Swimming
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.
The best of graduating seniors: Winter edition
After a year of canceled competition, winter sports returned this season to Penn's campus. With them, many Quaker seniors were able to make one last mark on the program they dedicated their college careers to.
Matthew Fallon to miss USA Swimming Trials for final exams
Despite having the opportunity to compete for a spot at the 2022 FINA World Championships, Matthew Fallon is opting to forego the meet so that he can focus on finals.
Freshman Matthew Fallon finishes with first team All-American honors at NCAA Champs
In Atlanta over the weekend, freshman Matthew Fallon finished third in the 200 breaststroke, which secured him first team All-American honors, something no Quaker had done since 2019.
Every record broken at the 2022 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The University of Virginia posted a remarkable number of records at the championships, where the nation’s top swimmers competed in the most anticipated events of their seasons.
Lia Thomas takes eighth place in her final swim of the NCAA Championships
After she touched the wall — achieving her third straight podium placement in three days — she headed to the podium with fellow trans athlete and Yale University junior Iszac Henig.
Transgender former swimmer Schuyler Bailar supports his friend Lia Thomas from the stands in Atlanta
Bailar was the first openly trans swimmer to compete in NCAA Division I swimming and was the first trans man to compete in any men’s sport in the NCAA.
Lia Thomas ties for fifth place in NCAA Championship 200-yard freestyle
Taylor Ruck, a four-time Olympic medalist, out-touched Thomas by two seconds to win the 200-yard freestyle, while Thomas tied for fifth with Riley Gaines of the University of Kentucky.