SEATTLE, Wash. --- Two new UC Irvine indoor records were set Friday on the first day of competition in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at Dempsey Indoor in Seattle.
Megan George ran 8.54 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries, the sixth-fastest time of the qualifiers advancing to Saturday's final. Her time is a new UCI record, breaking the previous mark of 8.57 posted by Amber Middleton in 2012.
Dazhana Bauer-Jackson broke her own school record in the weight throw with a mark of 55-10 ¼ (17.02m) to finish 13th of 29 in the competition. Her previous UCI record was 54-1 ¾ set at the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque Feb. 12.
Other UCI times in the 60 hurdles included Paige Bushnell in 8.81, Tyra Jones 8.88 and Megan Benson 9.24.
In the 60-meter dash prelims, Persis William-Mensah had UCI's best time of the day in 7.53 seconds. Taisyn Crutchfield ran 7.69, Jones 7.89, Charity Lyons 7.95 and Bushnell 8.11. None advanced to Saturday's final.
Lyons finished 16th in the long jump with a mark of 16-10 1/2.
William-Mensah posted a time of 24.97 in the 200-meter dash later in the day to place 21st of 45 competitors.
Action resumes at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
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