Women's Track & Field at Fullerton on Friday

Friday, April 22

Fullerton, Calif.

3:00 PM

UC Irvine

The Battle in the OC

Women's Track & Field at Fullerton on Friday

April 21, 2022 | Women's Track & Field

The Battle in the OC
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Titan Track Complex - Fullerton, Calif.
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IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine women's track & field team will make the short trip to Titan Track Complex in Fullerton for The Battle in the OC on Friday, April 22.

UCI and Cal State Fullerton are set to square off in a dual meet, while Pomona-Pitzer also has a handful of entries. Action gets underway with the hammer throw at 3 p.m., and the track events are slated for a 5 p.m. start.

QUICK HITS
• UC Irvine's roster is comprised of 26 returning letterwinners, 15 newcomers and seven redshirt freshmen.
• True freshman Anna Vogtmann ran the second-fastest 5K in school history at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Vogtmann crossed the finish line in a lifetime-best 16:32.93 to jump six spots on UCI's all-time list.
• Graduate transfer Emma McCarthy has won three of her five 800m races this season.
• She has seen a time improvement in each meet, most recently clocking a PR 2:10.19 at the Beach Invitational.
• Lorraine Nance has established lifetime-bests in the triple jump (39-11.5) and long jump (18-02.25) this season.
• Nance's mark in the triple jump moved her up to No. 4 in program history.
• Reyna Johnson made a statement in her outdoor collegiate debut on March 5, winning the LJ with a PR 19-01.25.
• That distance stands as the best in the Big West this season, and ranks eighth in school history.
• Johnson is also eighth all-time at UCI in the 100H after notching a wind-legal PR of 13.99 at the Challenge Cup.
• Deandra Tyler ranks second in the Big West in the shot put with a lifetime-best 46-11.25 (March 11).
• Montgomery Allison made her way into the Anteaters' all-time top-10 in the steeplechase in her first collegiate meet.
• Allison has since moved up to No. 4, registering a PR 10:55.38 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Hannah Chau is the defending Big West women's 10K champion and is a two-time All-Big West XC performer.
• Chau ranks fourth in school history in the 10,000-meter and eighth in the 5,000-meter.
• UCI has two home meets in April as it started the month with the inaugural Vince O'Boyle T&F Classic.
• The 'Eaters are also set to host the Steve Scott Invitational, April 29-30, in their final tune-up before conference.

JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE
The throws squad might not have the same veteran presence as the last few seasons, but they have already proven they have the talent to carry on the tradition of success. Sophomore Deandra Tyler has picked up four individual victories in the shot put, winning the event at the Challenge Cup (46-09.5), Vince O'Boyle Track & Field Classic (44-09.5), Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational (45-01.75) and UCSB Invitational (46-11.25). Her toss of 46-11.25 is a personal best and ranks fifth in program history. Tyler also cracked UCI's top-10 in the hammer throw with a PR 158-08 at the Challenge Cup on April 8. Sophomore Kassidy Sani has notched a pair of lifetime bests that put her in UC Irvine's all-time top-10 as she is fifth in the new javelin (140-09) and ninth in the hammer (159-06).

GOING THE DISTANCE
The distance crew has combined to post four marks that rank among the top-10 in school history this season. Freshman Anna Vogtmann leads the way with UC Irvine's second-fastest 5K at 16:32.93, which she established at the Bryan Clay Invitational. It was her second PR in the 5000m as she saw a nearly 20-second improvement to jump six spots to No. 2 on the all-time charts. Junior Hannah Chau (34:43.17) and freshman Sameen Andar (35:11.84) also ran lifetime bests in the 10K at the Bryan Clay Invite to rank fourth and fifth, respectively, while freshman Montgomery Allison is fourth in the steeplechase with a personal-best 10:55.38.

NOW THAT'S A DEBUT
True freshman Reyna Johnson claimed the long jump title at the Beach Opener with a personal-record 19-01.25. That stands as the top mark in the Big West this season, and puts her at No. 8 in school history. Johnson added individual victories in the event at the Vince O'Boyle T&F Classic and the UCSB Invitational.

ALL-CONFERENCE RETURNERS
UC Irvine is coming off one of its best Big West Championship performances in recent years. In 2021, the Anteaters, who had 10 podium finishes and five event wins, placed fourth in the team standings with 123 points, marking their best conference showing since 2014 and their highest point total since 1996. Back from that squad are defending 10K champion Hannah Chau, who won UCI's first title in that event in 19 years, along with all-conference performers Mia Marquez (400m, 4x100, 4x400), Aryel Coats (4x100, 4x400) and Amari Fraser (4x400).

BACK FOR MORE
Junior Zani Meaders, who redshirted the 2021 season, is back on the track for the Anteaters. Meaders was an all-conference performer in the 400m as a true freshman in 2019, and ranks third in school history with a personal-record 55.00. At the UCSB Invitational (March 11), Meaders was just shy of her PR with a season-best 55.50. Lorraine Nance also returns off a redshirt season, leading the 'Eaters in the jumps. Her lifetime-best of 39-11.5 in the triple jump puts her at No. 4 all-time, while she established a PR 18-02.25 in the long jump.

UP NEXT
UC Irvine will host the Steve Scott Invitational, April 29-30, in its final tune-up before the Big West Championships.