PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania track teams had a successful day hosting the Penn Invitational on Saturday at Franklin Field, with the women winning nine events and the men winning four.
 
Final Results
 
Women's highlights…
*Bella Whittaker, Jocelyn Niemiec and Christiana Nwachuku went 1-2-3 in the women's 400, Whittaker clocking 52.11 which is eighth nationally while Niemiec remained sixth on the program's top 10 list but improved her time by three-tenths of a second.
 
*Whittaker also won the 200 and matched her previous best of 23.62 seconds. Nwachuku was second in 23.83 seconds (.17 off her top time), while Aliya Garozzo (24.42) was fourth and Caia Gelli (24.77) was fifth.
 
*Tumi Onaleye, Adannia Agbo, and Ijeoma Eziri went 1-2-3 in the women's triple jump.
 
*Angeludi Asaah and Stella Inman went 1-2 in the women's discus, with Inman's distance a PR that nudged her into the program's top 10 list.
 
*Sarah Lavery won the women's high jump at 1.70m (5 feet 7 inches) which matches her career best.
 
*Garozzo won the women's 100 hurdles in 13.65 seconds, which pushed her into fourth on the program's all-time top 10 list.
 
*Camille Jordan won the women's 800 in 2:13.60.
 
*Elliot Bush won the women's javelin with a top distance of 43.88 meters (143 feet 11 inches).
 
*Amelia Kristen and Annika Topchy finished second and fourth, respectively, in the women's 400 hurdles with Kristen's time (1:01.58) putting her tenth on the program's top-10 list.
 
*Asaah also finished second in the shot put, her top throw of 13.60 meters (44 feet 7.5 inches) putting her eighth on the program's top 10 list.
 
Men's highlights…
*Freshman Ryan Matulonis clocked the fastest time in the men's 400 (47.69 seconds).
 
*Another freshman, Nayyir Newash-Campbell, had the fastest time in the men's 200 (21.48 seconds) while Aaron Stillitano (21.82) was fourth and Andrew O'Donnell (21.86) was fifth.
 
*James Rhoads won the pole vault, clearing a height of 5.30 meters (17 feet 4.5 inches).
 
*Mark Hellwig won the men's high jump, clearing 2.09 meters (6 feet 10.25 inches), while Conrad Moore was third at 1.96 meters (6 feet 5 inches).
 
*Stillitano also finished second in the 100-meter dash but his time (10.52 seconds) puts him eighth on the program's top-10 list.
 
Results from Saturday (with top 5 finishes noted)…
 
Women's High Jump
1. Sarah Lavery, 1.70m (5-7)
4. Samantha Strydesky, 1.65m (5-5)
 
Men's High Jump
1. Mark Hellwig, 2.09m (6-10.25)
3. Conrad Moore, 1.96m (6-5)
Patrick Monahan, 1.76m (5-9.25)
Jake Rose, 1.76m (5-9.25)
 
Women's Pole Vault
t-2. Evangeline Thomson, 3.81m (12-6)
t-2. Kai Eisenhardt, 3.81m (12-6)
Meghan Hart, 3.66m (12-0)
Y'Lan Nguyen, 3.36m (11-0.25)
 
Men's Pole Vault
1. James Rhoads, 5.30m (17-4.5)
3. Benedikt Sachta, 4.83m (15-10)
 
Women's Long Jump
Paris Ivery, 5.66m (18-7)
Daniella Oyenuga, 5.59m (18-4.25)
 
Women's Triple Jump
1. Tumi Onaleye, 12.34m (40-6)
2. Adannia Agbo, 12.27m (40-3.25)
3. Ijeoma Eziri, 11.84m (38-10.25)
 
Men's Triple Jump
5. Patrick Monahan, 13.77m (45-2.25)
 
Women's Shot Put
2. Angeludi Asaah, 13.60m (44-7.5)
Stella Inman, 13.10m (42-11.75)
Madison Knier, 11.99m (39-4)
 
Men's Shot Put
4. Kai Deines, 15.85m (52-0)
Zezo Beshir, 14.53m (47-8)
 
Women's Discus
1. Angeludi Asaah, 47.96m (157-4)
2. Stella Inman, 43.99m (144-4)
Kyla Jamison, 38.70m (126-11)
Alex Dochat, 38.23m (125-5)
 
Men's Discus
3. Kai Deines, 47.06m (154-4)
Jesse Goldman, 41.81m (137-2)
 
Women's Javelin
1. Elliot Bush, 43.88m (143-11)
Raina Pietrzak, 30.12m (98-10)
 
Men's Javelin
3. Atticus Soehren, 61.96m (203-3)
 
Women's Hammer
Stella Inman, 47.71m (156-6)
Ella Neskora, 47.31m (155-2)
Alexa Dochat, 44.54m (146-1)
 
Men's Hammer
2. Scott Dochat, 59.17m (194-1)
 
Women's 4x100 Relay
1. Penn 'A', 46.85 – Kassim, Gelli, Niemiec, Reed
3. Penn 'B', 48.11
 
Men's 4x100 Relay
Penn 41.34 – Matulonis, Newash-Campbell, O'Donnell, Stillitano
 
Women's 1,500
2. Lara Cota, 4:44.75
Sarah Fischer, 5:00.91
 
Men's 1,500
Kofi Fordjour, 3:59.43
Nicolas Pizarro, 4:00.99
Vidhur Polam, 4:03.31
Sebastian Pizarro, 4:06.50
 
Women's 100 Hurdles
1. Aliya Garozzo, 13.65 – fourth in program history
Raina Pietrzak, 15.79
 
Men's 110 Hurdles
2. Sean Golembiewski, 14.41
Paul Park, 16.59
 
Women's 400
1. Isabella Whittaker, 52.11 – national #8
2. Jocelyn Niemiec, 54.07 – PR
3. Christiana Nwachuku, 55.91
Caia Gelli, 59.19
Laura Gugliotta, 59.62
Megan Webb, 1:00.55
 
Men's 400
1. Ryan Matulonis, 47.69
Denis Gallagher, 50.06
Holden Emery, 50.20
 
Women's 100
4. Daniella Oyenuga, 12.22
Jordyn Reed, 12.45
Raina Pietrzak, 13.22
 
Men's 100
2. Aaron Stillitano, 10.52
4. Nayyir Newash-Campbell, 10.76
Andrew O'Donnell, 11.12
Jake Rose, 11.28
 
Women's 800
1. Camille Jordan, 2:13.60
Arielle Breuninger, 2:18.23
 
Men's 800
Nicholas DeVita, 1:55.17
 
Women's 400 Hurdles
2. Amelia Kristen, 1:01.58
4. Annika Topchy, 1:05.08
 
Men's 400 Hurdles
2. Sean Golembiewski, 53.93
5. Nicolas West, 55.32
 
Women's 200
1. Isabella Whittaker, 23.62
2. Christiana Nwachuku, 23.83
4. Aliya Garozzo, 24.42
5. Caia Gelli, 24.77
Morayo Kassim, 25.22
Jordyn Reed, 26.01
Amelia Kristen, 26.11
 
Men's 200
1. Nayyir Newash-Campbell, 21.48
4. Aaron Stillitano, 21.82
5. Andrew O'Donnell, 21.86
 
Women's 3,000
3. Miranda Schriver, 10:15.07
 
Men's 3,000
2. Dennis Fortuna, 8:31.39
3. Kofi Fordjour, 8:41.62
 
Women's 4x400 Relay
Penn 'B', 3:58.15
 
Men's 4x400 Relay
2. Penn 'B', 3:18.40
4. Penn 'A', 3:20.32