CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - In a season of strong performances from freshmen for the University of Pennsylvania track and field programs, particularly on the women's side, and that trend continued Saturday afternoon at the Virginia Quad Meet, as the Quakers posted 15 new top-10 record marks, including three school records, all from the women. The women defeated the host Cavaliers, in addition to Maryland and Ivy League foe Columbia, while the men took down the Terps and Lions while falling to UVA. 

Of the 15 new record book marks, 10 of them were posted by first-year Quakers, highlighted by a pair of student-athletes that have gotten used to rewriting history: Breanne Bygrave and Maura Kimmel. Bygrave posted a time of 13.83 seconds in the 100m hurdles, shattering the previous school record mark, while Kimmel improved upon her already broken distance in the discus with a throw of 48.43m. Bygrave also made her mark in the 400m hurdles, notching a time of 1:01.26 to claim fourth in Penn history.

The quartet of Barbara Biney, Taylor McCorkle, Imani Solan and Elena Brown-Soler brought home first in the 4x100m relay, breaking their school record for the third time in three meets this year, with a time of 45.27 seconds, currently ranking 23rd in the NCAA East Region. The sprinters continued to amass incredible numbers on the day however, as Biney checked in at seventh in school history in the 100m with a time of 12.03 seconds, while Solan now sits eighth in the 400m after clocking in at 55.52 seconds.

Freshman Cecil Ene darted her way into Penn laurels twice on the afternoon, first taking second, behind teammate McCorkle, in the 200m-dash with a time of 24.28 seconds, good for sixth in Penn history. The rookie followed that up with a second-place finish in the 400m, finishing fifth in Quaker records at 54.58 seconds. 

Rounding out the strong performances on the track were a trio of freshmen: Nia Akins, Mikayla Schneider and Tia Livingston. Akins (2:08.07) and Schneider (2:08.59), both competing in the 800m, took home times that rank seventh and eighth in school history respectively. Akins' time is good for 20th in the NCAA East Region, while Schneider's is right behind in 24th. Livingston soared to second place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.02 and now sits second in Penn history, while ranking 34th in the East Region.

In addition to Kimmel's success on the field, fellow rookie Isis Trotman competed in the discus and threw for a distance of 44.14m, ranking sixth in Penn record books. Trotman also took second in the shot put and third in the hammer in Charlottesville. Freshman Katherine Schroeder leaped to a height of 3.68m in the pole vault, the best of any Quaker this season, to sit sixth in Penn history. 

Rachel Lee Wilson took home first in the hammer throw with a distance of 55.15m, improving upon her personal best to sit third in the record books, while Bianca Donadio continued to chip away at her best marks at 10th in school history. Senior Lisa Sesink-Clee nearly cleared her personal-best throw in the javelin at 44.31m, but regardless it was good enough for a first-place finish from Penn.

On the men's side, the Quakers recorded 12 podium performances, including a first-place mark in the javelin from Sam Kaplan. Joseph Jordan (400m hurdles), Sean Clarke (pole vault), Noah Kennedy-White (discus), Sean Ryan (hammer) and Tim Schanstra (javelin) all garnered second-place finishes. A small group on the men's side from Penn represented the Red and Blue at the TCNJ Invitational, with the relay team of Wyatt David, Kameron Hypolite, Kyle Oden and Peter Whiteneck finishing second in the 4x100m relay with a time of 41.50 seconds.