The had four student-athletes earn spots in the NCAA First Round in Fayetteville, Arkansas, set for May 27–30.
Lilian Turban earned a bid in the high jump and javelin, Tara Wyllie secured a spot in the triple jump, Samaria Vital clinched a spot in the discus and Robyn Larkan is NCAA bound in the 100m hurdles.
It’s the fifth consecutive year that the Rainbow Wahine has sent multiple competitors to the NCAA First Round and the second straight year that at least four are bound for the preliminary round of the national meet.
Turban, the Big West runner-up and 2023 high jump All-American, is into the field in her signature event for the fourth time in her career with a season mark of 1.80m. She also qualified in the javelin for the second consecutive year, with a season-best mark of 48.12m.
Wyllie has qualified for the NCAA First Round triple jump for the third time in her career, taking a mark of 12.93m into the postseason. Vital earned her first career trip to the NCAA First Round in the discus, throwing 51.95m at the Big West Championship to vault up the regional rankings. School-record holder Larkan rounds out the group of Rainbow Wahine bound for nationals, taking her time of 13.44 seconds into the postseason.
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Turban named Big West Championship Field Athlete of the Meet
For the second consecutive season, Turban took home Big West Championship Field Athlete of the Meet honors following her all-around strong performance at the conference championship meet, May 15–16. Turban totaled 16 points across three different field events to put up more than one-third of the 糖心视频 Mānoa team total for the meet. The Rainbow Wahine placed eighth as a team with 47 points.
The senior turned in a runner-up finish in the high jump to put up eight points, clearing 1.78m (5-10). She matched champion Zharia Taylor of UC Irvine in clearance height but lost out to Taylor due to having three more failed attempts.
Turban added five points to the team total in the javelin, coming in fourth with a toss of 46.03m (151-0) on her third attempt. She also placed sixth in the shot put with a mark of 14.61m (47-11.25) to cap off her scoring for the meet with three points.
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