NORWALK, Calif. --- Senior Lacey Surak won the javelin throw to lead UC Irvine at the 20th annual Beach Invitational Saturday at Cerritos College.
Surak won the event with a career-best mark of 166-0 as she closes in on the school record of 167-2 set by Laura Mills in 1985.
Surak has improved on her previous best mark by 17 feet in the last two days.
Freshman Megan George placed third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.00 and teammate Megan Benson was eighth in 14.44.
George also competed in the 100 hurdles invitational race, finishing fifth in 14.26.
Kaulyn Lee-McNeill was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in 60.58 and Itos Aikhionbare finished fifth in the discus throw with a mark of 167-11.
In the 5,000 meters, Alice Yang and Carlotta Pham finished 10th and 11th in 18:55.55 and 18:16.34, respectively.
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