Swimming
Swimming & Diving Issue | Veterans offer a steady hand for a transitioning squad
The men and women of Penn swimming and diving enter 2016’s spate of races with a strong sense of accomplishment.
Swimming & Diving Issue | Mark Andrews ready for more after Ivy title
One thing’s for sure. Mark Andrew is no stranger to making a splash. After breaking out as freshman and smashing the Ivy League record in the 400 IM, his prowess in the pool has caught a lot of attention, and with the graduation of Penn swimming legend and NCAA champion Chris Swanson, the spotlight on Andrew will only brighten.
Swimming & Diving Issue | A look back on the 2015-16 season
When asked to describe last year’s edition of Penn swimming and diving in two words, current senior Grant Proctor was at a loss. Across the pool deck, a teammate had a quick answer: “The best.”
Swimming & Diving Issue | Army, Columbia on tap as Penn opens season
Traditions are funny. Teams often start their seasons against the same opponent every year, and sometimes without good reason. But Penn swimming is breaking the mould with their first meet this year — and breaking out of their comfort zone in the process. For virtually as long as time itself, the Quakers have started their season with a dual meet against Columbia.
Swimming & Diving Issue | Quakers play the long game with strong distance group
Penn Women’s Distance Swimming looks to build on last season’s success and has plenty of reason for optimism The Penn Women’s Distance Swim Team reached nearly unprecedented levels of success for the program last year, and come into this season overflowing with optimism and ready to meet the heightened expectations. It is no fluke that Mike Schnur was selected to be the 2016 Ivy League Women’s Coach of the Year.
Higgins | What to do when the final season approaches
The farewell tour. The victory lap. The last hurrah. Whatever you call it, there’s no avoiding the inevitability of retirement in athletics.
Swimmers try, fail to qualify for Rio
As the country prepares for the Rio Olympics later this summer, an unprecedented delegation from Penn fought for places on the United States’ swimming roster. 14 Quakers flew to Omaha, Neb.
14 swimmers compete at U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha
As the country prepares for the Rio Olympics later this summer, an unprecedented delegation from Penn is in currently trying to fight for places on the United States’ swimming roster.
Men's swimming's Chris Swanson becomes Penn's first ever national champion in 1650
Every senior hopes for a storybook ending when they get ready to compete for the last time, and that’s just what Penn men's swimming senior Chris Swanson got at this weekend's NCAA National Swimming and Diving Championship.
Six Penn men's swimmers head to Atlanta for NCAA Championships
It’s championship season, and while most eyes are on the basketball this week, Penn has a chance to make the podium nationally in the pool.
The swan song of Penn swimming's Chris Swanson
There’s no other way of putting it — it’s the end of an era. Penn men's swimming legend Chris Swanson has one meet left to bear the colors Red and Blue.
Penn swimming notches solid season-ending performance at ECACs
Like a late-night trip to Wawa, it was a satisfying, though not perfect, finish. It was one last hurrah for the Red and Blue in Maryland this weekend as most of the swim team went to the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships hosted at the U.S.
Penn men's swimming takes third in historic Ivy Championships performance
The phrase, all time best, gets tossed around a lot in sports. However no other phrase better captures Penn’s Mens Swimming and Diving team performance at this year’s Ivy League Championship meet. Penn claimed a school-record six individual Ivy League titles en route to an program record of 1,213.5 points at the championships.
For Penn swimming's Eric Schultz, personal achievement comes second to team ambition
When Eric Schultz was a senior at La Salle College High School and considering Penn as the place he would spend the next four years swimming, he never dreamed of becoming an Ivy League champion.
Penn men's swimming set for Ivy Championships
For members of Penn men’s swimming, this weekend’s Ivy Championships will take on a variety of meanings.
Penn alum, swim coach Brendan McHugh looks to Olympic bid
A coach, a lawyer and a swimmer walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of bad joke.Seven school records fall as Penn women's swimming takes fourth at Ivies
History was made by the Penn women’s swimming team at the Ivy Championships this weekend. The Quakers finished fourth overall at the Championships, which came to conclusion Saturday afternoon at the DeNunzio Pool at Princeton. Penn finished with 1,025 points, only behind three historic powers of Ivy League swimming, with Harvard, Yale and host Princeton making up the top three spots by the end of the weekend. The fourth place-finish was overshadowed by several individual performances — including eight school records — and the Red and Blue reaching the 1,000-point mark for the first time in the program’s history. Coach Mike Schnur was elated with his team’s performance, crediting the success on hard work that started way before the season even got fully under way. “Almost everything went right, “ he said.
For Penn women's swimming, it all comes down to three days in February
Six months of practice. 22 weeks of doubles. Thousands of miles swam. And it all comes down to three days in February. Without exaggeration, for the Quakers, this entire season has been about one thing – going fast at Ivy League Championships.
As she looks to defend her Ivy title, Penn swimming's Virginia Burns reflects on how she got to where she is
Ask anybody, and they’ll tell you that college is the time to change who you are. But Penn swimming phenom Virginia Burns didn’t foresee the transformation she would undergo.