Track & Field Set For Final Regular Season Meet In Irvine

HONOLULU – The Hawai’i women’s track and field team will head back to Southern California for one final tune-up before postseason action at the Steve Scott Invitational Friday and Saturday at UC Irvine.
 
The action gets underway at 9 a.m. HT on Friday and 8 a.m. HT on Saturday as a group of 27 Rainbow Wahine athletes will compete in the final regular season meet of the outdoor season.
 

The Rainbow Wahine currently hold six Big West top-three marks highlighted by Tara Wyllie’s conference-leading triple jump mark. Wyllie earned Big West Field Athlete of the Week honors following the Stanford Invitational after posting a league-best jump of 12.93m (42-5.25) to also improve upon her No. 2 mark in school history.
 
Lucy Milliner has gotten her collegiate outdoor career off to a blazing start, setting the program record in the 1500m each of the last three times out. Milliner is currently third in the Big West in the 1500m with a time of 4:21.11 and third in the 800m at 2:07.05.
 
Helen Hoadley comes into the week third in the conference in the pole vault with a school-record mark of 4.18m (13-8.5) while freshman Lindsey Koch is close behind in fifth in the Big West at 3.83m (12-6.75).
 
The 2023 Big West high jump champion, Lilian Turban, is currently third in the conference with a mark of 1.76m (5-9.25) while Maya Holman is third in the javelin at 43.28m (142-0).
 
Following this weekend’s action, the Rainbow Wahine will get set for the Big West Championships, starting with the multi events May 9-10 followed by the full meet May 16-17 in Long Beach, Calif.