Fourth-year sprinter Isabella Whittaker of the women’s track and field team was a part of two record-setting races on Saturday at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University. Individually, she set a new school, Ivy League, and facility record in the 400 meter-dash with a time of 51.96, breaking her own records she set a fortnight ago at the Penn-10 Select. She topped second-place Lauren Cadden (54.51), third-place Bethany DeLoof (55.12), and fourth-place Divonne Franklin (55.27).
Running with second-year Christiana Nwachuku, third-year Jocelyn Niemiec, and fourth-year Aliya Garozzo, Whittakerwas also a part of the relay team that set a new record in the women’s 1600 relay. Their time of 3:32.44 broke the four-year-old school record, the facility record, and the Ivy League record. They outclassed second-place Stanford (3:37.99), third-place Boston College (3:44.09), and fourth-place BYU (3:44.70).
Whittaker is currently the school record-holder in the 400-meter dash (51.96), the 500 meters (1:10.12), and the 4x400 meter relay (3:32.44). She ranks third all-time in the 60 meters (7.50) and 10th in the 200-meter dash (24.55).
Four-hundred-and-forty miles away in State College, Pennsylvania, the men’s track and field team also put up a record-breaking performance and a first-place feat. Competing in the Penn State National Open at University Park, fourth-year Scott Toney set a new school record in the pole vault with a mark of 5.50 meters (18 feet 0.5 inches).
Second-year Kampton Kam ;placed first in the high jump with a mark of 2.15 meters (7 feet 0.5 inches, which set a new national record in his native country of Singapore.
Next up for the Quakers is the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 3, in State College.
