Swimming
Previewing Penn at the NCAA swimming and diving championships
Penn will be sending one swimmer to the competition after breaststroker Matt Fallon withdrew due to injury.
For women's swimming's Izzy Pytel, Penn is everything she could have hoped for
The sophomore breaststroker has found community on the team this year.
15 questions with ... Sadie Howard, a Penn diving freshman
Howard sat down with the DP to discuss her path to Penn and where she hopes diving can take her in the future.
Penn men's swimming and diving finishes sixth at Ivy League championships
2023 marked the first year since 2020 that the Quakers did not have either an individual champion or a winning relay in the A group.
Previewing Penn at the Ivy League men’s swimming and diving championships
Sophomore Matt Fallon and several other experienced veterans lead a group of talented new faces.
Penn women’s swimming breaks program, conference, pool records at Ivy championships
Penn recorded several podium sweeps, and senior Anna Kalandadze broke multiple records during the three-day event.
15 questions with ... Ben Feldman, a Penn swim junior
With under two weeks before Ivy championships, Feldman reflects on his path to Penn, how he improves, and his life outside of the pool.
15 questions with ... Trevor Nelson, a Penn diving senior
Nelson adds experience to the diving team, and will compete what could be his final collegiate meet this upcoming weekend at the Ivy League championships.
Previewing Penn at the Ivy League women's swimming & diving championships
The Quakers are ready to make their mark in both team and individual contests this weekend.
Matt Fallon makes a splash with seven consecutive event wins in January
The sophomore swimmer is undefeated in the month of January.
Year in Review: Penn women's swimming's Lia Thomas makes history as first transgender NCAA Division I champion
Following Thomas' performance at the 2021 Zippy Invitational, her participation began to draw criticism and transphobic rhetoric from media outlets such as Fox News and the New York Post.
After troubling Cal experience, Anna Kalandadze shines in transfer to Penn
Although Penn may not have been senior swimmer Anna Kalandadze's first choice, now she can't imagine herself competing anywhere else.
Penn swimming impresses at Zippy Invitational
Penn’s swim team put on a whale of a performance at the Zippy Invitational this weekend, with several swimmers setting record timings.
Freshman Alex Fu quickly making waves for men's swimming
Competing at the collegiate level was just a dream when Alex Fu started swimming at the age of five. 13 years of experience later, it's become a part of his reality.
Matt Leblanc, following in his family's footsteps, excels in the pool
Leblanc's father, David, was a French Olympian, competing in the 100m and 200m breaststroke in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Despite difficult injury, Penn men's swimmer Jack Hamilton shines in return to the pool
From Knoxville, Tenn., Hamilton comes from a family of tennis players, with both his parents having played at the varsity level in college and his brother playing competitively.
Penn swimmer Matthew Fallon secures spot on U.S. Men's National Team
Sophomore swimmer Matthew Fallon continues his impressive run of form by making the United States men's national team roster.
Inside Matthew Fallon's record-breaking first year at Penn
Only weeks after competing in Georgia for the NCAA Division I Championships, Fallon returned to train with the Athens Bulldogs Swim Club through the summer.
Penn nominates transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year
Thomas, one of 577 nominees and one of more than 240 Division I athletes, was the first transgender woman to win an NCAA Division I Championship title.