Results
SEATTLE - The UC Irvine women's indoor track & field team combined for one school record and nine personal bests to close out the MPSF Championships Saturday at Dempsey Indoor.
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Sophomore
Zani Meaders broke her own 400m school record for the second time this season. Meaders cracked the 55-second mark, clocking in with a lifetime-best 54.81. She was one spot out of scoring as she came in ninth in a field of 53 runners. Meaders was the top performer outside of the Pac-12 schools.
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Junior
Sha'Maya Flanagan placed among the top-25 with a season-best 56.40. She moved up three spots to No. 2 in program history. Flanagan became the fourth Anteater to break the 57-second barrier. Senior
Cecily Montanez added a lifetime-best 59.46.
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All four 'Eaters in the 3000-meter established personal records. Sophomore
Hannah Chau, who also competed in Friday's 5K, led the way, crossing the finish line in 9:52.30. She is the third individual in school history to run a sub-10 minute race. Seniors
Anastasia Karnaze (10:03.51) and
Mariah Theologidy (10:19.41) continued to climb UCI's all-time charts, ranking fourth and seventh, respectively. Freshman
McKenna Paulson rounded out the quartet with a PR 10:47.07.
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Freshman
Tess Mathes notched a lifetime-best 2:17.26 in the 800m. She is now sixth in program history.
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Freshman
Elizabeth Celada Padilla ran the 10th-fastest mile at UC Irvine with a time of 5:13.23, while junior
Daisy Garcia also made her indoor debut (5:29.55).
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Flanagan, senior
Mychal Robinson, Mathes and Meaders closed out the action on the track in the 4x400 relay (3:51.24).
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In the field events, sophomore
Lorraine Nance took 18th in the triple jump (37-00.25), and sophomore
Tayla Crenshaw was 24th in the shot put (40-07.5).
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