Track & Field
Piper paces track frosh sprinters
The very first time Gabrielle Piper donned a Penn track jersey, she placed her name in Penn’s record books. Twice.
Alumna honors former coach
Runner and 1997 College graduate Adria Sheth and her husband Brian have donated $1 million to endow the Betty J. Costanza Women’s Track & Field coaching position.
Maalik Reynolds breaks high-jump record
In their first track meets at Franklin Field, Maalik Reynolds, Mason Smith, Karl Ingram and Gabrielle Piper all claimed big victories.Miler breaks into Penn’s all-time list
James Finucane, Penn track’s junior miler, projects humility. In fact, Finucane is so noticeably humble that one would not likely guess he is currently Penn’s fastest miler.Track heads to indoor heps
This weekend, Penn’s track and field team will travel to the Armory, a state-of-the-art indoor track facility in Manhattan, to compete at the indoor track Heptagonal Championships.Freshman builds on strong fall
In high school, Conner Paez knew how to run hard. But as a freshman at Penn, he could never take a break.
Freshmen boost indoor track
In his first competition for the Red and Blue, highly-touted freshman high jumper Maalik Reynolds has already put his stamp on the Penn program.Freshmen fuel track to success
The women were triumphant at the Navy Invitational, and two hundred miles up the coast, the men’s team finished third at the Saturday Night at the Armory Invitational in New York, N.Y.Track braves the winter chills
With the end of cross country season and the onset of winter, the collegiate runner moves into a new phase of competition. But despite the biting cold and icy roads, training goes on as usual.
Runner struggles with Ivy redshirt rules
Senior cross country runner Jeff Weinstein debated transferring to avoid tough Ivy restrictions on eligibility.Cross country finishes in top half at Heps
Realizing their team goal, the Red and Blue took fourth place at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y. The women’s team finished in sixth, marking their best result since 2007.Seniors to cross final finish line
With the realization that only two races remain before their collegiate cross-country careers conclude, Penn’s three seniors are determined to make their final miles their swiftest yet.
Cross Country | Running a well-worn route
Even after more than 10 visits to Van Cortlandt Park in the last four years, the Quakers don't feel that familiarity breeds contempt.Cross-country squads finish first at Fordham
Both teams took first place in their first meet of the season at the Fordham Fiasco among fourteen other squads and over 300 runners at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, N.Y.Incoming recruit keeps raising the bar
High school All-American Maalik Reynolds is looking to reach new heights at Penn — on both the track and basketball teams.
Two runners look to turn fortunes around
For two Penn track and field athletes, the year-long wait after a heartbreaking finish last May is finally over.Stepping up for Heps
While the Penn track team will go from racing in front of over 54,000 fans at the Penn Relays to a far smaller crowd at Princeton, N.J., the stakes will be much higher at next weekend’s Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
Penn holds it down at Relays
Despite crowds that topped 115,000 over three days, the Penn Relays did not intimidate the Penn track and field teams.