HONOLULU – The 2020 University of Hawai'i indoor track and field schedule gets underway at the Ed Jacoby Invitational on Jan. 24-25 in Nampa, Idaho. The Rainbow Wahine are set to travel to the Idaho Center twice in 2020, the home of Boise State indoor track and field.
 
Head coach Tim Boyce, in his third year at the helm of the track and field program, returns two NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifiers from 2019 in senior javelin thrower Alexis Brenzil and junior hurdler Kristen LaCosse.
 
Brenzil, an Ontario, Canada-native, missed out on her first bid to the NCAA Championships by 0.05 meters in the javelin. The senior has qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round three straight seasons and is a senior leader on the throws and multi-event squads.
 
LaCosse, an Indiana-native, made it through the first day of the 400-meter hurdle qualification stage at the NCAA West Preliminary Round before bowing out the semifinals, eight spots away from a ticket to the NCAA Championships.
 
Brenzil is one of nine seniors on the 2020 squad that also features Hawaii's second-highest heptathlon scorer, Kelli-Ann Abbott. The nine seniors, including Abbott and Brenzil are, Natasha Currence, Tatiana Desender, Megan Fereira, Teuila Gardner, Aubrie Usui, Tristan Setzer and Shannon McClish.
 
Boyce and the Bows welcome 19 newcomers, including 16 freshmen. The three transfers include McClish, Sophia Morgan and Hannah Gaskins.
 
McClish and Morgan competed for the Bows during cross country, with McClish leading the squad at multiple meets. Gaskins, is a Horizon League silver medalist in the pentathlon and heptathlon.
 
The Bows competed in the Sunrise Meet on Jan. 18 with a strong batch of results that will lay the groundwork for the season.
 
Competition for the Ed Jacoby Invitational begins Friday, Jan. 24 at 11:30 a.m. HT with the pentathlon 60-meter hurdles. Competition on Saturday, Jan. 25 begins at 7 a.m. HT. with the women's long jump.