PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers women's outdoor track and field team takes part in the 125^th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field beginning on Thursday.

PENN RELAYS SCHEDULE
Thursday

• 9:00 a.m. -  Discus College (Halia Rosemond)
• 10:00 a.m. - High Jump College (Courteney Campbell)
• 10:00 a.m. - 400m Hurdles (Reanda Richards)
• 12:00 p.m. - Long Jump Championships (Oniesha Clarke)
• 12:45 p.m. - Shot Put College (Zyra Thomas, Jasmine Van Note)
• 4:00 p.m. - Long Jump College (Gabriela Sanchez, Jacqueline Simmons)
• 10:20 p.m. – 10,000 meter (Olympia Martin)

Friday

• 11:00 a.m. - Triple Jump College (Zia Barr)
• 3:35 p.m. - 100m Dash Heats (Oniesha Clarke)
• 4:45 p.m. – Javelin College (Kathryn Campbell, Alexa Gardner)
• 6:05 p.m. - Sprint Medley Championships

Saturday

• 10:00 a.m. - High Jump Championships (Rhonda Rogombe)
• 1:15 p.m. - 4x800m Championships

ALSO AT PENN RELAYS
Former Scarlet Knight standouts Gabrielle Farquharson and Asha Ruth will also be at Penn Relays with Team USA.

RECAPPING LAST TIME OUT
The Scarlet Knights garnered six top eight finishes between the Virginia Challenge and Larry Ellis Invitational.

Highlighting last weekend's competition was freshman Reanda Richards capturing her fourth 400m hurdle outdoor title of the season taking the crown in a time of 59.21 at the Virginia Challenge.

Also at the Virginia Challenge, Jenna Sobieski claimed fifth place in the 800m in 2:08.36 and classmate Oniesha Clarke took sixth in the 100m in a time of 11.97. The steeplechase saw redshirt sophomore Lou Mialhe take fourth with a season best 11:26.07.

The javelin squad saw junior Kathryn Campbell throw of 45.43m (149' 0") for fifth and freshman Alexa Gardner reach 42.56m (139' 7") to finish eighth.

At the Larry Ellis Invitational, freshman Jasmine Van Note placed fourth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 13.64m (44' 9") and senior Halia Rosemond took seventh in the discus at 43.68m (143' 4").

On the track, freshman Brooke Riedy placed sixth in the unseeded 800m flight racing to a time of 2:16.15 and sophomore Kiera Nealon clocked in at 4:44.25 in the unseeded section of the 1500m to take seventh.

AROUND THE RANKINGS
Rutgers remains in ninth in this week's USTFCCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Track & Field Rating Index.

Freshman Reanda Richards' 400m hurdle time of 57.21, the second fastest Rutgers time in history, from the Florida Relays is currently second in the nation and tops the East Region and Big Ten.

Redshirt junior Rhonda Rogombe's high jump of 1.78m (5' 10), which was .01m off tying the Rutgers outdoor record, at the Florida Relays is currently 15^th in the East Region and second in the Big Ten. Fellow high jumper, sophomore Courteney Campbell, is seventh in the Big Ten with her leap of 1.75m (5' 8.75") occurring twice this season. 
 
Senior Jenna Sobieski's 800m time of 2:06.59, the second fastest time in the RU record books, from the Florida Relays places her seventh in the Big Ten.

LAST TIME AT PENN RELAYS
Rutgers' 4x200m relay team advanced to the Eastern Finals to highlight the Scarlet Knights women's outdoor track and field team's appearance at the 2018 Penn Relays.

The team of Phyllis Gordon and Oniesha Clarke, sophomore Arianne Strunkey and former Scarlet Knight Bria Saunders raced to a season best 1:38.30 to qualify for the Eastern Finals. In the finals, the quartet bettered its opening heat time by nearly two seconds to take fifth with a time of 1:36.36.

UP NEXT
The Rutgers women's track and field team will head off to the 2019 Big Ten Outdoor Championships hosted by Iowa on May 10-12.

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