The women’s track & field team won their third consecutive Indoor Ivy Heps championship on Sunday in Ithaca, New York.
For the first time in school history, the women’s track & field team has won three consecutive Indoor Ivy Heps titles.
In Ithaca, New York, over the weekend, Penn prevailed in eight events, including six individual contests, and amassed 133 points to pull off the three-peat.
Sophomore thrower Mayyi Mahama won the Quakers’ first chip on Saturday in the weight throw. Her heave of 21.76m set a new Ivy League record.
Senior Maura Kimmel also flourished in the field. She won her second straight indoor Heps title in the shot put, throwing 15.43m.
As expected, senior middle-distance runner Nia Akins was her typical phenomenal self; she won the mile in 4:46.05 and the 1000m in 2:51.20, and was named Most Outstanding Track Athlete for the second year in a row.
“I’m super proud of the team at large,” Steve Dolan, the James P. Tuppeny/Betty J. Costanza Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, told the Ivy League. “The women’s team really has a great group, a great spirit to them overall. I really have a great coaching staff; I’m really fortunate. The coaches have done a fantastic job in every different event there is, so I want to acknowledge all the work they’ve done. It takes a full team.”
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