Track & fielders start season with a slew of Top 10 performances
Seven athletes competing in the Navy Invitational and UConn MultiEvent Challenge entered the Penn record books with noteworthy feats in their respective events.
Sophomore thrower Mayyi Mahama won the weight throw with a mark of 19.48m.
At their first meets of the indoor season over the weekend—the Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Maryland, and the UConn MultiEvent Challenge in Storrs, Connecticut—the women’s and men’s track & field teams placed first in five events. Additionally, seven athletes entered Penn’s Top 10 all-time record book with their performances.
The women’s team was victorious in four events. Junior sprinter Uchechi Nwogwugwu won the 500m with a time of 1.13.13; sophomore thrower Mayyi Mahama won the weight throw with a mark of 19.48m; freshman hurdler Lauryn Harris placed first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.55, the third-best in school history; and senior thrower Maura Kimmel finished first in the shot put with a throw of 15.76m.
Junior sprinter Uchechi Nwogwugwu won the 500m with a time of 1.13.13.
Furthermore, freshman hurdler Grace O’Shea finished inches behind Harris in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.58, the fourth-best in school history. Senior hurdler Breanne Bygrave, who holds the school record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.40, finished third with a time of 8.72.
In the 60m dash, sophomore sprinter Mia Knight placed second with a time of 7.60, the fifth-best in school history. In the 400m, senior sprinter Elena Brown-Soler finished second with a time of 55.54, the fourth-best in program history. Freshman thrower Morgan Johnson finished third in the shot put with a throw of 13.54m, eighth all-time in school history.
Senior multi-event athlete Evan Lee complied 5,532 points in the heptathlon, a school record.
Amongst men, senior Nathan Fisher won the pole vault, clearing 5.10m. In the weight throw, junior thrower Jake Kubiatowicz finished second with a toss of 18.39m.
On the track, freshman sprinter Josh Bridges finished fourth in the 60m dash with a time of 6.95, the eighth-best in program history.
Competing at the University of Connecticut, senior multi-event athlete Evan Lee complied 5,507 points in the heptathlon, which converted to 5,532 points by virtue of running on a flat track instead of a banked one. Both of his times are program records.
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