Day 1 Results  |  Pentathlon Results  |  Live Scoring

SEATTLE, Wash. – The University of Hawai'i women's track and field team posted 11 personal bests and seven athletes placed in the Top 20 of their respective events on the first day of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships Friday at Dempsey Indoor.
 
Senior multi-event athlete Kaleigh Morrison achieved five PRs in the pentathlon including her total of 3,617 points which earned her ninth place among the 22 competitors. The Tigard, Ore., native also posted career-bests in four of the five disciplines – 60-meter hurdles (8.99s), high jump (5-6/1.68m), shot put (34-2/10.41m), and 800-meters (2:35.57).
 
Last year, Morrison finished 14^th in the pentathlon with 3,300 points.
 
Sophomore Kayla Kirk also competed in the pentathlon and finished 19^th, however, she set new personal bests in the shot put (26-9.75/8.17m) and 800-meters (2:30.92).
 
Sophomore Daphne Cobbs also set a pair of PRs in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles (9.48s) and 200-meters (27.43s). Samantha Esperanza and Amber Kozaki each eclipsed PRs in the 60-meter hurdles (8.85s) and pole vault (12-6/3.81m), respectively. Kozaki's jump was good for 17^th place while teammate Roby Morioka also cleared the same height and took 19^th place. Esperanza placed 15^th in the 60-hurdles.
 
Among UH's other Top 20 finishers included Joanna Franke-Kuhn, who placed 13^th in the weight throw (51-11/15.82m) and Cecilia Durocher, who was 20^th in the pole vault (12-0/3.66m)
 
The meet concludes on Saturday.