Saturday, April 21
Long Beach, CA
8:30 AM PT
UC Irvine
at
Beach Invitational
UC Irvine Closes Out Weekend at Beach Invitational
April 21, 2018 | Women's Track & Field
Results
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The UC Irvine women's track & field team wrapped up a busy weekend at the Beach Invitational Saturday at Jack Rose Track.
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For the second day in a row, senior Persis William-Mensah ran a personal and school-record tying 11.51 in the 100m. She ended up finishing fourth out of 88 competitors. Junior Hope Bushnell was also 15th (11.82) while freshman Mikayla Scott matched her season best at 11.95 to come in 28th.
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William-Mensah added a top-three showing in the 200m. She took third in a large field of 92 athletes with a time of 23.95 seconds. Bushnell (11th) and Scott (19th) made their way into the top-20 as well, clocking in at 24.24 and 24.62, respectively.
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Senior Tyra Jones led a quartet of 'Eaters in the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 13.95 seconds to place 13th out of 87. It was Jones' third sub-14 second race in her last four outings. Junior Mychal Robinson contributed a top-30 showing (14.16), and sophomore Iyana Cooksey registered a season-best 14.55 (47th).
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Junior Julia Sambvani notched a personal-record 60.97 in the 400m hurdles where she was 14th overall. Sambvani just missed out on cracking UCI's all-time top-10 by .12 seconds. Jones also posted a season-best 62.24 (27th).
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Senior Sophia Zhou was the Anteaters' lone representative in the 400m (59.44), while junior Hallie Pullum ran the 800m (2:21.68).
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In the 4x400, Sambvani, Scott, Pullum and senior Simone Buchanan finished 16th at 3:57.29.
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Junior Barbara Coward placed 24th in the discus (158-05), and sophomore Brianna Villanueva wasn't far behind in 31st (154-05). Sophomore Elizabeth Akindele took 38th in the shot put with a toss of 45-03.
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UC Irvine returns to Anteater Stadium next weekend to host the Steve Scott Invitational, April 27-28.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - The UC Irvine women's track & field team wrapped up a busy weekend at the Beach Invitational Saturday at Jack Rose Track.
Β
For the second day in a row, senior Persis William-Mensah ran a personal and school-record tying 11.51 in the 100m. She ended up finishing fourth out of 88 competitors. Junior Hope Bushnell was also 15th (11.82) while freshman Mikayla Scott matched her season best at 11.95 to come in 28th.
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William-Mensah added a top-three showing in the 200m. She took third in a large field of 92 athletes with a time of 23.95 seconds. Bushnell (11th) and Scott (19th) made their way into the top-20 as well, clocking in at 24.24 and 24.62, respectively.
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Senior Tyra Jones led a quartet of 'Eaters in the 100m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 13.95 seconds to place 13th out of 87. It was Jones' third sub-14 second race in her last four outings. Junior Mychal Robinson contributed a top-30 showing (14.16), and sophomore Iyana Cooksey registered a season-best 14.55 (47th).
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Junior Julia Sambvani notched a personal-record 60.97 in the 400m hurdles where she was 14th overall. Sambvani just missed out on cracking UCI's all-time top-10 by .12 seconds. Jones also posted a season-best 62.24 (27th).
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Senior Sophia Zhou was the Anteaters' lone representative in the 400m (59.44), while junior Hallie Pullum ran the 800m (2:21.68).
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In the 4x400, Sambvani, Scott, Pullum and senior Simone Buchanan finished 16th at 3:57.29.
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Junior Barbara Coward placed 24th in the discus (158-05), and sophomore Brianna Villanueva wasn't far behind in 31st (154-05). Sophomore Elizabeth Akindele took 38th in the shot put with a toss of 45-03.
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UC Irvine returns to Anteater Stadium next weekend to host the Steve Scott Invitational, April 27-28.
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