Student Athletes

Wearing her swim cap and goggles, Anna Kalandadze sits in the pool with her head above water.

A deep dive with Anna Kalandadze

The fourth-year distance swimmer discusses swimming 11,000 yards a day, competing at the NCAA Championships, learning to dive from watching Michael Phelps, her interest in coral reef restoration, and getting circled by a shark.

Members of the women's lacrosse team celebrate after scoring a goal against Yale.

Women’s lax team earns at-large NCAA tourney bid

The eighth-seeded Quakers will battle Richmond at 1 p.m. on Friday at Franklin Field.

Women's track and field members pose with the championship banner.

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.

Izzy Rohr runs up the field with her stick in her hands, which contains the ball.

Rohr earns back-to-back Ivy Defender of the Year awards

The fourth-year on the women’s lacrosse team is only the second player in conference history to win the award two times.

Penn Athletics coaches and administrators cut the ribbon for the Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin Field.

Penn Athletics unveils Coulson Family Training Complex in Franklin Field

The renovations have added top-of-the-line locker rooms, meeting rooms, and connected spaces worthy of the championship traditions of Penn football.

penn student runs in the 2024 penn relays with a baton

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.

From left, pole vaulter James Rhoads, Assistant Director of Track & Field Joe Klim, and pole vaulter Scott Toney.

Rhoads breaks 31-year-old school record in pole vault

James Rhoads, a third-year student on the men’s track and field team, broke the school record in the pole vault at the Mt. SAC Relays over the weekend in Walnut, California.

Students and staff celebrate National Student-Athlete Day on Locust Walk.

Penn marks National Student-Athlete Day

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.

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.

Matt Valenti, left, and Roger Reina sit on a blue bleacher bench inside the Palestra.

Valenti tapped to succeed Reina as wrestling coach in 2025

On April 1, 2025, Penn Athletics Hall of Famer and two-time NCAA wrestling champion Matt Valenti will succeed Roger Reina as head coach of the Quakers.

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