DURHAM, N.C. – The University of Pennsylvania track and field teams headed south for the weekend to the Duke Invitational in Durham, and although the weather wasn't top notch, the Quakers secured a pair of victories in the women's 100m and the men's 4x100m relay.
 
At the women's 100m, the Quakers had three runners finish in the top eight headlined by freshman Moforehan Abinusawa with a top time of 11.64. She was followed in by Christiana Nwachuku in third (11.96) and Daniella Oyenuga in eighth (12.24), both of whom are freshmen as well.
 
The men's win came in the 4x100m relay, as the Quakers put together a time of 40.62 that places them sixth in program history.
 
The Quakers will continue the outdoor season next weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton on Friday and Saturday, before traveling up to Cornell on Sunday for a clash with Oxford and Cambridge.
 
 
TOP 10 PERFORMANCES:

• Women's 100m Hurdles:
  • 3. Katherine Muccio, 13.95
• Men's 110m Hurdles:
  • 8. Jake Rose, 14.87
• Women's 100m:
  • 1. Moforehan Abinusawa, 11.64
  • 3. Chistiana Nwachuku, 11.96
  • 8. Daniella Oyenuga, 12.24
• Men's 100m:
  • 5. Aaron Stillitano, 10.81
  • 8. Emerson Douds, 10.87
• Men's 400m Hurdles:
  • 5. Liam O'Hara, 54.20
• Women's 400m:
  • 4. Isabella Whittaker, 55.43
  • 9. Jocelyn Niemiec, 57.20
• Men's 400m:
  • 8. Robbie Ruppel, 49.81
• Women's 800m Invite:
  • 8. Bronwyn Patterson, 2:08.06
• Men's 800m:
  • 2. Titus Bretzke, 1:51.82
• Men's 4x100m Relay:
  • 1. Penn, 40.62 (6^th in history)
• Women's Triple Jump:
  • 3. Tamara Grahovac, 11.99m (39-4)
  • 7. Tumi Onaleye, 11.47m (37-7.75)
  • 8. Ijeoma Eziri, 11.45m (37-6.75)
• Women's Pole Vault:
  • 7. Nataliia Ilieva, 3.95m (12-11.5)
• Men's Pole Vault:
  • 2. James Rhoads, 5.25m (17-2.75)
  • 6. Scott Toney, 4.90m (16-0.75)
  • 8. Benedikt Sachta, 4.90m (16-0.75)
• Men's Shot Put:
  • 8. Olatide Abinusawa, 16.04m (52-7.50)
• Men's Decathlon:
  • 4. Michael Hermes, 4,903 points