PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- UConn track & field concluded three days of competition at the 129^th Penn Relays on Saturday afternoon.

Women's Field:

• Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) finished 6^th in the college women's hammer throw championship Thursday with a throw of 58.67m.
• Maresa Hense (Germany) finished 5^th in the women's long jump championship at 5.88m.

Men's Field:

• Travis Roux (Northport, NY) finished 6^th in the college men's hammer throw on Thursday at 59.82m. Alex Krause (Coventry, Conn.) took 10^th at 57.87m.
• Roux also set a personal best in the discus at 52.19m.
• Marc Morrison (Orlando, Fla.) took home 4^th in the long jump on Saturday at 7.47m. Kasey Savage (Horsham, Pa.)  finished 6^th at 7.41m.
• Patrick Oatman (Amston, Conn.) cleared 5.00m in the pole vault to crack the all-time program top 10.

Women's Track:

• Jessica Starr (Cobalt, Conn.) set a new personal best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 59.56, the 2^nd best time in program history.
• Jenna Zydanowicz (West Hartford, Conn.) set a new personal best in the 1500m with a time of 4:18.03, the 3^rd fastest time in outdoor program history
• Sarah Trainor (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) set a new personal best in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:05.46, the 2^nd fastest time in program history.
• Chloe Trudel (Amherst, N.H.)  set a personal best in the 5000m with a time of 16:34.51.
• The DMR team of Malin Rahm (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), Caroline Rice (Saint Johns, Fla.), Calista Mayer (Tolland, Conn.) and Faith Kiplimo (Eldoret, Kenya) put together a strong performance in the event, running a time of 11:26.62, the 2^nd fastest time in program history.
• The SMR team of Audrey Kozak (Shelton, Conn.), Mackenzie Braunstein (Willimantic, Conn.), Gabby Davis (Franklin Park, N.J.) and Rice cracked the all time program top 10 with time of 4:05.07

Men's Track:

• Griffin Mandirola (Suffield, Conn.) set a new personal best in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 8:56.08, the 5^th fastest time in program history
• Brendan Kovar (Rockaway, N.J. Mekhi Stone (Smyrna, Ga.) Del Lindsay (Jersey City, NJ), and OJ Singletary (Rochester, N.Y.)  ran 3:09.66 in the 4x400m race, the 3^rd fastest time in program history.
• Terell Williams (Maplewood, NJ) finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.96.

Quote from Director of Track & Field Beth Alford-Sullivan:

The Penn relays 2025 didn't disappoint!  We had an amazing weekend, with so many break through performances and top 10 marks for our history books. It was a great celebration of our sport on a world wide level.Now we will focus on being healthy, getting through finals and being prepared for the BIG EAST championship at home!!!

Up Next: The Huskies return to action at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational next Saturday, May 3^rd, hosted by Northeastern University.