Sports Features
Nutrition planning critical for Penn athletes
You are what you eat. And for Penn’s varsity athletes, nothing could be more important than what they put in their bodies.
Kickboxing a regular part of Penn athletes' workouts
To make it to the top of any industry, you have to be willing to think outside the box. Fortunately for Penn Athletics, Jim Steel has taken the message. Behind the efforts of the 12th-year Strength and Conditioning Manager, Penn varsity teams have strayed from the status quo in the weight room, adopting an unconventional method to raise themselves to the next level: Muay Thai kickboxing. “I’ve just found that it’s so good for hand-eye coordination, for conditioning it’s unbelievable, and it improves people’s athleticism,” Steel said.
Dmitry Shatalin adjusts to life in the U.S. with Penn men's tennis
Not many Penn athletes can say they spent time in the pros before putting on the red and blue for the Quakers.
Alexis Sargent is Penn softball's ace in the hole
For Penn softball, not much has changed in the last two seasons. They have had a strong offense, made several runs at the Ivy Title and had an ace starter named Alexis. But this year, the difference is in the last name. Just a year after graduating perhaps the most illustrious pitcher in program history in Alexis Borden, the Quakers have found a new star in the circle in junior Alexis Sargent. After waiting in the ranks for two years behind Borden, Sargent emerged as Penn's next top starter early in the season, wasting little time in establishing herself as a bona fide ace.
Kelsey Hay looks for Olympic Trial mark as Penn track and field heads to Virginia
After a crazy weekend, the track team is reunited. And this time, they mean business. Last weekend, three groups traveled far and wide in search of elite-level performances that would earn them qualification for the NCAA preliminaries.
Wesley Ng brings a whole new philosophy to Penn women's rowing
In a sport so focused on, quite literally, getting ahead of the competition, Penn women’s rowing coach Wesley Ng has somewhat of an odd philosophy. “We're making sure we're not looking ahead, ever.” For Ng's squad, process comes first, and, for the meantime, racing second.
Nina Corcoran leaves powerful legacy as she finishes her Penn women's lacrosse career
It’s no secret that Penn women’s lacrosse has a roster full of clutch playmakers. But none is more integral to the Quakers’ offense than senior captain Nina Corcoran.
Rowing Issue | Freshman class small but mighty
I’ll go call my crew, and you go call yours. For the Quakers, that crew is growing, and on the women’s side, looking better than ever.
Rowing Issue | New coaches look to reshape heavyweight program
Tupac Shakur once noted, “Things changed, and thats the way it is” Things may never be the same for Penn heavyweight rowing, as the program has undergone a near-complete overhaul of the coaching staff.
Penn softball falls twice to Lehigh, looks to Ivy play this weekend
Well, hopefully they got that out of their system. In their last action before kicking off Ivy League play on Friday against Yale, Penn softball fell in both games of a doubleheader versus Lehigh at Penn Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Golf Issue | Practice can be a struggle with no course on campus
Unlike other Penn sports teams, the golf teams do not have a course that they can practice on located on or very near campus.
Golf Issue | Freshman class ready to help take Ivy titles
What’s a team to do when it’s already reached the pinnacle of a conference? Reload, of course. Penn men’s golf will rely heavily on new faces if it is to contend once again in 2016.
The swan song of Penn swimming's Chris Swanson
There’s no other way of putting it — it’s the end of an era. Penn men's swimming legend Chris Swanson has one meet left to bear the colors Red and Blue.
Track & Field Issue | Mattis and Awad eye 2016 Olympics
If all goes as planned for senior men’s track and field stars Thomas Awad and Sam Mattis, this June’s NCAA National Championships won’t mark the end of their respective 2016 seasons.
Track & Field Issue | Men's and women's teams one and the same in everything but score
Historically in athletics, men and women of respective professional sports do not train with or compete against each other.
Track & Field Issue | Five freshmen to watch out for in 2016
Five track and field freshmen to watch out for in 2016
Casey Kent looks to leave a lasting mark on Penn wrestling
If anyone had forgotten about Casey Kent last year, his performance in the 2015-16 season has served to jog their memories.
More than a game
Family. One word describes Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin’s program.
Time off is nothing unusual when it comes to wrestling
In collegiate wrestling, there exists a great disconnect between the NCAA and the Ivy League in their policies.
