Swimming starts off year with bang at Bucknell
The Penn men's and women's swimming teams began their seasons on high notes with strong performances at the Bucknell Sprint Invitational.
The Quakers men totaled nine first-place finishes and 23 top three finishes. Most impressively, Penn won all four of the relay events in which it participated. Jon Kaufman grabbed first place in the 50-yard breast stroke with a time of 27.92 seconds, and junior Kevin Scott took first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.99.
As for the women, they too enjoyed a considerable amount of success, taking four first-place finishes and 13 top-three finishes.
Freshman Megan Carlin stole the show, posting top-three finishes in five events in her first collegiate competition. The highlight was her victory in the 50-yard breaststroke.
The women's team proved particularly strong in the distance competition, taking both second and third place in the 500-yard freestyle. Sophomore Cammie Villarreal finished in second with a time of 5:04:24. Villarreal also took first place in the 200-yard freestyle.
Both the men's and women's teams get back in action in a dual meet against Cornell and Princeton the weekend of Nov. 19-20.
-- Harry Berezin
Fencing kicks off season with success at Temple
Both the men's and women's fencing teams turned in several top 10 finishes to kick off their respective seasons at the Temple Open.
Sophomore sabre Jon Press tied for third with Harvard's William Gardner-Mims, while fellow Penn sabre fencers Emil Cappetta and Mike Haass finished sixth and 10th, respectively.
Junior Michael Sanders took seventh in the epee competition, falling to Penn State's Ryan Wagner in the finals. Quakers freshman epee Alex Tozzo took sixth.
Senior foil fencer Stephen Gavalas also took second place in the competition, falling to another Penn State fencer, Chris Miller. Gavalas' teammate, sophomore Michael Galligan, finished fourth.
Women's sabres Katelyn Sherry and Cassandra Frey took second and third, respectively.
Sophomore Eve Overton was fifth in the foil competition, while sophomore epee Jackie Schramm tied for third.
-- David Burrick
Sprint Football destroys Tigers on Senior Night
The sprint football team closed out its season with a 61-28 rout of Princeton at Franklin Field. With the win, the team captured the William Wagner Trophy for the Ivy League sprint football team with the best record in the Collegiate Sprint Football League.
Penn receiver Pat Monaghan had 10 receptions for 184 yards and three touchdowns. Running back J.T. Hutchinson had 18 carries for 133 yards and two touchdowns.
Quakers quarterback Mike Loguidice was 13-for-14 for 273 yards and three touchdowns.
-- D.B.
Crew performs well at Princeton Chase Regatta
Both the men's lightweight crew team and the women's crew team competed over the weekend at the Princeton Chase Regatta, and both emerged with satisfying results.
On the men's side, the team received top 10 finishes in both the lightweight eight and four events.
"One of our main performance goals for the weekend was to finish in the top four spots in total time for varsity and second varsity crews," Penn coach Mike Irwin said. "This was a good sign that we have the capacity to be in the upper level of the league come April and May."
The women's team was also successful, garnering several top finishes over the weekend.
-- H.B.
