Solid first day for athletic programs at Outdoor Heps

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PRINCETON, NJ – The University of Pennsylvania men’s and women’s track and field teams completed the first day of the Ivy Heptagonal Outdoor Championships at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium.

The men finished the day in second place with 22 points, all in the pole vault. The women are third, gaining 18 points in the final event of the day to end the day with 22.5.

*Junior James Rhodessenior Scott Toney and junior Benedikt Sachta went 1-2-4 in the men’s pole vault, giving 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, sophomores Lily Murphy and oldest Maeve Stiles went 1-2 on Saturday in the track’s final event, the 10K. Murphy clocked 32:45.88 while Stiles set a PR, breaking 33 minutes for the first time in 32:51.12. They remain 1-2 on the program’s top 10 list after tonight’s winning performance, which gave the Quakers 18 points.

*The women also achieved fifth place twice, first-year students Evangeline Thomson in the pole vault and sophomores Angeludi Asaah in the discus while junior Meghan Hart in the pole vault finished in a shared sixth place, which secured half a point.

The full Saturday results are listed below, with top-six finishes (scorers) noted…

Saturday Final – Track

Men’s 10K
Dennis Fortuna29:52.40 – PR
Women’s 10K
1. Lily Murphy32:45.88
2. Maeve Stiles32:51.12 – PR

Saturday Final – Field

Men’s hammer throw
Scott Dochat59.82m (196-3)
Hammer throw for women
Ella Neskora48.65m (159-7)
Men’s pole vault
1. James Rhodes5.46m (17-11)
2. Scott Toney5.46m (17-11) – PR, 4th on program top 10 list
4. Benedikt Sachta, 5.01 m (16-5.25)
Men’s discus throw
Kai Deines47.63m (156-3) – PR
Women’s long jump
Daniella Oyenuga5.90m (19-4.25)
Women’s pole vault
5. Evangeline Thomson3.97m (13-0.25)
t6. Meghan Hart3.87m (12-8.25)
Women’s discus throw
5. Angeludi Asaah47.11m (154-6)
Stella Inman40.12m (131-7)

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Penn Qualifiers – Track (Saturday qualifying times listed if run)

Men’s Steeplechase – afternoon
Silas Ruth

Women’s Steeplechase – 12:15 p.m
Olivia Morganti

Katie Pou

Men’s 4×100 relay – 1 p.m
Nicholson, Heywood, O’Donnell, Stillitano, Newash-Campbell, Gardner

Women’s 4×100 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 Garozzo13.52
Men’s 400 – 2 p.m
4. Nayyir Newash-Campbell47.65
Women’s 400 – 2:10 p.m
1. Isabella Whittaker52.10
2. Jocelyn Niemiec53.96
Women’s 100 – 2:30 p.m
1. Moforehan Abinusawa11.43
2. Christiana Nwachuku11.68
Men’s 800 – 2:40 p.m
4. Nicholas Pizarro1:49.96 – PR
5. Holden Emery1:50.13 – PR
Women’s 800 – 2:50 p.m
1. Bronwyn Patterson2:07.18
3. Chloe Hassman2:07.88
Men’s 400 Hurdles – 3:00 PM
2. Ryan Matulonis51.38
4. Sean Golembiewski52.39 – PR
7. Alexander Sadikov52.91 – PR
Women’s 400 hurdles – 3:10 p.m
2. Aliya Garozzo59.49
4. Amelia Kristen1:00.26
Women’s 200 – 3:30 p.m
1. Moforehan Abinusawa23.66
2. Isabella Whittaker23.78
3. Christiana Nwachuku24.02
Men’s 5 km – 3:40 p.m
Troy Hill

Sahil Dodda

Women’s 5km – 4pm
Olivia Morganti

Laura Baeyens

Lily Murphy

Maeve Stiles

Men’s 4×800 relay – 4:20 p.m
Emery, Gallagher, Miller, Pizarro, Bretzke, Going, Klanke

Women’s 4×800 relay – 4:35 p.m
Hassman, Patterson, Orr, Jordan, White

Men’s 4×400 relay – 4:45 p.m
O’Donnell, DeVita, Matulonis, Newash-Campbell, Golembiewski, Nicholson

Women’s 4×400 relay – 4:55 p.m
Abinusawa, Nwachuku, Whittaker, Garozzo, Kristen, Niemiec

Penn Qualifications – Field

Men’s javelin – 10am
Atticus Soehren

Men’s shot put – 12:00
Kai Deines

Women’s high jump – 12.30 pm
Sara Lavery

Samantha Strydesky

Men’s Triple Jump – 1 p.m
Patrick Monahan

Women’s javelin throw – 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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