IRVINE, Calif. --- Sophomore Itos Aikhionbare won two events in the Big West Challenge Cup at Anteater Stadium Friday.

She captured titles in the shot put with a mark of 49-7 ¾ and the discus throw at 158-7 to improve on her No. 3 mark in Anteater history.  She was sixth in the hammer throw at 153-1.

Junior Lacey Surak won the javelin throw with a mark of 146-7, second-best in UCI history, and senior Chelsea Pham placed fourth at 123-5.

Sophomore Paige Bushnell won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.25, the seventh-fastest time in the Anteater record book.  Freshman Megan Benson finished fifth in 14.48.

Bushnell finished second in the 400-meter hurdles in 61.89 and KayC Wharton placed fourth with a time of 64.60.

Sophomore Kaycee Holcomb earned second place in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:35.57 and Chloe Fata was sixth in 4:39.04 to also earn team points.

Lauren Hackney placed third in the 400 meters with a time of 56.78 and Surak was seventh in 58.12.

Marie Brashears was third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:13.91 and Sakia Sailinuu followed in fourth at 2:14.67.

Nicole Mendoza finished fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:48.87.

Surak finished sixth in the shot put with a mark of 39-8 and Bridget Devaney was seventh in the hammer throw (150-1) and discus throw at 129-2.

Melanie Speech placed sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 12.52 and Charity Lyons was seventh in the long jump at 16-9 ¼.

Carlotta Pham finished sixth (10:17.80) and Makenna McGrann (10:28.94) was eighth in the 3,000 meters.

UCI finished third in both the 4x100 relay (47.89) and the 4x400 relay (3:46.38).  The 4x100 consisted of Speech, Wharton, Lyons and Benson and the 4x400 quartet was Surak, Hackney, Bushnell and Wharton.

The Anteaters finished third in the Challenge Cup with 143 points.  UC Santa Barbara won the meet with 187.50 points, Long Beach State was second with 170 and Cal State Fullerton fourth with 139.50.

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