HONOLULU - The University of Hawai'i women's indoor track and field season gets underway at the Air Force Invitational, Jan. 20-22 in Colorado Springs, Colo. This is the first competition for the Rainbow Wahine in two years after the previous season was canceled due to the pandemic.
 
Head coach Tim Boyce returns for his fifth year at the helm of the track and field program.
 
"We are eager for the opportunity," Boyce said. "Most of our student-athletes have not competed, so we are excited to get this season going."
 
The Rainbow Wahine returns 2020 NCAA Preliminary qualifier and school-record holder senior sprinter Kristen LaCosse. Thrower Kate Borsz and pole vaulter Audrey Stalcup joins LaCosse for their senior campaigns.
 
LaCosse, an Indiana native, posted two individual school records and ran a leg of the 1,600-meter relay school record team. She tied the long jump school record at the Ed Jacoby invite that had stood alone since 2005.
 
Stalcup, a California native, set a season-best pole vault at the Ben Brown Invitational (3.51m) and picked up a pair of 11th place finishes in the previous year's outdoor season.
 
Borsz, a Nevada native, rounds out the senior class and looks to improve upon her 30th-place finish at the 2020 MPSF Championships. Borsz set a personal record in the hammer throw (43.29m) at the Ben Brown Invitational in the prior outdoor season.
 
The 'Bows welcome 10 newcomers, including eight freshmen. The two transfers include distance runners Becca Bodine and Ellis Collins.
 
Competition for the Air Force Invitational begins Thursday, Jan. 20, at 10:15 a.m. HT with the pentathlon 60-meter hurdles.