Saturday, March 2
Long Beach, CA
8:00 AM PT
UC Irvine
at
Beach Opener
Coward Claims Discus Title on Second Day of Beach Opener
March 02, 2019 | Women's Track & Field
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Senior Barbara Coward picked up her second victory of the weekend, winning the discus to highlight a rainy day of competition for the UC Irvine women's track & field team Saturday at the Beach Opener.
Coward finished ahead of the pack by over 10 feet with a mark of 156-06. Junior Brianna Villanueva was third at 143-00. On Friday, Coward took home the title in the hammer throw with a school-record 196-02.
Senior Elizabeth Akindele came in fourth in the shot put (42-10.75), while freshman Tayla Crenshaw placed sixth (39-08) in her collegiate debut.
On the track, sophomore Natalie Koppel finished fourth in the 100m with a wind-aided 12.45.
Juniors Iyana Cooksey (14.80w) and Imani Jones (14.87w) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 100m hurdles. Jones also registered a wind-aided PR in the 200m (26.70).
Junior Brenda Dorantes led four Anteaters in the 3000m, clocking in at 10:26.54, which was good for seventh overall. Junior Anastasia Karnaze (10:34.97) added an 11th-place showing, and senior Megan Mirkhanian (10:37.40) was 12th.
Junior transfer Davina Pham contributed a top-10 showing in the 400m (62.69).
Up next for the 'Eaters is another local meet as they make their way to Fullerton for the Ben Brown Invitational, March 8-9.
Coward finished ahead of the pack by over 10 feet with a mark of 156-06. Junior Brianna Villanueva was third at 143-00. On Friday, Coward took home the title in the hammer throw with a school-record 196-02.
Senior Elizabeth Akindele came in fourth in the shot put (42-10.75), while freshman Tayla Crenshaw placed sixth (39-08) in her collegiate debut.
On the track, sophomore Natalie Koppel finished fourth in the 100m with a wind-aided 12.45.
Juniors Iyana Cooksey (14.80w) and Imani Jones (14.87w) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 100m hurdles. Jones also registered a wind-aided PR in the 200m (26.70).
Junior Brenda Dorantes led four Anteaters in the 3000m, clocking in at 10:26.54, which was good for seventh overall. Junior Anastasia Karnaze (10:34.97) added an 11th-place showing, and senior Megan Mirkhanian (10:37.40) was 12th.
Junior transfer Davina Pham contributed a top-10 showing in the 400m (62.69).
Up next for the 'Eaters is another local meet as they make their way to Fullerton for the Ben Brown Invitational, March 8-9.
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