HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i women's track and field team will head to Santa Barbara, Calif. to compete in the Big West Championships. The two-day event is scheduled for Friday, May 10 – Saturday, May 11 at the Pauley Track Facility.
 
The first women's event of the championship will be the pole vault at 11:00 a.m. PT (8:00 a.m. HT) on May 10.
 
Entering the Big West Championships, UH has a number of student-athletes ranking in the top five in the conference in various events. Kristen LaCosse is second in the 400m hurdles (59.56) and fourth in the 100m hurdles (14.04). Raion Black checks in at fifth in the 100m (11.88), while Calli-Ann Abbott is fifth in the 100m hurdles (14.05). In field events, Alexis Brenzil is second in the Big West in the javelin (49.42m – 162'2").
 
The Rainbow Wahine started the Championships on the right foot with Abbott securing the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the Big West Multi-Event Championships last week. She tallied 5,258 in the heptathlon, the second-most by a UH student-athlete in program history. 
 
At last year's Big West Track and Field Championships, Hawai'i placed ninth with 44 points. Among UH's returners this year, the top performers at the 2018 Big West Championships were LaCosse, who placed fourth in the 400m hurdles and Brenzil, the fifth-place finisher in the javelin. The 'Bows best finish in recent years was a sixth-place finish in 2015.
 
After the Big West Championships, the Rainbow Wahine will find out which student-athletes qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round, set for May 23-25 in Sacramento, Calif.
 
What: Big West Track and Field Championships
When: Friday, May 10 – Saturday, May 11
Where: Pauley Track Facility – Santa Barbara, Calif.
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