Women's Track & Field | 3/29/2024 10:30:00 PM

(Irvine, Calif. - March 29, 2024) - The Trailblazer track and field team set three program records and notched a pair of first-place finishes on Friday evening at the Vince O'Boyle Classic hosted at Anteater Stadium.

Leading the way for the Blazers was junior Lexi Larsen who won the 1500 meters in a time of 4:39.52 taking over two seconds off her previous record time of 4:42.37 set last season at this meet.

Another first-place finish came from freshman Whitney Christiansen in the 400 meters with a time of 56.93.

Rounding out the record times was sophomore Ashlyn Parish in the 100 meter hurdles who took 0.03 off of her record time set last week at the Utah Tech Invitational to clock a runner-up time of 13.89.

Other top finishes on the day came from sophomore Megan Jenkins in the 400 meter hurdles (2nd) and freshman Averie Perriton in the 5000 meters (3rd).

The Trailblazers return to the track next weekend at the UNLV ELITE meet starting on Friday.

Friday's Top 8 Performances

• High Jump
  • T4. Lainee Leavitt - 1.51m (4-11.5)
• 4x100m Relay 
  • 5. Jesse Fowler, Rashawnna Gibson, Ashlyn Parish, Kaydance Sherwood - 47.94
• 1500 Meters
  • 1. Lexi Larsen - 4:39.52 - PROGRAM RECORD
• 100m Hurdles
  • 2. Ashlyn Parish - 13.89 - PROGRAM RECORD
• 400 Meters
  • 1. Whitney Christiansen - 56.93 - PROGRAM RECORD
• 100 Meters
  • 7. Rashawnna Gibson - 12.03
• 400 Meters Hurdles
  • 2. Megan Jenkins - 1:02.14
  • 5. Brittany Kuhn - 1:05.54
• 200 Meters
  • 6. Rashawnna Gibson - 25.27
• 5000 Meters
  • 3. Averie Perriton - 17:34.16
  • 4. Erin McKinnon - 18:06.67
• 4x400 Meter Relay
  • 6. Sadie Edwards, Megan Jenkins, Samiyah Jones, Brittany Kuhn - 4:09.93