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05/21/13 10:19pm

2013 Iron Quaker Awards

Offseason workouts are now finished for Penn football, and although the real heavy lifting for the 2013 Quakers won't take place until this fall, quite a bit of it is already over - thanks to the seventh annual Iron Quaker competition. Held at the Weiss Pavilion, the competition once again found the Quakers divided into three position-based groups - skill (RB, WR, DB), semi (QB, LB, TE) and big (DL, OL) - vying for awards given to those who lift the most weight in each group. The results below give an indication of the Quakers' athleticism as offseason conditioning ends and which players are positioned to look the best in their new throwback alternate jerseys. Highest Total Lift Skill – Dexter Davis (1140) Semi – David Park (1245) Big – Matt Kiefer (1280) Highest Clean Skill – Kyle Wilcox (325) Semi – David Park (375) Big – Matt Kiefer (365) Highest Bench Skill – Brandon Colavita (400) Semi – Feerooz Yacoobi (385) Big – Tie – Matt Kiefer, Jim Wagner (415) Highest Squat Skill – Dexter Davis (495) Semi – David Park (505) Big – Tie – Chris Bush, Eric Smith (525) Speed and Agility Testing Numbers Highest Vertical Jump Skill – Ryan Mitchell (37.7) Semi – David Park (34.4) Big – Joe Naji (32.7) Fastest Pro Agility Skill – Spencer Kulcsar (3.91) Semi – Sam Chwarzynski (4.13) Big – Joe Naji (4.19) Longest Broad Jump Skill – Kenny Thomas (10’4.5”) Semi – David Park (9’11”) Big – Joe Naji (9’7”) Fastest 40-yard Dash Skill – Kenny Thomas (4.49) Semi – Sam Chwarzynski (4.69) Big – Joe Naji (4.79)

03/02/13 11:47pm

Game 28: Harvard – The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

FULL RECAP // BOX SCORE What a difference a night makes.

10/19/12 11:06am

Three Up, Three Down: Yale Edition

I couldn’t have done any better with last week's predictions if I had a crystal ball. Scott Lopano was very “up,” earning Ivy Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

10/08/12 5:02am

How steady is Max Kurtzman in net? Exactly the same as last year

This weekend’s 1-0 loss to Columbia notwithstanding, the disappointing start to the season for men’s soccer can be traced back to one number: 65. Last year, in 14 games of action, then-freshman goalie Max Kurtzman made 41 saves out of 58 shots to tout a .707 save percentage. Recall, even with Kurtzman giving up only 1.17 goals per game, the Quakers still finished 6th in the Ivy race. While much focus has been spent on the Quakers’ inability to put the ball into the net consistently, it has been their defense that has kept them from being able to work with a lead much at all this season. Through eight games, Kurtzman has faced 65 save opportunities, making 46 of them.

04/21/10 12:22pm