PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's track & field teams have completed the first day of the Ivy Heptagonal Outdoor Championships at Princeton's Weaver Stadium.
The men ended the day in second place with 22 points, all of them coming in the pole vault. The women are third, gaining 18 points in the day's final event to end the day with 22.5.
*Junior
James Rhoads, senior
Scott Toney and junior Benedikt Sachta went 1-2-4 in the men's pole vault, getting the Quakers 22 valuable points. Both Rhoads and Toney cleared 5.46 meters (17 feet 11 inches) but Rhoads was declared the winner based on fewer misses on the day.
*On the women's side, sophomore
Lily Murphy and senior
Maeve Stiles went 1-2 in the final event on the track Saturday, the 10K. Murphy clocked 32:45.88 while Stiles set a PR and broke 33 minutes for the first time at 32:51.12. They remain 1-2 on the program's top 10 list after tonight's winning performance, which brought the Quakers 18 points.
*The women also had two fifth-place finishes, freshman
Evangeline Thomson in the pole vault and sophomore
Angeludi Asaah in the discus, while junior
Meghan Hart tied for sixth in the pole vault to secure half a point.
Full Saturday results are listed below, with top-six finishes (scorers) noted…
Saturday Finals – Track
Men's 10K
Dennis Fortuna, 29:52.40 – PR
Women's 10K
1.
Lily Murphy, 32:45.88
2.
Maeve Stiles, 32:51.12 – PR
Saturday Finals – Field
Men's Hammer Throw
Scott Dochat, 59.82m (196-3)
Women's Hammer Throw
Ella Neskora, 48.65m (159-7)
Men's Pole Vault
1.
James Rhoads, 5.46m (17-11)
2.
Scott Toney, 5.46m (17-11) – PR, 4th on program top 10 list
4. Benedikt Sachta, 5.01m (16-5.25)
Men's Discus
Kai Deines, 47.63m (156-3) – PR
Women's Long Jump
Daniella Oyenuga, 5.90m (19-4.25)
Women's Pole Vault
5.
Evangeline Thomson, 3.97m (13-0.25)
t6.
Meghan Hart, 3.87m (12-8.25)
Women's Discus
5.
Angeludi Asaah, 47.11m (154-6)
Stella Inman, 40.12m (131-7)
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Penn Qualifiers – Track (Saturday qualifying times listed if run)
Men's Steeplechase – Noon
Silas Ruth
Women's Steeplechase – 12:15 p.m.
Olivia Morganti
Katie Pou
Men's 4x100 Relay – 1 p.m.
Nicholson, Heywood, O'Donnell, Stillitano, Newash-Campbell, Gardner
Women's 4x100 Relay – 1:10 p.m.
Oyenuga, Nwachuku, Abinusawa, Whittaker, Gelli, Garozzo
Men's 110 Hurdles – 1:40 p.m.
Shane Gardner
Sean Golembiewski
Women's 100 Hurdles – 1:50 p.m.
1.
Aliya Garozzo, 13.52
Men's 400 – 2 p.m.
4.
Nayyir Newash-Campbell, 47.65
Women's 400 – 2:10 p.m.
1.
Isabella Whittaker, 52.10
2.
Jocelyn Niemiec, 53.96
Women's 100 – 2:30 p.m.
1.
Moforehan Abinusawa, 11.43
2.
Christiana Nwachuku, 11.68
Men's 800 – 2:40 p.m.
4.
Nicolas Pizarro, 1:49.96 – PR
5.
Holden Emery, 1:50.13 – PR
Women's 800 – 2:50 p.m.
1.
Bronwyn Patterson, 2:07.18
3.
Chloe Hassman, 2:07.88
Men's 400 Hurdles – 3 p.m.
2.
Ryan Matulonis, 51.38
4.
Sean Golembiewski, 52.39 – PR
7.
Alexander Sadikov, 52.91 – PR
Women's 400 Hurdles – 3:10 p.m.
2.
Aliya Garozzo, 59.49
4.
Amelia Kristen, 1:00.26
Women's 200 – 3:30 p.m.
1.
Moforehan Abinusawa, 23.66
2.
Isabella Whittaker, 23.78
3.
Christiana Nwachuku, 24.02
Men's 5K – 3:40 p.m.
Troy Hill
Sahil Dodda
Women's 5K – 4 p.m.
Olivia Morganti
Laura Baeyens
Lily Murphy
Maeve Stiles
Men's 4x800 Relay – 4:20 p.m.
Emery, Gallagher, Miller, Pizarro, Bretzke, Going, Klanke
Women's 4x800 Relay – 4:35 p.m.
Hassman, Patterson, Orr, Jordan, White
Men's 4x400 Relay – 4:45 p.m.
O'Donnell, DeVita, Matulonis, Newash-Campbell, Golembiewski, Nicholson
Women's 4x400 Relay – 4:55 p.m.
Abinusawa, Nwachuku, Whittaker, Garozzo, Kristen, Niemiec
Penn Qualifiers – Field
Men's Javelin – 10 a.m.
Atticus Soehren
Men's Shot Put – Noon
Kai Deines
Women's High Jump – 12:30 p.m.
Sarah Lavery
Samantha Strydesky
Men's Triple Jump – 1 p.m.
Patrick Monahan
Women's Javelin – 1:30 p.m.
Elliott Bush
Madison Knier
Women's Triple Jump – 3 p.m.
Tumi Onaleye
Adannia Agbo
Ijeoma Eziri
Paris Ivery
Men's High Jump – 3 p.m.
Mark Hellwig
Conrad Moore
Jack Meigel
Kampton Kam
Women's Shot Put – 3 p.m.
Angeludi Asaah
Stella Inman
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