UC Irvine
Big West Championships
Ericka Nowell Wins Big West 400 Hurdles Title
May 12, 2012 | Women's Track & Field
IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine junior Ericka Nowell won the 400-meter hurdles title for the second consecutive year in the Big West Conference Championships at Anteater Stadium.
Nowell won the 400 hurdles in 58.76 Saturday and senior teammate Amber Middleton was second with a time of 59.66. Senior Kelly Collins placed fifth in 61.86 and junior KayC Wharton was seventh in 63.09 as UCI picked up 24 team points in that one event.
Middleton finished as runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.74. Wharton, Middleton, Collins and Nowell ran the legs of the 4x400 relay as the Anteaters finished second in 3:42.25, breaking the school record of 3:42.69 they had set 13 days earlier.
UCI's 4x100 relay of Middleton, Sanmisola George, Kira Helmer and Breeanca Fleming finished fifth with a season-best time of 46.58.
Freshman Itos Aikhionbare finished third in the shot put with a mark of 43-10 ¾ and freshman Jessica Imani set the school record in the hammer throw with a sixth-place toss of 165-2.
The Anteater women finished seventh with 59 points in the team competition. UC Davis won the championship with 170 points, UC Santa Barbara was second with 169 ½ and Long Beach State third with 113.
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