LONG BEACH, Calif. - The UC Irvine women's track & field team concluded their busy week Saturday at the Beach Invitational.
 
Freshman Lorraine Nance established a personal-record 38-08.75 for a top-20 showing in the triple jump. Her mark puts her at No. 7 in school history. Junior Tatyana Hamlett was also 38th at 35-07.75.
 
Senior Barbara Coward had another impressive performance in the discus with a toss of 181-09, which was good for ninth overall. Last weekend, Coward broke her own school record at 186-04. Junior Brianna Villanueva and freshman Tayla Crenshaw added marks of 145-10 and 132-02, respectively.
 
In the shot put, senior Elizabeth Akindele was 30th out of 89 competitors (45-04.25).
 
On the track, sophomore Mikayla Scott crossed the finish line in 56.54 seconds to take 21st in a 400-meter field of 92 runners.
 
Running into a slight headwind, junior Imani Jones clocked in at 14.79 seconds in the 100m hurdles.
 
Senior Hope Bushnell led a trio of 'Eaters in the 100m with a 24th-place showing (12.11). Sophomore Natalie Koppel (12.23) and senior Taisyn Crutchfield (12.85) rounded out the group. It was Crutchfield's first 100m race since 2016.
 
Bushnell came back later in the day to take 25th out of 98 in the 200m, notching a wind-aided 24.67. Scott had a wind-aided season-best 24.80 (28th), while Jones (25.48) and junior Cecily Montanez (25.88) also registered season bests.
 
Senior Julia Sambvani finished 25th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 63.75.
 
In the 4x100, Crutchfield, Bushnell, freshman Zani Meaders and Scott placed 10th overall (47.26).
 
UC Irvine returns to the friendly confines of Anteater Stadium next weekend when it hosts the Steve Scott Invitational, April 26-27.