SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. – The Hawai'i women's track and field team took home four individual event titles on the final day of the Big West Championships Saturday to finish in third place with a 102.5 points.
 
The Rainbow Wahine posted a top-three conference finish for the third consecutive year and finished with five gold medals – the most ever by the program in a conference title meet. UH became the first Big West team since 2018 to sweep the two relays while winning both the discus and hammer throw titles, marking the first time a school has done that since 2017.
 
Montserrat Montanes i Arbo got the day started by defending her crown in the hammer throw. The senior held full control in the event from start to finish, capping it off with a toss of 57.74m (189-5) to complete a stellar series of 56.73m, 56.13m, 56,81m, 54.33m and 57.25m before her final throw.
 
The Rainbow Wahine 4x100m relay team got the action started on the track by making history yet again. Kristin Cook, Amy Warrington, Alyssa Mae Antolin and Isabella Kneeshaw won the program's first-ever conference title in the event by lowering their school record for the third time this year, getting around the track in 45.03 seconds to beat the field by over a half second.
 
Kneeshaw added another trophy to her case by pulling away late to take home the 400m Big West title in 54.01 seconds. The freshman closed with a strong final 100m to become only the second Rainbow Wahine ever – and the first since 1985 (Gwen Gardner) – to win a conference 400m title, posting the No. 2 time in program history.
 
Hawai'i then capped off the meet by completing the sweep of the relays with a victory in the 4x400m relay. The squad of Warrington, Antolin, Sammie Gordon and Kneeshaw crossed in 3:39.47, just .37 seconds off the school record, to claim the Big West title in the event for the second time in three years.
 
The 'Bows added to their point total with a number of other strong performances in finals Saturday. Hallee Mohr finished off a big weekend with a fifth-place finish in the shot put to add four points while Gordon came in tied for fifth in the high jump to add 3.5 to the team total. Antolin ran an 11.70 in the 100m final to come in sixth and add three points.

Additionally, Emilie Kirk Langschwager capped off her stellar freshman season with a fifth-place finish and four points in the 5000m with a 16:49.21 and two points and a seventh-place finish in the 1500m in 4:33.55. The native of Denmark became the first Rainbow Wahine in the Big West era to score at the conference meet in a flat distance event from 1500m and up (1500m, 5000m, 10000m). Sophia Morgan is the last UH distance runner to score in an event from 1500m and up at the Big West title meet, coming in sixth in 2021.
 
The Rainbow Wahine will now await selections for the NCAA West Regional set for May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Ark.
 
Final Team Standings
1. Cal Poly – 130.75
2. UC Irvine – 120
3. Hawai'i – 102.5
4. Long Beach State – 93.75
5. UC Riverside – 93
6. Cal State Fullerton – 85.5
7. UC Davis – 76
8. UC Santa Barbara – 55
9. CSUN – 51
10. Cal State Bakersfield – 11.5