The Relays returned to Franklin Field last Thursday through Saturday for the first time since 2019.
The 126th running of the Penn Relays were held Thursday through Saturday at historic Franklin Field.
The 126th running of the Penn Relays were held Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, at historic Franklin Field. It was the first Carnival since 2019 after a two-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Quakers put on impressive performances and broke a number of school records across the three days.
On Thursday, senior distance runner James Lee placed fourth in the 1,500m with a time of 3:47.43. The steeplechase saw senior distance runner William Hare take eighth overall with a time of 8:59.18.
Interim President Wendell Pritchett with Andrew Holness, the prime minister of Jamaica.
Senior thrower Mayyi Mahama earned third place in the hammer throw, tossing 63.65m.
On Friday, senior sprinter Enoch Cheung clocked a time of 14.30 in the 110 hurdles to move into ninth in program history.
Junior hurdler Katherine Muccio put up a time of 13.82 in the 100 hurdles to land third in the record book. In the pole vault, freshman Nataliaa Ilieva took third place with a height of 3.93m to move to fifth in program history.
In the high jump, senior Claire Moreau finished fourth with a clearance of 1.71m while sophomore Addie Renner took eighth at 1.66m.
On Saturday, the men set a new program mark in the 4xMile Championship of America, taking sixth overall with a time of 16:18.83. James Lee ran the first leg, followed by senior Ray Sellaro, junior Michael Keehan, and senior Justin Cornetta on the anchor.
Senior Marc Minichello won the javelin college championship with a new personal record of 77.42 meters to remain at No. 2 in program history.
Griffin Pitt, right, works with two other student researchers to test the conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, and temperature of water below a sand dam in Kenya.
Griffin Pitt’s upbringing made her passionate about water access and pollution, and Penn has given her the opportunity to explore these issues back home in North Carolina and abroad.
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
Penn Engineers, NASA, and five other universities tested robotic systems designed to help unmanned explorers cooperate in the dunes of White Sands, New Mexico, paving the way for Moon and Mars exploration.
From framework to actions: Provost John L. Jackson Jr. talks Penn Forward
In a Q&A, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. explains the relationship between the strategic framework In Principle and Practice and Penn Forward—a new University-wide process and action plan that will advance Penn forward for the next decade and beyond.
