who they are and the sport they love.”
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