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Women's Track & Field

Abbott Secures Bronze in Heptathlon at Big West Multi-Event Championships

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Calli-Ann Abbott set personal records in the long jump, javelin and 800m on Saturday to secure the bronze medal in the heptathlon for the University of Hawaiʻi women's track and field team at the Big West Multi-Event Championships at the Pauley Track Facility. The junior put together a lifetime best heptathlon score of 5,258 points.

The third-place finish from Abbott gives the Rainbow Wahine six points toward the team total.

The 5,258 points were the second-best heptathlon score in school history - a mark Abbott has been building toward. As a freshman, she finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Big West Championships with 4,650 points before putting together a fifth-place finish with 4,833 points as a sophomore in 2018. 




At the competition this week, she finished behind only UC Santa Barbara's Hope Bender (5,814) and UC Davis' Erinn Beattie (5,515).

Beginning Saturday with the long jump, Abbott reached 5.72m (18'9.25") for 765 points. It was fifth-best mark among the competitors in the field and a career-best distance.

Abbott placed first in the javelin with a distance of 39.58m (129'10"). The distance, which earned her 659 points on the day, is a personal record by over a foot.

In the final event, she posted an 800m time of 2:32.41 (nearly 11 seconds faster than her previous career best) for 663 points.  

Competing in the heptathlon for the first time in her UH career, Aubrie Usui took 11th place with 4,171 points. Usui had a long jump distance of 5.02m (16'5.75") for 565 points and followed up with a javelin mark of 28.93m (94'11") to pick up 456 more points.

Usui finished the day with an 800m time of 2:43.46, good for 534 points. The combined score of 4,171 is nearly 600 points higher than her career best from her time at Menlo College.
 
The rest of the Big West Track and Field Championships are scheduled for May 10-11 at the Pauley Track Facility in Santa Barbara, Calif.

UH Big West Championships Point Scorers
Heptathlon - Calli-Ann Abbott - 5,258 - 3rd place - 6 points

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Players Mentioned

Calli-Ann Abbott

Calli-Ann Abbott

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 8"
Junior
Aubrie Usui

Aubrie Usui

Multi, Throws
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Calli-Ann Abbott

Calli-Ann Abbott

5' 8"
Junior
Sprints/Hurdles
Aubrie Usui

Aubrie Usui

5' 7"
Junior
Multi, Throws