HONOLULU – Following a successful first half of the season, the Hawai'i women's cross country team will look to continue building towards the postseason when it competes at the Hawai'i Pacific Invitational on Saturday at Kahuku Golf Course.
 
All 16 Rainbow Wahine will compete in the 6k race starting on Saturday at 7:15 a.m. in the first of two final tune-up meets before the Big West Championship.
 

HPU INVITATIONAL -- 6k
Date | Time				Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:15 a.m. HT
Location				Kahuku, O'ahu -- Kahuku Golf Course
Entries				Abby Crossley, Jessica Duran, Alizee Garcia Parsons, Emilie Kirk Langschwager, Ania Magdesian, Savannah Mellott, Rosalie Michot, Kacey Miura, Zola O'Donnell, Melanie Pakingan, Breea Selbrede, Nicole Sevcikova, Tania Tan, Keilah Wilkes, Alexandra Zanon
Results				Will be available on HawaiiAthletics.com following the meet

The new-look UH squad has gotten big performances from its newcomers throughout the first half of the year. The top six 5k times and the top five 6k marks by Rainbow Wahine this year have all come courtesy of newcomers while true freshmen have made up the top four Hawai'i finishers in three of the four meets this season.
 
Hawai'i is coming off of yet another strong showing, this time at the Charles Bowles Invitational in Oregon. All eight Rainbow Wahine set new PRs in the meet, led by freshman Emilie Kirk Langschwager who ran the fourth-fastest time in a 5k in program history with a mark of 17:27.00 to finish seventh. The native of Denmark posted the fastest time by a UH runner since 2010 and is just the fifth runner in program history to run a 5k in under 17:30.
 
UH, which finished fourth as a team at the Charles Bowles Invitational, had its runners post the top seven 5k times of the season and eight of the top 10. For the third time this year, a trio of true freshmen once again followed close behind Kirk Langschwager with Jessica Duran running an 18:11.60 to finish 21st while Zola O'Donnell came in 25th with a 18:20.20 and Abby Crossley clocked a 18:46.10 to place 43rd.
 
Following the HPU Invitational the Rainbow Wahine will travel to compete in the Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif.