Rising senior Matthew Fallon and several recent Penn alumni are set to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

Mr. Fallon is on the men’s swimming and diving team. He earned a spot in the summer games by placing first in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Mr. Fallon’s winning time of 2:06.54 set a new American record and is the fastest time in the world so far this year. He is the first American swimmer in Penn’s program history to qualify for the U.S. national team, and only the fifth men’s student-athlete in program history to qualify for the Olympics.

Mr. Fallon, a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School, won the national championship in the 200-meter breaststroke for the second year in a row last summer at U.S.A. Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships in Indianapolis. He also won bronze in the 200-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, making him the first Penn Quaker to medal at worlds. In December, he won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.

During the recent collegiate season, Mr. Fallon won the Ivy League title in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:49.75. At the NCAA Championships in March in Indianapolis, he placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:48.48, a new school record.

In addition, the following Penn alumni are set to compete in U.S. national teams in the Olympic games:

• Nia Akins, N’20 (U.S. Women’s Track & Field)
• Grace (Sunny) Choi, W’11 (U.S. Breaking)
• Sam Mattis, C’16 (U.S. Men’s Track & Field)
• Regina Salmons, C’18 (U.S. Women’s Rowing)
• Bella Whittaker, C’24 (U.S. Women’s Track & Field)

The following Penn alumni will compete in other countries' Olympic teams:

• Dara Alizadeh, C’15 (Bermuda Men’s Rowing)
• Ashley Anumba, C’21 (Nigeria Women’s Track & Field)
• Isak Zvegelj, C’23 (Slovenia Men’s Rowing)
• Samy Morton, C’23 (Australia Women’s Rowing)
• Blake Broszus, W’24 (Canada Wen’s Fencing)
• Shaul Gordon, C’16 (Canada Men’s Fencing)
• Malak Hamza, C’28 (Egypt Women’s Fencing)

The Olympics will be held Friday, July 26, through Sunday, August 11, in Paris.