PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania track & field teams had a successful start to the weekend. The teams are at two meets this weekend, the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton and the Tom Jones Memorial at the University of Florida.
 
Among the highlights from Friday's first day at both meets…
 
*Senior Isabella Whittaker clocked 23.34 in the women's Invite 200 in Florida, a school record and good for fifth in Ivy League history.
 
*Junior Aliya Garozzo bettered her own record in the women's Invite 400 hurdles in Florida (57.22 seconds) and also moved into fifth in Ivy history in that event. Freshman Amelia Kristen, meanwhile, moved up to seventh on the program's list in the event, clocking 1:00.31.
 
*In the women's 5K at Princeton, Lily Murphy (15:59.50) broke Abby Hong's six-year-old school record and became the first woman in program history to break 16 minutes in the event. Senior Maeve Stiles nearly also pulled off the feat, her 16:00.64 moving her into second on the program's all-time list behind Murphy. Olivia Morganti, meanwhile, clocked 16:06.18 which jumped her into the program's top 10 at No. 4. They went 2-3-4 in the event, behind Alexandra Carlson of Rutgers (15:53.14).
 
*Back in Florida, freshman Ryan Matulonis won the men's 400 hurdles, his time of 50.86 seconds moving him up to fourth in program history.
 
*In the men's pole vault (Invite), James Rhoads and Scott Toney went second and third behind Kentucky's Keaton Daniel. Both topped out at 5.40 meters (17 feet 8.5 inches), which is a PR for Toney and keeps him fourth on program's top 10 list.
 
Full results from both meets on Friday, with top-five finishes included…
 
TOM JONES MEMORIAL (Florida) | Live Results
FRIDAY
Men's Hammer
  2. Scott Dochat, 59.38m (194-10)
 
Men's High Jump
  6. Conrad Moore, 2.04m (6-8.25)
 
Men's Pole Vault
  4. Benedikt Sachta, 4.98m (16-4)
 
Men's Javelin
  Atticus Soehren, 57.98m (190-3)
 
Women's Long Jump
  Daniella Oyenuga, 5.47m (17-11.5)
 
Women's Javelin
  Elliott Bush, 40.38m (132-6)
 
Men's Pole Vault (Invite)
  1. Keaton Daniel (Kentucky), 5.67m (18-7.25)
  2. James Rhoads, 5.40m (17-8.5)
  3. Scott Toney, 5.40 (17-8.5)
 
Women's 400 Hurdles
  Amelia Kristen, 1:00.31
 
Men's 400 Hurdles
  1. Ryan Matulonis, 50.86
  2. Noah Langford (Howard), 51.14
 
Women's 200 (Invite)
  Isabella Whittaker, 23.34
  Moforehan Abinusawa, 23.69
  Christiana Nwachuku, 23.72
 
Women's 400 Hurdles (Invite)
  Aliya Garozzo, 57.22


LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL (Princeton) | Live Results
FRIDAY
Women's 800
  3. Bronwyn Patterson, 2:05.35
  Chloe Hassman, 2:09.09
  Lily Orr, 2:10.81
  Phoebe White, 2:13.63
  Arielle Breuninger, 2:17.52
 
Men's 800
  Denis Gallagher, 1:49.89
  Titus Bretzke, 1:51.98
  Nicolas Pizarro, 1:52.06
  Kyle Miller, 1:52.60
  Nicholas DeVita, 1:54.26
 
Women's 1500
  Camille Jordan, 4:39.09
  Lara Cota, 4:40.05
 
Men's 1500
  Edwin Klanke, 3:51.19
  Kofi Fordjour, 3:53.08
  Liam Going, 3:53.46
 
Women's 3K Steeplechase
  Katie Pou, 11:08.84
 
Men's 3K Steeplechase
  4. Silas Ruth, 9:13.29
 
Women's 5,000
  1. Alexandra Carlson (Rutgers), 15:53.14
  2. Lily Murphy, 15:59.50
  3. Maeve Stiles, 16:00.64
  4. Olivia Morganti, 16:06.18
  Zoe Shetty, 16:49.37
 
Men's 5,000
  Sahil Dodda, 14:24.15
  George Keen, 14:31.35
  Dennis Fortuna, 14:32.72
  Rory Lieberman, 14:38.57
  Troy Hill, 14:39.19
  William Shaughnessy, 15:09.29
 
Women's Hammer Throw
  Stella Inman, 47.94m (157-3)
  Ella Neskora, 44.78m (146-11)
 
Women's Javelin
  Madison Knier, 39.10m (128-3)