Track & Field
Mixed results at Indoor Heps for Penn Track & Field
Penn track and field traveled to Cornell over the weekend to compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, with the men’s and women’s teams placing fourth and seventh, respectively.
Tom Awad logs Ivy-record mile time for Penn men's track
Records are made to be broken — and for Penn men's track, another record fell on Saturday. At the Millrose Games, distance runner Tom Awad continued his torrid pace — literally — as he set a new Ivy League record for the mile time.
Records fall as Penn track travels to New York
This past Friday at Staten Island was one for the books for Penn track and field. Returning for the second time this month to the Ocean Breeze Complex in New York, the Red and Blue broke records and brought the heat to the highly competitive Fastrack National Invite.
Penn track gears up for Fastrack Invite
For Penn track and field, the importance of Friday’s Fastrack National Invite is crucial.
Ineligible athletes remain at Penn
Same, same but different. The typical American collegiate experience is four years. While some deviate from that path and finish early or late, a majority of students at Penn find themselves on a similar track.
Ashley Montgomery is on the rise for Penn cross country
Ashley Montgomery is making it look easy for Penn cross country.
Penn track's Sam Mattis named national scholar
Competition may be over for rising senior Sam Mattis, but that hasn’t stopped the awards from continuing to roll in for him. With the dog days of summer approaching, the star discus thrower has been named male Outdoor Field Scholar Athlete of the Year by the U.S.
Throwers, distance runner qualify to NCAA Finals
The majority of Penn’s undergraduate population is off campus for the summer, resting up after a long and arduous school year.
Penn Relays Issue: Looking back at the 2014 Relays
The 2014 Penn Relays had everything you could ask for: dramatic finishes, record setting performances and a number of impressive victories by the hosts.
Steele | Why you should care about the Penn Relays
Towards the end of spring break, the basketball teams -- and respective fan bases -- from Harvard and Yale gathered at the Palestra for the Ivy League's one game playoff.
Penn Relays Issue: Penn track relay squad nine minutes from glory
Track is a unique sport in that months of training all boil down to one race on one day that is over in a matter of minutes. The story is no different for Penn’s women’s 4x800-meter relay, as just nine minutesseparate four runners from glory. For the first time in nearly a decade, Penn will be represented in the championship heat for the 4x800m relay with a squad of junior Taylor Hennig, freshman Candace Taylor, and sophomores Ashley Montgomery and Carey Celata.
Penn track and field reunites heading to George Mason Invitational
One week after splitting up to opposite coasts for the Florida Relays, Sam Howell Invitational and Stanford Invitational, the Red and Blue will be competing as one unit at this weekend’s George Mason Invitational in Fairfax, Va., albeit without a number of key contributors.
The real season starts this weekend for Penn track and field
Penn track and field may be known for traveling distances quickly on the track, but this weekend, the program will take its traveling abilities to the extreme. In the course of only a few days, the Quakers will send athletes to compete in Florida, California and Princeton in what should will serve as their biggest competitive test to date of the still-young season.
?Behind the Disappearance: Who is Timothy Hamlett?
The former track athlete Timothy Hamlett went missing on Dec. 26 and was last seen near the George Washington Bridge.
Penn track and field set to open outdoor season
The first week since Spring Break has seen the Sun break through its winter haze, lighting up Penn’s campus with a newfound radiance.
More than just a race for Cochran-Fikes
As a bookish, unathletic high school freshman, Elton Cochran-Fikes shuddered at the idea of anything having to do with sports. Little did he know that, less than a decade later, he would become the first Ivy League athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.
Another tune-up ahead for Penn track and field
After a monumental performance at the Armory Invitational this past weekend, the Quakers are yearning to continue their campaign at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup in State College.
Penn track and field's Awad breaks 42-year-old record in return
In his first competitive action since earning All-American honors at cross country Nationals, star junior runner Thomas Awad headlined the efforts of Penn track and field at the New York Armory Invitational over the weekend.
Penn heads to historic Armory for invitational
Franklin Field may have met its match. “We sort of pride ourselves with Franklin Field for having one of the premiere facilities on the East Coast,” coach Steve Dolan said.