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.

Leblanc's father, David, was a French Olympian, competing in the 100m and 200m breaststroke in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

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.

Sophomore swimmer Matthew Fallon continues his impressive run of form by making the United States men's national team roster.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Thomas touched the wall in 4:33.24, marking her best time of the season and setting Penn's program record, which she broke earlier this season. 

Penn women's swimming has three Quakers — including College senior Lia Thomas — competing at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Georgia Tech. 

Thomas will swim the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle events — both of which she is seeded to win — as well as the 100-yard freestyle, and she will be joined by Penn juniors Catherine Buroker and Anna Kalandadze.

Keep up to date with the Quakers as winter sports charge towards final gasps for glory at NCAA Championships and spring sports show hints of what the coming season has in store.