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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2019-20 Women's Track & Field

Ivy League

Breanne Bygrave

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wakefield
  • Hometown Raleigh, N.C.

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
60m Hurdles: 8.37
100m Hurdles: 13.60
60m: 7.82
200m: 24.98
300m: 40.50
400m Hurdles: 1:00:96

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (60m hurdles)
First all-time at Penn in the shuttle hurdle relay (56.43)
Second all-time at Penn in the indoor 60m hurdles (8.40)
Third all-time at Penn in the outdoor 100m hurdles (13.60)
Fourth all-time at Penn in the indoor 4x400m relay (3:44.24)
Fifth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 400m hurdles (1:00.96)

OUTDOOR 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in six meets during the indoor season, exclusively in the 60m hurdles and 200m.
  • Scored for Penn at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1) with a fourth-place finish in the 60m hurdles, finishing in 8.46, a season-best time.
  • Finished as a the runner-up at the Sykes Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8) in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.56.
  • Also ran an 8.55 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 25) to finish 10th. 
  • Placed second in the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 18) with a time of 8.68 in the 60m hurdles. 
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed in only the Penn Challenge (March 23) during the outdoor season.
  • Helped the 4x100 team to a third-place finish and placed fifth in the 100m hurdles.
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in five meets during the indoor season, mostly in the 60m hurdles.
  • Placed second in the 60m hurdles at the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1) and inside the top five at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 11) and Harvard-Penn Dual (Dec. 9).
  • Reached the final and finished sixth at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 26).
  • Finished 10th at Ivy League Indoor Heps in the 60m hurdles.
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Ran in six meets throughout the 2018 outdoor season as a hurdles specialist.
  • Scored at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6), placing fifth in the 100m hurdles and resetting the program record with a time of 13.60.
  • Also ran the 400m hurdles at Ivy Heps.
  • Competed in both the 100m hurdles and shuttle hurdle relay at the Penn Relays (April 26-28), setting the program record in the SHR.
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6) and the 400m hurdles at the Penn Challenge (March 24).
  • Totaled seven top-10 performances on the year.
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in seven meets during the 2018 indoor season, making appearances in the 60m hurdles, 200m, 300m and several relay events.
  • Placed second in the 60m hurdles at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships with a time of 8.55.
  • Finished second in the 4x400m relay at the Navy Invitational (Jan. 13) with a time of 3:44.24, ranking second in program history. 
  • Won the 60m hurdles at both the New Years Invitational (Dec. 9) and the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 3).
  • Totaled nine top-five performance on the year.
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in seven meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in both the 100m and 400m hurdles, as well as the 200m, 4x100m and shuttle hurdle relays. 
  • Took part in three events at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7), placing third in the 100m hurdles.
  • Advanced to the finals of the 100m hurdles at the Penn Relays (April 27-29) with a school-record time of 13.64 in the prelims.
  • Totaled nine top-five performances on the year, including a first-place mark in the 100m hurdles at the Transatlantic Series (April 15).
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in eight of nine meets during the 2017 indoor season as a sprint specialist.
  • Claimed first at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 4) in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.40 seconds, setting the Penn school record in the process.
  • Finished fifth at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) in the 60m hurdles while also competing in the 200m.
  • Recorded a time of 24.98 seconds at the FasTrack National Invite (Feb. 10), ranking sixth in program history.
  • Finished first in the 60m hurdles at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14) and Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 21). 
  • Notched 13 top-five performances during the season.

High School: No. 4 in the 55HH and No. 9 in 60HH in the country in 2016 ... North Carolina indoor state champion in 55HH ... Finished seventh at the 2016 New Balance Nationals in 60HH.

Personal: Daughter of Paulette and Harold Bygrave ... Older sister, Rosehl, ran track at North Carolina A&T ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a biological basis of behavior major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2018-19Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2019-20Senior

    Hurdles