PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's track & field teams open the 2025-26 indoor season on Dec. 5-6, hosting the Penn Opener at the Ott Center. 

Day one of the multi-events will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday with the men's heptathlon, followed by the women's pentathlon at 2:30 p.m. Day two of the men's heptathlon will resume at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Field events begin at 11:30 a.m. with women's weight throw, high jump, long jump, and pole vault on Saturday. Running events are scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.

PENN OPENER
Friday – Saturday, December 5-6 
Jane and David Ott Center for Track and Field | Philadelphia, Pa.  
Live Results, Schedule of Results, Watch Live – Saturday (ESPN+)
Tickets - $5 Youth (2-12), $10 Adult  

Teams Competing
Delaware, Georgetown, Hampton, Rider, St. Joseph's, Temple, Penn, Princeton, Morgan State, and Villanova.

2025- 26 Season Preview
The Quakers return six indoor, and seven outdoor, individual conference champions from last year's roster.

Ryan Matulonis returns to the Quakers after placing 15th in the 400m hurdles at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships clocking in a time of 50.75. He placed first in the 400m hurdles at the Ivy Heptagonal Outdoor Championships with a meet record and personal-best time of 49.54, he also claimed first in the 4x400m. 

During the indoor season, Matulonis placed first in the 500m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships with a time of 1:02.01. 

Senior Kampton Kam placed eighth in high jump at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships clearing 2.15m (7' 0.5"). Kam was second at the Ivy Heps with the bar at 2.22m (7' 3.25"). At the Penn Relays, he took home his first watch, finishing first in high jump at 2.20m (7.25"). Kam broke the outdoor Singaporean National Record jumping over the bar set at 2.25m (7' 4.5") at the South Florida Invitational. 

He finished 12th at the NCAA Indoor Championships at a height of 2.11m (6' 11"), and first at the Ivy Heps clearing 2.21m (7' 3"). 

Men's 2024-25 Individual Champions: Ryan Matulonis (500m - Indoors, 400m Hurdles - Outdoors), Kampton Kam (High Jump - Indoors), Jake Rose (Heptagonal - Indoors, Decathlon - Outdoors), Shane Gardner (60m Hurdles - Indoors), Nayyir Newash-Campbell (400m - Outdoors), and Atticus Soehren (Javelin - Outdoors). 

Three-time indoor 60m, and outdoor 100m champion, Moforehan Abinusawa returns for her senior year with the Quakers women's team. Abinusawa placed first in the 60m dash at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships with a time of 7.26, one one-hundredth off from her Ivy record set in 2024 (7.25).

She claimed gold in the 100m (11.39) and 4x400m relay during the outdoor championships in New Haven, Conn. She was 14th in the 100m at the NCAA East Regional recording a time of 11.30. 

Senior Angeludi Asaah made her first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships placing 23rd in discus with a mark of 50.33m (165' 1"). Asaah won the shot put event at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships putting 15.72m (51' 7"). 

Women's 2024-25 Individual Champions: Fore Abinusawa (60m - Indoors, 100m - Outdoors), Angeludi Asaah (Shot Put - Indoors), Chikaodinaka Akazi (100m H - Outdoors), Zofia Limbert (High Jump - Outdoors). 

Upcoming Meets 
Jan. 10, 2026 – Penn Select (Ott Center)
Jan. 17 – Quaker Invitational (Ott Center)
Jan. 22-24 – Penn 10 Elite (Ott Center) 
Jan. 30 – Penn Invitational (Ott Center)
Jan. 30 – 31 – Stan Scott Invitational (Lubbock, Texas)

About the Ott Center 
The 73,000-square foot facility on River Fields Drive is connected to the Hollenback Center, adjacent to the Schuylkill River and south of Penn Park. Designed to be filled with natural light, the new building features large, clear story windows which face the Schuylkill River and align with the multi-story windows on the flanks of Hollenback, which was originally the campus powerplant.
 
The facility is designed to honor Penn's long tradition of excellence in track and field and will enhance and provide support to the Penn Relays – the oldest and largest track and field event in the country.

The facility contains a banked 200 meter running track designed around specific geometric relationships between the straight and curved track sections to produce optimal conditions for running events, two long jump/triple jump runways, two pole vault runways, an eight-lane infield for sprints, hurdles and high jump, and a throwing area for the shot put and weight throw. With spectator seating of more than 1,000, the Ott Center will be able to host a series of exciting youth, high school and college events for years to come.