Fullerton, Calif.—The University of Hawai'i track and field team concluded the first stage of the Big West Championships by wrapping up the heptathlon event on Saturday at the Titan Track Complex with all three Rainbow Wahine recording new personal records.
 
Entering the day, junior Anna Marx, sophomore Sammie Gordon, and freshman Catherine Touchette were on record pace individually; by the end of the day, all three left their marks.
 
Gordon led the way for the 'Bows finishing sixth overall with 4,778 points scored in the event, putting her name down in the UH record book at No. 6 all-time. Gordon's most decisive event of the day came in the 800m, where she finished second with a time of 2:22.18. She also tallied a fifth-place finish in the long jump but finished outside the top 10 in the javelin.
 
The 800m proved to be the day's most important event, as Marx and Touchette followed suit by finishing in the top five. Touchette placed fourth with a time of 2:26.15, as Marx crossed the finish at 2:28.23 for fifth.
 
Marx ended the two-day event at eighth overall with 4,695, joining Gordon in the record book at No. 8 all-time.
 
Not to be outdone, Touchette finished tenth overall with 4.492 points. At the same time, she didn't score any points for UH in the overall standings. She finished higher than any other freshmen in the competition.
 
Jolie Robinson of UC Irvine leaped over the competition to take the heptathlon championship at 5,343 points, surpassing Hailey Fune' of Long Beach State, who entered the day in first place.
 
UH will now set its sites on the bigger picture of the conference championships. The 'Bow will enter next week tied for fourth place overall with four points with Cal Poly as LBSU sits atop with 13 points. The Championships are set to restart on Friday, May 12^th.