Complete Results
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - For the fourth year in a row, senior
Persis William-Mensah established a new 60m school record to highlight the season-opening Lumberjack Team Challenge for the UC Irvine women's indoor track & field squad Friday evening at Northern Arizona's J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome.
"Today we competed very well and had marks that stood up to the competition with many personal bests," UCI head coach
Jeff Perkins said. "The performance of the day belonged to
Persis William-Mensah with a new school record. I am pleased with where our women's team currently is coming off the first meet. We had many rookies come out and really show us why they are a part of the elite class we recruited, so I am excited for them."
William-Mensah led a group of seven Anteaters who placed among the top-five in their respective events as she won the 60m dash. The Costa Mesa native clocked in with a lifetime-best 7.34 (7.38 converted), bettering her previous record by .05 seconds.
Junior
Hope Bushnell added a fourth-place showing thanks to a personal-record 7.61 (7.65). Bushnell moved up two spots to No. 3 in school history. Junior transfer
Julia Sambvani was also 12th at 7.79 seconds (7.83), putting her eighth on UC Irvine's all-time charts. In addition, freshman
Mikayla Scott had a strong collegiate debut, coming in 21st overall at 7.88 (7.92).
Junior transfer
Mychal Robinson contributed a fourth-place performance in the 60m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 8.78 seconds (8.82). Sophomores
Imani Jones (9th) and
Iyana Cooksey (10th), and freshman
Shayla Oliver (12th) also competed in the hurdles.
In her first collegiate indoor meet, junior
Elizabeth Akindele claimed bronze in the shot put. She recorded a distance of 44-05.5 on the first of six throws and that stood as her best of the meet. Akindele's mark puts her at No. 3 in the 'Eater record books.
Junior
Barbara Coward finished third in the weight throw with a toss of 54-11.5, which was just under an inch short of her career-best 55-00.25 that ranks second in school history. Sophomore
Brianna Villanueva added a ninth-place showing with a personal-record 46-06.25, bumping her up to No. 5 among UCI's all-time top-10.
Junior
Adrienne Lee paced a trio of Anteaters in the pole vault, matching her indoor-best at 10-11.75, which is third in program history. Freshman
Bryn Hyde also cleared 10-00, while senior
Michelle Figarella reached 9-06.25.
In the triple jump, sophomore
Tatyana Hamlett came in fourth overall with a leap of 35-01.25.
Junior
Megan Mirkhanian took 11th in the mile (5:23.64) and was followed by sophomore
Anastasia Karnaze (5:37.17) and senior
Jenessa Reyes (5:42.60) in 17th and 18th, respectively. Sophomore
Cecily Montanez also came in 19th in the 400m at 62.76 (62.97).
Sambvani, Scott, junior
Hallie Pullum and senior
Simone Buchanan closed out the meet with a sixth-place finish in the 4x400 relay. The quartet clocked in at 3:57.51 (3:58.35).
UC Irvine is back in action next weekend when it heads to Seattle, Wash., for the UW Invitational, Jan. 26-27.
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