Three Penn gymnasts to compete at NCAAs
The Penn gymnastics team competed at the ECAC Championships over the weekend in what would likely be the last meet for the team's graduating seniors.
However, it turns out that senior Emily Petkun's collegiate career is not over after all.
Yesterday, Petkun and sophomore Stephanie Ortiz were selected to participate in the all-around competition at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, to be held in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 8.
Petkun, who is seeded fourth in the all-around, will be making her fourth trip to regionals. It will be Ortiz's first career NCAA selection, and she will be seeded right behind Petkun in the fifth spot.
In addition, freshman Lauren Markowitz has been selected as an alternate on vault, behind Yale's Miki Seltzer.
--Matt Conrad
Web site lauds wrestler with All-Effort honors
Junior Matt Herrington has been named to well-known wrestling Web site InterMat.com's All-Effort team after his run at the NCAA Championships.
Herrington took fifth place in the 174-pound weightclass, beating Lehigh's Travis Frick in the fifth-place match after having lost to the Mountain Hawks wrestler twice previously this season.
InterMat's All-Effort honor is extended to two All-Americans in each weightclass.
-- M.C.
Head ref gets extension
Mickey Crowley, the Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating for the Ivy and Patriot Leagues, has been given a three-year extension.
Crowley is responsible for assigning referees for Penn's games, as well as those of the rest of the Ivy League.
-- M.C.
