2018 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2018 (Senior)
• NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 100m, 200m and 4x100 relay
• Finished 19th in the 100m with a wind-legal personal-best and school-record 11.48
• Came in 22nd in the 200m; Ran a program-best 23.56 in the first round
• Helped the 4x100 to an 18th-place showing
• Part of the quartet that registered a season-best 45.05 at the Big West Challenge (1st)
• Also won the 4x100 at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic and UCR Spring Track Classic
• Big West champion in the 100m (11.57) and runner-up in the 200m (23.75)
• Registered a wind-aided season-best 11.42 in the 100m prelims
• Established a then 100m school-record 11.51 at the Big West Challenge
• Matched that time at the Mt. SAC Relays and Beach Invitational
• Placed among the top-three in all six of her regular-season 200m races
• Only Anteater in program history to run a sub-24 second 200m
• Originally shattered a 12-year old record with a 23.90 in her season debut at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Bettered that time at the UCR Spring Classic (23.88), and at the conference championships with marks of 23.82 in the prelims and 23.75 in the final
2017 (Junior)
• NCAA West Preliminary qualifier in the 100m
• Finished 26th overall with a wind-aided 11.43
• Earned All-Big West honors with top-three finishes in the 100m (2nd) and 4x100 relay (3rd)
• Bettered her own 100m school record with a time of 11.57 in a first-place finish at the Mondo Team Challenge
• Ran a wind-aided personal-best 11.41 to come in ahead of the pack at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays
• Tallied four individual victories and finished no lower than third in six regular-season races
• Also a Big West qualifier in the 200m (10th)
• Registered a career-best 24.18 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Won the 200m at the All-UC Challenge, while placing second at the UCR Spring Classic Invitational and Mondo Team Challenge
• Named to the Big West Spring All-Academic Team
2016 (Sophomore)
• Competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a member of Ghana's 4x100 relay team
• Helped the Anteaters' 4x100 claim the Big West title in a school-record 44.51 seconds
• It was UCI's first victory in the event since 1992 and the second-fastest time in meet history
• Big West runner-up in the 100m with a then program-record 11.59
• Took ninth in the 200m after clocking in with a season-best 24.26 in the prelims
• Individual champion in the 100m at the Beach Invitational (11.69)
• Earned Big West All-Academic honors
2015 (Freshman)
• Initially broke a 24-year old school record in the 100m with a time of 11.72 at the Steve Scott Invitational
• Previous standard of 11.73 was set by Desiree Bracey in 1991
• Finished fifth at the Big West Championships (12.00)
• Also scored in the 4x100 relay (6th), while placing 11th in the 200m
• Ran a 200m season-best 24.48 at the Beach Invitational to crack UCI's all-time top-10
• Member of the 4x100 that took fourth at the UCLA Legends Invitational with a season-best 46.73
High School
• Three-sport athlete at Estancia High School
• Four-time CIF-Southern Section Division 3 qualifier in the 100m and 200m
• Advanced to the 100m finals in 2012 (4th), 2013 (3rd), and 2014 (2nd)
• Back-to-back-to-back Orange Coast League champion in both short sprints
• Left as the school record holder in the 100m (11.92) and 200m (25.19)
• Also competed in basketball and volleyball
• Four-year Scholar-Athlete and Honor Roll student
• Recipient of the Balboa Bay Club Scholarship
Personal
• Majoring in public health sciences
• Volunteers at Cottonwood Church and Someone Cares Soup Kitchen
• Parents are Michaelina William-Mensah and Martin Mensah
• Has two siblings, Jeffrey and Yochebed
TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 11.41w (2017 Mt. SAC Relays) / 11.48 (2018 NCAA West Preliminaries)
200m = 23.56 (2018 NCAA West Preliminaries)
4x100 Relay = 44.51 (2016 Big West Championships)
4x400 Relay = 3:58.31 (2015 UC Riverside Spring Classic Invitational)
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