PHILADELPHIA – Two more track & field program relay records were broken this afternoon—one of the men's side, one on the women's—and James Rhoads won Penn's first men's pole vault championship since 1958 to close out the final day of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
 
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The quartet of Jocelyn Niemiec, Aliya Garozzo, Christiana Nwachuku and Isabella Whittaker broke the program and Ivy League records in the 4x400 Championship of America relay, taking third behind Houston (3:27.32) and Texas A&M (3:29.27).
 
On the men's side, the 4x800 relay team of Denis Gallagher, Edwin Klanke, Holden Emery, and Titus Bretzke was seventh in the Championship of America final but clocked 7:22.08, breaking the previous mark of 7:22.71 that was set a year ago.
 
The women almost had a second record fall on Saturday, as the 4x800 relay team of Lily Orr, Bronwyn Patterson, Camille Jordan and Chloe Hassman clocked 8:36.04 in finishing sixth in their Championship of America race. That is third on the program's top 10 list.

Penn went 1-2 in the college men's pole vault championship on Saturday, junior James Rhoads winning with a height of 5.36 meters (17 feet 7 inches) and senior Scott Toney taking second at 5.26 meters (17 feet 3 inches). Rhoads is the 12th Penn pole vaulter to win a Penn Relays title but the first since John Gray shared first place with Michigan's Mamon Gibson and Ohio State's Stanley Lyons all the way back in 1958.
 
Penn's Results on Saturday at the Relays…
 
Women's Discus Championship
  6. Angeludi Asaah, 49.75m (163-2)
 
Men's High Jump Championship
  8. Mark Hellwig, 2.06m (6-9)
 
Men's Pole Vault Championship
  1. James Rhoads, 5.36m (17-7)
  2. Scott Toney, 5.26m (17-3)
  8. Benedikt Sachta, 4.86m (15-11.25)
 
Women's Long Jump Championship
  5. Daniella Oyenuga, 5.65m (18-6.5)
 
Women's Shot Put Championship
  13. Angeludi Asaah, 13.77m (45-2.25)
 
Women's Pole Vault Championship
  10. Evangeline Thomson, 3.75m (12-3.5)
  Meghan Hart, NH
 
Women's 4x400 CoA
  3. Penn, 3:29.29 – PROGRAM/IVY LEAGUE RECORD
  (Niemiec, Garozzo, Nwachuku, Whittaker)
 
Men's 4x400 CoA
  6. Penn, 3:07.01 (Nicholson, Newash-Campbell, O'Donnell, Matulonis)
 
Women's 4x800 CoA
  6. Penn, 8:36.04 (Orr, Patterson, Jordan, Hassman)
 
Men's 4x800 CoA
  7. Penn, 7:22.08 – PROGRAM RECORD
  (Gallagher, Bretzke, Emery, Klanke)