With the 2025-26 academic year officially in the books, The Daily Pennsylvanian’s Sports department is revisiting the athletes and moments that defined Penn sports across the fall, winter, and spring seasons.
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Swimming
For Neo Matsuyama, Penn was ‘just meant to be’
When the senior breaststroke specialist first came to Penn, he wasn’t even sure if he had a spot on the team.
Meet four incoming student-athletes ready to don the Red and Blue in the Class of 2030
From the pool to the field, student-athletes from this fall’s incoming class spoke about their backgrounds and excitement about coming to Penn.
Meet the best women’s athletes graduating in the Class of 2026.
For Neo Matsuyama, Penn was ‘just meant to be’
When the senior breaststroke specialist first came to Penn, he wasn’t even sure if he had a spot on the team.
Meet four incoming student-athletes ready to don the Red and Blue in the Class of 2030
From the pool to the field, student-athletes from this fall’s incoming class spoke about their backgrounds and excitement about coming to Penn.
Nguyen and Whittington represent Penn men’s swimming and diving at NCAA championships
This was the first season since 2016 to have multiple Quakers at the men’s championships.
Bergstrom, Moehn earn All-American honors at NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships
The distance freestyle duo joins an elite group of only two other All-American swimmers in program history.
Watson Nguyen sweeps breaststroke events at Ivy League men’s swimming and diving championships
Nguyen broke the program and pool record en route to gold and his first NCAA berth in the 100-yard breast.
Penn women’s swimming cruises to second in the Ivy League
Sydney Bergstrom and Sadie Howard both earn Ivy League titles.
For Kayla Fu, pressure isn’t personal
The sophomore is ready to compete at Ivies, with big obstacles and even bigger goals.
Penn women’s swimming and diving rides record-breaking regular season into Ivy Championships
The team reset 16 pool records and five program records during the regular season.
From training camps to poker, here’s how Penn athletes spent their winter break.
The Quakers notably break the longest standing record in program history in the 200-yard freestyle relay set back in 2014.
Penn men’s swimming can’t keep up with Cornell, defending Ivy champion Princeton in road tri-meet
The team battled the two schools in Ithaca, N.Y. on Nov. 22.
From freshman struggles to senior strength, Sadie Howard shines for Penn women’s swimming and diving
In her final season on the team, Howard is setting a new precedent of confidence and calm.
Penn women’s swimming and diving defeats Cornell but sees win streak snapped by Princeton at tri-meet
Despite a loss to the reigning Ivy champs, Penn delivers its strongest outing of the season with standout efforts across the roster.
‘Swim upstream’: Penn swimming and diving junior Peter Whittington reflects on resilience, rising into a leader
From cross-continental leap into Ivy League stardom, Whittington exemplifies resilience despite a series of setbacks.
Penn women's swimming and diving improves to 4-0 with win over Brown, men's notches first win
The men's score was 157-143 while the women's was 169-131.
Other underclassmen also showed out at the meet, which the Quakers lost 166-134.



















