STORRS, Conn.- UConn track & field returns to action this week at the historic Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2025 Penn Relays will be the 129^th running of the event and will be held from Thursday, April 24^th to Saturday, April 26^th.

The Huskies come into the relays following a strong home performance at the Northeast Challenge in Storrs last weekend. The UConn men and women's teams swept the meet, with the men posting 166 points and the women notching 220 points.

Diarmuid O'Connor (Cork, Ireland) and Maresa Hense (Germany) secured BIG East Men's and Women's Field Athlete of the Week honors after winning the decathlon and heptathlon, respectively. O'Connor's personal-best 7,658 points rank second all-time in program history, and 9^th in the nation, leading a decathlon event squad that checked in at #2 in this week's rankings. Hense's 5,733 point performance also ranked second all-time in program history, placing her 6^th in the nation in the heptathlon, leading the Husky event squad to a #3 ranking.

 A day-by-day guide is listed below of which Huskies will be competing in their respective events.

Thursday:

Women's Hammer Throw Championship (2:00 pm):  Natalia Surdej

Men's Hammer Throw (5:00 pm) : Travis Roux, Alex Krause

Women's 400m Hurdles (5:45 pm) : Gabrielle Davis, Jessica Starr

Women's 1500m (6:25 pm) Jenna Zydanowicz

Men's 400m Hurdles (6:45 pm) : OJ Singletary

Men's 1500m (6:45 pm): Travis Martin

Women's 3000m Steeple (7:05 pm) : Sarah Trainor, Loghan Hughes

Men's 3000m Steeple (7:35 pm): Daniel Hilmer, Griffin Mandirola

Women's 5000m (8:00 pm) Claire Paci, Chloe Trudel

Men's 5000m (9:00 pm) : Sean Ahern, Alec Sauter

Women's 10,000m (9:50 pm) : Caroline Webb

Friday:

Men's High Jump: Enaji Muhammad (12:00pm)

Women's Shot Put: Sinclaire Fryer (12:00pm)

Men's Discus: Garrett McHeard, Jack Foster, Alex Krause (12:00pm)

Women's DMR: Sarah Trainor, Anna Connors, Faith Kiplimo, Jenna Zydanowicz (12:05 pm)

Women's Pole Vault: Rachel Mason, Mallory Malz, Piper Linn (12:30pm)

Women's 4x100: Mia Dansby, Jaia James, Danielle Phillp, A'liyah Thomas (12:45pm)

Men's 4x100: Terrel Williams, Noble Gongon, Damon Simpson, Wyatt Maulhardt (1:15pm)

Men's DMR: Samuel Geisler, Mekhi Stone, Gabriel Cuffey, Travis Martin (2:15pm)

Men's Shot Put: Garrett McHeard, Jack Foster (3:00pm)

Women's Discus: Emily Alty, Gabriela DeFelice (3:30 pm)

Men's 110m hurdles: Josh Mooney, Terrel Williams (3:30pm)

Men's Pole Vault: Patrick Oatman (4:00pm)

Women's Triple Jump: Daryn Davis (4:00pm)

Women's 4x400: Gabrielle Davis, Jessica Starr, Anna Connors, Raquel Rosa (4:05pm)

Men's 4x400: Brendan Kovar, Mekhi Stone, Andrew Ferguson, OJ Singletary (4:20pm)

Women's Javelin: Caitlin Dumouchel (5:15pm)

Women's Sprint Medley: Audrey Kozak, Maresa Hense, Harriett Barber, Caroline Rice (6:10pm)

Saturday:

Men's High Jump: Dar Jankovic (11:30 am)

Men's Long Jump: Marc Morrison, Kasey Savage (11:30 am)

Women's Long Jump: A'liyah Thomas, Maresa Hense (11:30 am)

Men's Discus: Travis Roux (11:30 am)

Women's Javelin: Brynn Madonna (1:30 pm)

Men's Triple Jump: Kyle Johnson (3:30 pm)

Women's 4x1500: Jenna Zydanowicz, Faith Kiplimo, Sarah Trainor, Malin Rahm (12:40 pm)

Women's Triple Jump: Zayin Roe (3:30 pm)

Men's Javelin: Connor Hayford (3:30 pm)

Women's 4x800: Danielle Adams, Megan Perrotta, Allison McCarthy, Caroline Rice (5:00pm)

Men's 4x800: Travis Martin, Gabriel Cuffey, Samuel Geisler, Griffin Mandirola (5:10 pm)

The meet will be streamed on Flo Track at the link: https://flosports.link/45aq29U