Given the team’s rebirth this season, the Quakers expect results at the Ivy Championships.
Despite several season-ending injuries, the Penn men’s swimming team can still savor a battle for southeastern Pennsylvania swimming supremacy.
Crushing both Yale (170-130) and Dartmouth (249-51) in their last Ivy dual meet of the season, the Quakers (4-3, 4-3 Ivy) finished Ivy competition with a winning record in the league, something the team has not accomplished since the 2002-2003 season.
In an effort to (literally) shave off as much time as possible for this weekend’s Ivy League Championships, the members of the men's swimming team are shaving their heads, legs, arms and for some, even more.
Under new leadership, the divers have helped carry their teams to numerous wins, including an impressive performance against West Chester.
After a month of tough competition, the Penn men’s and women’s swimming teams made their last home meet of the season an occasion for celebration.
After a month of tough competition, the Penn men’s and women’s swimming teams made their last home meet of the season an occasion for celebration.
Despite several season-ending injuries, the Penn men’s swimming team can still savor a battle for southeastern Pennsylvania swimming supremacy.
Crushing both Yale (170-130) and Dartmouth (249-51) in their last Ivy dual meet of the season, the Quakers (4-3, 4-3 Ivy) finished Ivy competition with a winning record in the league, something the team has not accomplished since the 2002-2003 season.
Tomorrow Penn hosts two rivals, Yale (2-2, 0-2 Ivy) and Dartmouth at Sheerr Pool in the Quakers’ last Ivy meet before the Ivy Championships.
On the team’s annual training trip last Tuesday, the Quakers took on Ivy opponent Brown at Florida International University’s outdoor pool,.
After losing three straight meets on the road, Penn men’s swimming is looking forward to returning to its home pool, where the team defeated Columbia for its first and only victory this season.
For the fourth year in a row, the Quakers will head into winter break undefeated after beating Yale and Brown.
The Quakers were defeated, 1531-1446.5, by the host Kenyon Lords in this weekend’s Nike Invitational, coming in second of the five competing teams.
Although the men’s swimming team has lost to Kenyon in two consecutive Nike Invitationals, it is determined to avenge those losses this weekend.
In two dual meets in Princeton, N.J., Friday night, the Quakers fell to both the Tigers (193-102) and the Big Red (160.50-137.50).
Most Penn teams circle their first matchups with Princeton on their calendars. The men’s swimming team did the same thing — but for a very different reason. In tonight’s meet in Princeton, N.J., the Quakers have their eyes on Cornell.
In its season opener Friday, the Penn men’s swimming team conquered visiting Columbia, 161-139.
With the season opener this Friday versus Columbia, the Quakers are already looking ahead to the Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League championship.
Returning first team All-Ivy Brendan McHugh certainly doesn’t lack dedication.
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