LA JOLLA, Calif. - Senior Barbara Coward highlighted UC Irvine's weekend at the Triton Invitational in La Jolla as she broke her own school record in the discus.
 
On Friday afternoon, Coward beat her previous standard by 5 feet, 8 inches with a toss of 186-04. That came on her final attempt in Flight 1, and was good enough to give her three more throws in the finals. Although she did not see an improvement, Coward had a couple impressive marks of 183-11 and 181-05. She was the top collegiate finisher and placed sixth overall.
 
Coward increased her lead in the Big West, while moving up to No. 7 in the West Region and No. 9 in all of NCAA Division I this year.

Senior Julia Sambvani also competed in the 400m on Saturday afternoon, running a lifetime-best 58.78.
 
UC Irvine will now prepare for a busy week ahead, starting with the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, April 17-19. The Anteaters will also head to Long Beach for the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (April 18) and Beach Invitational (April 19-20). In addition, a handful of 'Eaters will make their way to Torrance for the Mt. SAC Relays, April 19-20.
 

Another day, another record for Barbara!

Discus school record (186-4) ?
No. 1 Big West ?
No. 7 West Region ? pic.twitter.com/PRJJLQrSjw

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