Meet Notes

The University of Hawai'i women's cross country team will compete in the Chaminade Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Central O'ahu Regional Park in Waipahu, O'ahu. The women's 5K race begins at 4:00 p.m.

 

Competing along with the Rainbow Wahine and host Chaminade are Hawai'i Pacific, Brigham Young-Hawai'i, and UH-Hilo.

 

The meet is the third of five local meets which the Rainbow Wahine will compete in this season. Last week, UH hosted the Big Wave Invitational which included the same field of the state's Division II teams.

 

What: Chaminade Invitational

Date: Saturday, Sept. 26

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Where: Waipahu, O'ahu

 

Rainbow Wahine cross country runners Jessica Forrester and Ashley Aitken finished first and second, respectively, while the team finished second, at the UH Big Wave Invitational at the Kane'ohe Klipper golf course. Forrester won the race with a time of 15:05.44, with Aitken finishing second at 15:15.45. Tava Tedesco took fifth with a time of 15:43.92, followed by Liisa Cushing (16th, 16:41.19) and Alexandra Herd (23rd, 17:08.27). Hawai'i (40 points) finished second in the team standings by a very small margin, falling to BYU-Hawai'i (38). Hawai'i Pacific finished third with 66 points, followed by UH-Hilo (87) and Chaminade (138).

 

Senior Jessica Forrester, a transfer from the University of Tampa, has already made her mark on the team after just two races this season. The Division II All-American was the team's top finisher in both meets and placed second overall in the season-opening HPU Invitational and won last week's Big Wave Invitational. Junior Ashley Aitken, a transfer from the University of Tulsa, placed second at the Big Wave Invite, her first competition of the season.