Results
SEATTLE, Wash. --- UC Irvine junior Itos Aikhionbare won the shot put in the women's indoor track and field opener at the UW Indoor Preview in Seattle, Wash., Saturday.
Aikhionbare posted an indoor career-best mark of 49-3 to earn first place in the event by three feet. UCI's Melanie Speech finished 12th with a career-best 38-9 ½.
Redshirt senior Ericka Nowell finished eighth overall of 57 competitors in the 400 meters with a time of 58.62 and Lauren Hackney was 18th in 59.87.
Chelsea Schneider won her section of the 800 meters and placed ninth overall of 28 runners with a time of 2:17.29.
Rebecka Miranda finished ninth of 34 in the triple jump with a mark of 37-4 ½.
Ariel Cheng was 15th of 29 overall in the pole vault with a mark of 10-11 ¾.
The Anteaters return to Seattle in two weeks for the UW Invitational Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at Dempsey Indoor.
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