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Track & Field
Track & fielders start season with a slew of Top 10 performances
Seven athletes competing in the Navy Invitational and UConn MultiEvent Challenge entered the Penn record books with noteworthy feats in their respective events.
The Quaker’s new groove
At Friday night’s football game celebrating 125 years of Franklin Field, Penn Athletics unveiled a new Quaker mascot.
Akins finishes second, Malizia third at NCAA Championships
Nia Akins placed second in the nation in the 800m. Anna Peyton Malizia finished third in the country in the high jump.
Record number of Quakers advance to NCAA Championships
Ten track and fielders have advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the most in school history.
Up in the air with Anna Peyton Malizia
The record-setting senior discusses how to be a successful high jumper, her training schedule, how her ballet training has helped her jumping, and her plans after Commencement.
Penn women repeat as outdoor Ivy champs
The Quakers earned their second consecutive Outdoor Ivy Heps title on Sunday, their first back-to-back championships since 1985-86.
Hammer time with Rachel Lee Wilson
The senior thrower is a standout performer on the women’s track and field team, and the holder of multiple school records.
Running into the history books
On Sunday at the Ivy Heps, Calvary Rogers became the first sprinter in conference history to win the indoor 200m dash three years in a row.
Back to back
The women’s track and field team has won the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heptagonal Championships for the second straight season.
Rogers races to school record in 200m
The senior sprinter ran a 21.05 at the Texas Tech Shootout over the weekend.
In the News
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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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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How to watch Penn Relays: Stream track & field live, TV channel
More than 15,000 participants from high school, college, and track clubs around the world competed in more than 300 events at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
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Penn track and field and cross country head coach Steve Dolan named new director of the Penn Relays
Dolan will retain his role in his 10th year as Penn’s director of track and field and cross country. He succeeds Dave Johnson, who announced his retirement in September 2020 after 26 years as carnival director.
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