HONOLULU – The Hawai'i cross country team continues postseason competition Friday at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif. beginning at 7 a.m. HT.
The Rainbow Wahine will send a group of seven student-athletes to run in the regional meet made up of five true freshmen, a sophomore and one senior.
UH is coming off of an eighth-place finish at the Big West Championships led by freshman
Emilie Kirk Langschwager in 25th place with a time of 21:53.0. The native of Denmark turned in the best finish by a Hawai'i runner at the Big West Championships since 2016.
Hawai'i has finished in the top four in five of its seven meets this season, winning three team titles while three different individuals have taken the top spot in a meet. The Rainbow Wahine have won all three meets it has competed in on O'ahu, winning the season-opening Big Wave Invitational, the Chaminade Invitational and the HPU Invitational. A trio of freshmen,
Jessica Duran,
Alexandra Zanon and Langschwager have all taken home individual titles.
Additionally, a pair of Rainbow Wahine have added their names to the program's top 10 lists with Langschwager running the fourth-fastest 5k time in school history with a 17:27.00 at the Charles Bowles Invitational, while
Keilah Wilkes moved into 10th all-time on the UH 6k list with a 21:32.90 at the Bronco Invitational.
A number of newcomers have made big impacts all season for the Rainbow Wahine. Langschwager has been UH's top finisher in four of her five meets while two more true freshmen,
Zola O'Donnell and
Abby Crossley, have placed in the Hawai'i top five in all five of their meets. Another freshman,
Jessica Duran, has been a scorer for UH in all five meets she has competed in.
