The Hawai'i women's track & field team got its 2024 indoor season off to a solid start, posting numerous new program top 10 times, MPSF leading marks and a school record at the Spokane Indoor Challenge over the weekend.
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The Rainbow Wahine posted 13 new marks on the program's indoor top 10 lists while finishing the weekend with five MPSF-leading marks with four others in second place in the conference.
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Additionally,
Alyssa Mae Antolin ran a 39.50 in the 300m, marking the best recorded time ever by a Rainbow Wahine runner in the event. It's the fourth different event – indoor or outdoor – that Antolin now owns the school record in.
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Track Athlete of the Meet: Isabella Kneeshaw
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The freshman had a huge meet in her collegiate debut, posting a pair of individual program top 10 times in addition to another relay top 10. Kneeshaw moved into second all-time on the UH top 10 list in the 200m with a 24.89 on Saturday, a day after running a 7.70 in the 60m to crack the school's top five at the No. 4 spot. The Tualatin, Ore. native also ran a 56.57 in the 400m leg for a distance medley relay team that ran the eighth-fastest time in school history. Â
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Field Athlete of the Meet: Montserrat Montanes i Arbo
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Montanes i Arbo got her indoor season in the weight throw off to a strong start, finishing second in Saturday's meet with a toss of 16.21m (53-3.325). The senior currently leads the MPSF in the event and is one of just two in the conference with a throw of at least 16.00m, joining teammate
Hallee Mohr.
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New Program Top 10 Marks
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60m
4.
Isabella Kneeshaw – 7.70
9.
Amy Warrington – 7.86
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200m
2.
Isabella Kneeshaw – 24.89
4.
Sammie Gordon – 25.05
6.
Amy Warrington – 25.27
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800m
7.
Carlin McFadden – 2:15.75
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Mile
9.
Emilie Kirk Langschwager – 5:06.20
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60m Hurdles
6.
Tara Wyllie – 8.77
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Triple Jump
5.
Tara Wyllie – 12.00m (39-4.50)
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Shot Put
8.
Rose Forshaw – 13.74m (45-1.00)
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Weight Throw
8.
Hallee Mohr – 16.13m (52-11.00)
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4x400m Relay
7. Gordon, Antolin, Marx, Warrington – 3:53.64
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DMR
8. Langschwager, Kneeshaw, McFadden, O'Donnell – 12:10.81
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MPSF Leading Marks
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High Jump
Sammie Gordon – 1.66m (5-5.25)
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Triple Jump
Tara Wyllie – 12.00m (39-4.50)
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Weight Throw
Montserrat Montanes i Arbo – 16.21m (53-2.25)
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4x400m Relay
Gordon, Antolin, Marx, Warrington – 3:53.64
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DMR
Langschwager, Kneeshaw, McFadden, O'Donnell – 12:10.81
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