PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania track and field programs return to Franklin Field this Friday and Saturday, opening the outdoor season by hosting and competing in the Penn Challenge. Start time is set for 2 p.m. on Friday (Heptathlon/Decathlon events). On Saturday, the Hep/Dec begins conclusion at 9 a.m., with the throwing events starting at 11 a.m., and the running and jumping events beginning at 12:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: Times have changed for many events since this story originally posted. Most updated schedule is listed below.
 
PENN CHALLENGE | Live Results
Friday, March 22, 2024 | 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 9 a.m.
Philadelphia | Franklin Field
 
Competing Teams
In addition to the host Quakers, the meet will include Columbia, Cornell, La Salle, Lehigh, Navy, Princeton, Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova.
 
Friday, March 22
Hep/Dec Events
  2:00 p.m. - M Dec 100
  2:15 p.m. - W Hep 100 hurdles
  2:35 p.m. - M Dec Long Jump
  2:50 p.m. - W Hep High Jump
  3:30 p.m. - M Dec Shot Put
  4:05 p.m. - W Hep Shot Put
  4:20 p.m. - M Dec High Jump
  4:55 p.m. - W Hep 200
  5:30 p.m. - M Dec 400
 
Saturday, March 23
Hep/Dec Events
  9:30 a.m. - W Hep Long Jump
  10:45 a.m. - W Hep Javelin
  12:00 p.m. - W Hep 800
 
Throwing Events
  11:00 a.m. - W Discus (M Discus to follow)
  11:30 a.m. - W Javelin (M Javelin to follow
  After Discus - W Hammer (M Hammer to follow)
  After Javelin - M Shot Put (W Shot Put to follow)
 
Jumping Events
  12:30 p.m. - W Long Jump (M Long Jump to follow)
  After LJ - W Triple Jump (M Triple Jump to follow)
  12:30 p.m. - W High Jump (M High Jump to follow)
  12:30 p.m. - M Pole Vault (W Pole Vault to follow)
 
Running Events (Women first and Men to follow)
  12:30 p.m. - 3000 steeplechase
  1:00 p.m. - 4x100 relay
  1:10 p.m. - 1500
  2 p.m. - 100/110 hurdles
  2:20 p.m. - 400
  2:45 p.m. - 100
  3 p.m. - 800
  3:20 p.m. - 400 hurdles
  3:40 p.m. - 200
  4 p.m. - 3000
  4:30 p.m. - 4x400 relay
 
Penn's Last Time Out
The Quakers' wrapped up the indoor season two weekends ago with eight athletes at the NCAA Indoor Championships earlier this month. James Rhoads and Scott Toney earned first-team All-American after their fourth and fifth-place finish in the men's pole vault. The women's 4x400 relay team came in ninth narrowly missing out on the final.
 
Head Coach Steve Dolan was named Regional Women's Coach of the Year by the USTFCCA, his eighth such honor. Joe Klim, the assistant coach, was named Regional Men's Assistant Coach of the Year and Chene Townsend was named Regional Women's Assistant Coach of the Year.