Rhoads Tops Men’s Pole Vault Record at Mt. SAC Relays

WALNUT, Calif. – Men's pole vaulters James Rhoads and Scott Toney represented the University of Pennsylvania track & field team at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays over the weekend. Rhoads was in the Invitational Elite competition and finished as the top collegian in that field, fourth overall, topping out at a Penn-record 5.62 meters (18 feet 5.25 inches). That breaks a program record that has stood since 1993, when Mamadou Johnson cleared 5.52 meters.at the Ivy Heptagonal Championship, and is third in Ivy League history behind the marks established the last two years by the Princeton duo of Sondre and...