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KUALOA RANCH, OAHU - On a very hot and virtually windless afternoon on the North Shore, the University of Hawai`i took second place in the women's 5K race posting one of its best showings as a team under head coach Carmyn James at the Kualoa Ranch on Oahu's North Shore.

Hawai`i, who weathered the scorching heat and tough undulating elevations, totalled 88 points overall finishing behind nationally ranked UCLA, who won the Big Wave with 46 points.

UH's Victoria Chang, a transfer from Stanford, finished in second place overall among the 111 runners with a time of 18 minutes and 44.5 seconds, just 2.6 seconds away from Hawai`i Pacific's Nina Christensen, who took first overall.

"She (Chang) is getting her confidence back," Associate Coach Andy McInnis said following the grueling race. "This is the same course where she established herself as an All-American high schooler back in 1999. I think she bounced back very well after the Chaminade meet where she wasn't at her best."

Also performing very well was true freshman Hanna Bremler, who continues to make great strides in her first season. She was among the leaders through and finished fifth overall with a time of 19 minutes and eight seconds.

The Rainbow Wahine had 18 of its 23-member squad participating. The coaching staff was very pleased with the older girls coming together this afternoon.

"Our depth in the middle was good today," McInnis said. "(Jennifer) Crumley, (Teryn)Bentley, (Jodi) Enomoto, and (Sarah) Verga did extremely well. Alethe West, who is also in her first season of cross country came through today."

The rest of the Top 5 finishers for the Rainbow Wahine were Robin McRobbie (3rd, 20:31.6), Crumley (4th, 20:37.3), and Bentley (5th, 21:05.9).

Up next for the Rainbow Wahine is both the BYU-Hawai`i Invitational and the Stanford Invitational next Saturday, Sept. 28.