Complete Results

LOS ANGELES – The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine track and field team closed out competition on Saturday at Southern Cal's Katherine B. Loker Stadium and Cromwell Field in the Trojan Invitational, registering nine Big West Conference qualifications in seven events.

Leading the pack for UH, Harbor City, Calif. junior Montana Martinez was the event winner in the 3,000m steeplechase, logging a time of 11:13.72 as the highest of the Rainbow Wahine finishers.

It was a solid weekend for the distance runners, as Perth, Australia senior Louise Mulvey recorded a fourth-place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:12.32, while first-year Tualatin, Ore. junior Alli Cross was fifth in the 3,000m with a time of 10:03.03.

Chino Hills, Calif. senior Robyn Brown led the hurdlers with a second-place finish in the 400m hurdles, putting in a career-best time of 62:31. Langley, Canada senior Jade Vaughan was also near the top of the order, finishing fourth in 63:18.
 
Pacing the throwers, Wai'anae, O'ahu junior Felicianna Vazquez set a new personal best in the process of earning second in the javelin with a distance of 145-09 (44.42m), just ahead of Karen Bulger in third, making her official UH debut with a mark of 144-00 (43.89m).
 
The throwers had a strong showing in L.A., with Kapolei, O'ahu senior Charlinda Ioane throwing 46-08.75 (14.24m) in the shot put to finish third, while Burlingame, Calif. junior Sabrina Mendoza was eighth at 43-03.25 (13.19m).
 
St.-Cesaire, Canada senior Alex Porlier Langlois was a top-tier finisher in the hammer throw, setting a new career mark of 170-04 (51.93m), long enough for fifth on the all-time UH top 10 list. Porlier Langlois also topped the Rainbow Wahine in the discus, coming in sixth with a mark of 167-10 (51.17m), just 10 feet further than Ioane, who came in eighth at 157.10 (48.11m).
 
The highest of the jumps finishers, 'Ewa Beach, O'ahu sophomore Sha'tres Ah Nee finished sixth after reaching a height of 5-01.00 (1.55m), while Raion Matautia represented the sprinters with an eighth-place 100m finish in 12.69 seconds.
 
The Rainbow Wahine closed out the day with the 4x400m relay, as a squad of Brown, Vaughan, Courtney Andre' and Mulvey came in fourth in a combined time of 3:56.27.
 
After posting the finish in the relay, the Rainbow Wahine loaded up quickly and shot across town to share in the spirit of the Hawai'i 'Ohana, cheering on the women's basketball team at Pauley Arena during their NCAA Basketball Tournament first-round game against UCLA.
 
The Rainbow Wahine will remain on the mainland during spring break, and will be joined by vaulters Amber Kozaki and Tiziana Ruiz Dominguez at next weekend's Aztec Invitational, March 25-26, at San Diego State's Sports Deck.