Saturday, January 31
Seattle, Wash.
9:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
UW Invitational
Hadley, Schmidt Break School Record at UW Invitational
January 31, 2026 | Women's Indoor Track
SEATTLE, Wash. β UC Irvine women's indoor track & field had two 'Eaters set a school record in Saturday's UW Invitational at Dempsey Indoor.
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Newcomer Emma Hadley made her presence known in her first meet as an Anteater, shattering the school record in the mile with a time of 4:42.71. She topped the mark of 4:52.78 set by Kim Ramirez back in 2005. Hadley's previous best was 5:01.04 over two years at the University of Colorado. She finished eighth overall at the meet.
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Junior Kaia Schmidt would not be denied as well, finishing with a time of 4:51.70 to also top the school record. Schmidt beat her personal best by just over a second as she now stands second all-time behind Hadley. She placed 22nd in the meet.
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Of the remaining eight runners on Saturday, five set their first mile times and a sixth also topped a personal best in Nicole Contreras (5:02.11) who finished third among Anteaters and 88th in the meet. She eclipsed her best by 7.55 seconds. Closely behind was sophomore Anna Soares, who was 0.17 seconds behind Contreras.
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Rounding out the Anteaters were Makena Castillo, 105th at 5:04.05, Marjourie Lopez, 139th at 5:09.24, Liana Lee, 155th at 5:10.61, Arden Keeton, 162nd at 5:11.39, Grace Baxter, 196th at 5:16.00, and Daisy Penney, 235th at 5:23.92.
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UC Irvine will continue its indoor season next weekend at the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nevada, Feb. 6-7.
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Newcomer Emma Hadley made her presence known in her first meet as an Anteater, shattering the school record in the mile with a time of 4:42.71. She topped the mark of 4:52.78 set by Kim Ramirez back in 2005. Hadley's previous best was 5:01.04 over two years at the University of Colorado. She finished eighth overall at the meet.
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Junior Kaia Schmidt would not be denied as well, finishing with a time of 4:51.70 to also top the school record. Schmidt beat her personal best by just over a second as she now stands second all-time behind Hadley. She placed 22nd in the meet.
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Of the remaining eight runners on Saturday, five set their first mile times and a sixth also topped a personal best in Nicole Contreras (5:02.11) who finished third among Anteaters and 88th in the meet. She eclipsed her best by 7.55 seconds. Closely behind was sophomore Anna Soares, who was 0.17 seconds behind Contreras.
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Rounding out the Anteaters were Makena Castillo, 105th at 5:04.05, Marjourie Lopez, 139th at 5:09.24, Liana Lee, 155th at 5:10.61, Arden Keeton, 162nd at 5:11.39, Grace Baxter, 196th at 5:16.00, and Daisy Penney, 235th at 5:23.92.
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UC Irvine will continue its indoor season next weekend at the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nevada, Feb. 6-7.
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