The University of Hawai'i cross country team finished eighth overall at the Big West Championships Saturday morning held at the UC Riverside Agricultural Operations Course in California.
 
"Solid effort by the Rainbow Wahine this morning," said head coach Tim Boyce. "Rebecca DeKay and Shannon McClish did well to help us come close to a seventh-place team finish after a few down years. We'll look to finish strong at regionals in Washington."
 
Freshman Rebecca DeKay paced Hawai'i for the second time this season, placing 32nd overall with a time of 22 minutes 00.8 seconds. While, graduate student Shannon McClish finished three spots later for 35th in a time of 22:05.4.
 
Junior Olivia Hill finished third for the Rainbow Wahine and 58th overall coming down the chute with a time of 23:17.8.
 
Rounding out the scoring five, freshman Sarriah Brown and junior Sienna Santiago finished in tandem, with Brown taking 62nd (23:33.7) and Santiago placing 63rd (23:34.1).
 
Also competing for Hawai'i, freshmen Sophia Lodigiani finished 65th (23:35.7) and Anna Backus finished 72nd (24:33.0).
 
The Rainbow Wahine will head home for a two-week break before they head back to the mainland to compete at the NCAA West Regional held in Colfax, Wash., on Nov. 15.