Saturday, April 14
La Jolla, CA
9:30 AM PT
UC Irvine
at
Triton Invitational
Tyra Jones Leads UC Irvine in La Jolla
April 14, 2018 | Women's Track & Field
Live Results
LA JOLLA, Calif. - Senior Tyra Jones had a pair of top-10 performances to lead the UC Irvine women's track & field team at the Triton Invitational Saturday at Triton Track & Field Stadium.
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Jones was fourth among collegiate athletes, and sixth overall, in her primary event, the 100m hurdles. The San Marcos native cracked the 14-second mark for the first time in 2018, registering a season-best 13.98. She went on to place fifth in the NCAA Division IΒ 400m hurdle race, clocking in at 62.72 seconds (10th overall).
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Senior Sophia Zhou added a top-20 showing in the 400m where she ran a personal-record 59.14 (16th).
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Sophomore Fiora Chan paced five 'Eaters in the 1500m with a lifetime-best 5:06.84 (53rd). Junior Megan Mirkhanian wasn't far behind as she placed 54th at 5:09.32. Senior Jenessa Reyes (5:13.74), sophomore Veronica Lopez (5:14.14) and freshman Fiona De RegoΒ (5:17.52) also competed in the 1500m.
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Freshmen Damatria Willingham (13.02) and Jenelle King (13.33) were 31st and 36th, respectively, in the 100m dash. Junior Hallie Pullum came in 50th in the 800m (2:24.17), while freshman Hanna Coloma ran a season-best 16.96 in her second 100H race of the year.
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UC Irvine has a busy week ahead as it will send athletes to the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19-20) in Azusa, the Mt. SAC Relays (April 19-21) in Torrance, and both the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 19) and Beach Invitational (April 20-21) in Long Beach.
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LA JOLLA, Calif. - Senior Tyra Jones had a pair of top-10 performances to lead the UC Irvine women's track & field team at the Triton Invitational Saturday at Triton Track & Field Stadium.
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Jones was fourth among collegiate athletes, and sixth overall, in her primary event, the 100m hurdles. The San Marcos native cracked the 14-second mark for the first time in 2018, registering a season-best 13.98. She went on to place fifth in the NCAA Division IΒ 400m hurdle race, clocking in at 62.72 seconds (10th overall).
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Senior Sophia Zhou added a top-20 showing in the 400m where she ran a personal-record 59.14 (16th).
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Sophomore Fiora Chan paced five 'Eaters in the 1500m with a lifetime-best 5:06.84 (53rd). Junior Megan Mirkhanian wasn't far behind as she placed 54th at 5:09.32. Senior Jenessa Reyes (5:13.74), sophomore Veronica Lopez (5:14.14) and freshman Fiona De RegoΒ (5:17.52) also competed in the 1500m.
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Freshmen Damatria Willingham (13.02) and Jenelle King (13.33) were 31st and 36th, respectively, in the 100m dash. Junior Hallie Pullum came in 50th in the 800m (2:24.17), while freshman Hanna Coloma ran a season-best 16.96 in her second 100H race of the year.
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UC Irvine has a busy week ahead as it will send athletes to the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19-20) in Azusa, the Mt. SAC Relays (April 19-21) in Torrance, and both the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 19) and Beach Invitational (April 20-21) in Long Beach.
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