Thirty-two years ago, Betty Costanza never could have imagined the success that the Penn women's track team would have over the next three decades. That's because there wasn't a varsity team - just a newly formed club squad. She was a pioneer of the program and its first (and, until 2002, its only) head coach.

For the graduating seniors, last weekend's Outdoor Heptagonal Championships was an event to remember. For the rest of the Quakers, it was a track meet they'd rather forget. Stacy Kim was named Co-Athlete of the Meet and Jesse Carlin won the 800-meter title; on the men's side, Tim Kaijala won his second-straight 800m and Mike Hall finished just five points back of first in the decathlon.

Boy, did I get gypped. The Daily Pennsylvanian, like most other campus student organizations, is of the hierarchical sort. You put in the time, you make the commitment, you work your way up and then the perks start rolling in. Well, I put in the time. I made the commitment - half the guys in my fraternity didn't even know me by the time my term as sports editor had finished.

When the women's lacrosse team held its annual winter meeting in early 2005, the freshmen sat in the back of the room, as is customary for the team's youngest members. But when the coaches asked the Quakers what their team goals were, the Class of 2008 had something to say.

The University Board of Trustees Executive Committee heard updates from administrative officials and from the heads of two Trustee Committees at their Stated Meeting Thursday afternoon. After chairman James Riepe opened the meeting, Penn President Amy Gutmann spoke briefly about accolades the University and its researchers and professors had received in the past few months.

Boys in the United States and Asia face more pressure to achieve "normal" height than boys elsewhere in the world, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found in a new study. The study, released in April, found that male children are twice as likely as girls to be treated with recombinant human growth hormones in the U.

The Boston University women's lacrosse team is in the midst of its best season in program history. BU has won 18 games - tying a school mark set two years ago - including the last 15, its longest winning streak of all-time. It may be the nation's longest winning streak of 2008, but Penn's current 13-game run is second.

TOWSON, Md. - Over the past two years, Northwestern has been the roadblock of the Penn women's lacrosse's team. Coming into tonight's NCAA final, Northwestern had given the Quakers two of their three losses since the start of the 2007 campaign. And tonight, Northwestern remained Penn's fly in the ointment.

The men's heavyweight and women's crew teams get set to push off this weekend in their respective Sprints races. For the heavies, the race marks the beginning of the final leg of a disappointing seasons. For the 20th-ranked women, though, the Sprints is just another step towards national recognition.

He's not the type of player that dunks and draws attention to himself; he comes in there and does what's right for the time. He shoots the three like none other." - Deb Belcore, mother of Penn men hoops recruit Rob If they block us and then kick the shit out of us, fine, but don't try to hurt people, go for the knees, throw forearms, and that's what they were doing to some of the kids.

TOWSON, Md. - Senior attack Rachel Manson's 115 career goals ranks her second all-time in Penn women's lacrosse history. But of all those tallies, No. 115 was the sweetest of them all. With less than 45 seconds left in the second half of non-sudden death overtime in Friday's NCAA national semifinal against Duke, Penn freshman Giulia Giordano earned a free position shot.

On the sidelines of every men's lacrosse game are the familiar faces - head coach Brian Voelker, his assistant coaches and, of course, the players. But for Penn, there's one more person who makes his presence felt as strongly as anyone else: 12-year-old Pat Kelly.

After hitting double-digits in scoring in last week's loss to Towson, the men's lacrosse team appears to have put its offensive woes behind it. The only problem: It's about to face the nation's fourth-best defensive team. Penn (5-7, 3-3 Ivy) will look to end its disappointing season on a high note when it hosts No.

The men's lightweight rowing season is one filled with familiar races and familiar faces: the Navy Day Regatta, the Head of the Charles, the Princeton Chase, the Callow Cup - all year-in, year-out events. But this season brings a less familiar foe to the water: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The men's lightweight rowing season is one filled with familiar races and familiar faces: the Navy Day Regatta, the Head of the Charles, the Princeton Chase, the Callow Cup - all year-in, year-out events. But this season brings a less familiar foe to the water: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Off the court, senior Julia Koulbitskaya and sophomore Kate Kosminskaya are quiet, reserved and calm. But on it, they're fierce and aggressive, according to coach Mike Dowd. Yesterday, the NCAA officially announced what Dowd and the Quakers already knew: The two women from Moscow are heading to Tulsa, Okla.

John Gallagher is man enough to admit to crying. He cried when he left Hartford last month, along with nine members of the basketball team he was leaving behind. But that was quickly tempered by the knowledge that he would be returning to his Philadelphia roots, not to mention taking a small step up the college basketball ladder.