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Going for gold: Penn athletes competing for Team USA
Going for gold: Penn athletes competing for Team USA
Twelve Penn athletes are participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Part 2 of a two-part Penn Today series highlights Quakers competing for Team USA.
Going for gold: Penn athletes in the Paris Olympics
Going for gold: Penn athletes in the Paris Olympics
Twelve Penn athletes are participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Part 1 of a two-part Penn Today series highlights Quakers competing for international teams.
The economic impact of the Olympics
The economic impact of the Olympics
Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.
Whittaker punches ticket to Paris Olympics
Whittaker punches ticket to Paris Olympics
The 2024 alumna will be a part of the U.S. Olympic Team’s 4x400 relay pool.
2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics
2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics
Akins won the 800 meter final on Monday night. After finishing sixth, May graduate Isabella Whittaker has a good chance of being a part of the 4x400 relay pool.
Quaker quadrumvirate earns All-American honors
Quaker quadrumvirate earns All-American honors
Four members of the track and field team were awarded All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Dolan named Ivy Coach of the Year for 10th time
Dolan named Ivy Coach of the Year for 10th time
The veteran coach led the women’s track and field team to both the Indoor and Outdoor Ivy Heps championship this season.
Quakers Choice Awards hail fourth-year student-athletes
Quakers Choice Awards hail fourth-year student-athletes
Five Quakers were recognized for their work in the classroom and on the track, field, diamond, and water.
Magnificent Quakers win seventh Ivy Heps Outdoor championship
Magnificent Quakers win seventh Ivy Heps Outdoor championship
On Sunday at Princeton, the women’s track and field team won its fourth Ivy Heps Outdoor title in five seasons.
Quakers make history at 128th running of Penn Relays
Quakers make history at 128th running of Penn Relays
Penn athletes had several noteworthy performances on the track and in the field at the Relays at Franklin Field.
In the News
San Diego Union Tribune
When 3 years of training came down to 2 minutes of running, Nia Akins was ready. Now the Rancho Bernardo High graduate is headed to the Olympics
School of Nursing graduate Nia Akins has become America’s top hope for an Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter run.
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NBC Philadelphia
Athletes with Philly-area, NJ ties in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Penn graduates Nia Akins and Marc Michello have qualified for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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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
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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Runner’s World
Watch 96-year-old Ed Cox run a 24-second 100 meters at the Penn Relays
At the 127th Penn Relays, 96-year-old Ed Cox ran the Master’s Men’s 100-meter in just over 24 seconds.
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