Final Results

SEATTLE – For the second consecutive day, the University of Hawai'i track and field team posted stellar marks at the University of Washington Invitational at Dempsey Indoor. On Saturday, the Rainbow Wahine recorded one school record and seven personal bests.

Senior Zhane Santiago was the top collegiate finisher in the 60-meter hurdles with a PR and UH-record time of 8.51 seconds that she posted in the qualifying round. In the finals, she finished 1/100^th of a second behind Olympian Sharon Day-Monroe to place third. Santiago broke her own UH record of 8.59 seconds, which she established in 2013.

(VIDEO: Zhane's UH-record run of 8.51s in qualifying.)

Senior Alex Porlier Langlois posted her second PR in as many days. On Saturday, she heaved 50-7.25 (15.42m) in the shot put, easily out-distancing her previous best of 45-10.5 (13.98m), which she set in 2012. The mark was good for third overall and second-best among collegians. On Friday, Porlier Langlois set a PR in the weight throw.
 
Freshman Montana Martinez ran a 5:07.65 mile which placed her in the school's Top 10 list at No. 8. Martinez did so following a 5:20 split in the distance medley relay the previous night, which UH finished in 12:38.61, just missing out on a Top 10 all-time mark.
 
Also posting PRs on Saturday were Desiree Winters in the 60-meters (8.06), Felicianna Vasquez in the 60-meter hurdles (9.50), and both Kayla Phillips (36-6.75/11.14m) and Rachel Toliver (39-7.25/12.07m) in the triple jump.

During the two-day competition, nearly all of UH's 17-member squad achieved either a UH all-time Top 10 performance or personal best mark - six athletes with Top 10 performances while 12 PRs were set.

(VIDEO: Zhane's 60mH finals run of 8.52s.)

 

The Rainbow Wahine will return to Honolulu to host the Dr. Donnis Thompson Memorial, Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.