PHILADELPHIA - A weekend unlike any before for the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field program. On their home turf, the Quakers captured the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championship, totaling 177 points behind the strength of 10 individual champions, both school records. 

The 177 points for the Red and Blue are the most for any team at Ivy Heps since Cornell in 2007. Penn victory is its first at Outdoor Heps since 1988, when similar to this season, the Quakers claimed the title both indoor and out. 

Entering the day with a commanding lead over second-place Harvard, Penn didn't let its foot off the gas pedal. Elena Brown-Soler wrapped up the heptathlon with 4,727 points, tying her personal record to place fourth overall in the two-day event.

The Quakers continued their success in field events, kicked off by a championship performance from junior school-record holder Anna Peyton Malizia in the high jump, who was the lone competitor to clear 1.76m (5-9.25), winning the first Heps title in the event for the Red and Blue since 1994. Down on the throwing field, freshman Ashley Anumba exploded for a monster discus throw of 55.00m (180-5) to win the event with a mark good for second in Ivy Heps history and currently ranking in the top-10 of the NCAA East Region. Anumba's performance was just the second discus championship in Penn history and first since 1990, and the rookie was voted Co-Most Outstanding Field Performer at Heps, the first in program history.

Anumba was joined by Maura Kimmel on the discus podium, with the sophomore finishing third, while Kimmel scored again for Penn in the shot put, with another third-place mark. 

On the track, it was nothing short of success for the Red and Blue. A week removed from their first-place showing in the college division of the 4x100m relay at the Penn Relays, Barbara Biney, Taylor McCorkle, Camille Dickson and Cecil Ene teamed up yet again to place second at Ivy Heps, posting a time of 45.48.

The 100m hurdles saw two scoring performances from Penn, as Breanne Bygrave reset her program record in the event with a fifth-place performance of 13.60, followed right behind by Meghan Barnes in sixth at 14.01. McCorkle then finished second in her second event of the day, the 100m dash, posting a time of 11.75 to place behind Harvard's Gabrielle Thomas. 

As the distances got longer, Penn only got better. Freshman standout Uchechi Nwogwugwu had high expectations entering the 400m and didn't disappoint, delivering a school-record performance of 52.41, ranking third in Ivy League history and currently top-10 in the NCAA East Region. Candace Taylor joined her on the podium at sixth in the event. 

The Quakers featured half of the scoring performances in the 800m, led by a the one-two punch of Nia Akins and Mikayla Schneider, as the stellar sophomores placed first and second behind Akins' personal best time of 2:05.89, ranking top-20 in the NCAA East Region. Katie DeVore also scored, finishing fifth. 

McCorkle returned to the track for a final time in the 200m, joining forces with Ene as both claimed spots on the podium for Penn. Ene placed second behind Harvard's Thomas, just off Saturday's PR with a time of 23.73, while McCorkle finished fifth. 

The final race before the relays again saw the crowd at Franklin Field turn their attention to the distance duo of Abby Hong and Danielle Orie. They didn't disappoint. Leading the pack the entire way in the 5,000m, it was Hong who edged Orie in the final stretch to claim her second Heps championship of the outdoor meet and fourth overall this season, finishing her senior year undefeated in every Heps race that she ran. Hong took the 10 points with a time of 16:17.30, with Orie in second at 16:18.46.

With just the relays left, the Quakers knew they had the team title in the bag, but they weren't done racking up the awards. The 4x800m team of Gina Alm, Schneider, Rachel Stremme and Akins outran the competition for a time of 8:40.93, good for fifth in program history and winning the event outdoors for the first time. In the 4x400m relay, Hannah Lueders, Caroline O'Neil, Nwogwugwu and Taylor placed fifth to round out the action on the weekend.

In total, Penn featured 26 scoring performances, earning points in 17 of the 22 events on the weekend. 

The Quakers will have a final weekend to tally NCAA qualifying performances at the ECAC Championship next weekend before NCAA East Region Preliminaries the final weekend of May in Tampa, Fla. 

Women's Team Scores
1. Penn - 177
2. Harvard - 114
3. Princeton - 90
4. Cornell - 87.5
5. Columbia - 83
6. Dartmouth - 62.5
7. Brown - 54
8. Yale - 14

Penn Women's Scored Results
Nicole Macco - Pole Vault - 1st (4.01m; 13-1.75)
Rachel Lee Wilson - Hammer - 1st (57.43m; 188-5)
Abby Hong - 10,000m - 1st (34:53.81)
Brooke Cope - Javelin - 1st (47.16m; 154-9)
Anna Peyton Malizia - High Jump - 1st (1.76m; 5-9.25)
Ashley Anumba - Discus - 1st (55.00m; 180-5)
Uchechi Nwogwugwu - 400m - 1st (52.41)
Nia Akins - 800m - 1st (2:05.89)
Abby Hong - 5,000m - 1st (16:17.30)
Gina Alm, Mikayla Schneider, Rachel Stremme, Nia Akins - 4x800m Relay - 1st (8:40.93)
Danielle Orie - 10,000m - 2nd (34:53.95)
Barbara Biney, Taylor McCorkle, Camille Dickson, Cecil Ene - 4x100m Relay - 2nd (45.48)
Taylor McCorkle - 100m - 2nd (11.75)
Mikayla Schneider - 800m - 2nd (2:07.52)
Cecil Ene - 200m - 2nd (23.73)
Danielle Orie - 5,000m - 2nd (16:18.46)
Maura Kimmel - Discus - 3rd (51.13m; 167-9)
Maura Kimmel - Shot Put - 3rd (14.73m; 48-4)
Katherine Schroeder - Pole Vault - 4th (3.71m; 12-2)
Elena Brown-Soler - Heptathlon - 4th (4,727 points)
Breanne Bygrave - 100m Hurdles - 5th (13.60)
Katie DeVore - 800m - 5th (2:09.24)
Taylor McCorkle - 200m - 5th (24.21)
Hannah Lueders, Caroline O'Neil, Uchechi Nwogwugwu, Candace Taylor - 4x400m Relay - 5th (3:44.31)
Meghan Barnes - 100m Hurdles - 6th (14.01)
Candace Taylor - 400m - 6th (54.96)