{"id":192648,"date":"2024-02-27T19:39:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T05:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192648"},"modified":"2024-02-27T19:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T05:39:17","slug":"rainbow-wahine-mpsf-championships-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/27\/rainbow-wahine-mpsf-championships-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine post best ever <abbr>MPSF<\/abbr> championships finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manoa-athletics-track-field-mpsf.jpg\" alt=\"U H women track and field team photo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manoa-athletics-track-field-mpsf.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manoa-athletics-track-field-mpsf-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/manoa-athletics-track-field-mpsf-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-track-and-field\">women\u2019s track and field team<\/a> capped off a historic weekend at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (<abbr>MPSF<\/abbr>) Championships with a team runner-up finish behind more record performances.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m so incredibly proud of this team and staff,&rdquo; said Tim Boyce, director of track and field. &ldquo;This was a record-setting weekend in multiple respects and our best ever <abbr>MPSF<\/abbr> finish. We had so many great accomplishments but we\u2019re most proud of how these women have persevered through all of the challenges thrown their way over the last few years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Wahine posted their highest ever team finish at the <abbr>MPSF<\/abbr> Indoor Championships, marking the third straight year that <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> has placed in the top four in the event. The \u2018Bows took home conference titles in five different events\u2014the most gold medals ever accumulated by a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> team at an indoor conference championship meet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the best all-around team we have ever brought to these championships, and it showed in our confidence and energy throughout the last two days,&rdquo; said Madeleine Carleton, track and field head coach. &ldquo;Despite the challenges we\u2019ve faced, we had a number of dominant wins and record-breaking performances en route to our highest finish ever at this meet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4x400m relay: 1st &#8211; Amy Warrington, Alyssa Mae Antolin, Gordon and Isabella Kneeshaw<\/li>\n<li>200 meter dash: 1st &#8211; Alyssa Mae Antolin<\/li>\n<li>High jump: 1st &#8211; Lilian Turban<\/li>\n<li>Pole vault: 1st &#8211; Helen Hoadley<\/li>\n<li>Triple jump: 1st &#8211; Tara Wyllie, 3rd &#8211; Sammie Gordon<\/li>\n<li>800 meter run indoor: 1st &#8211; Catherine Touchette, 2nd &#8211; Samantha Gordon<\/li>\n<li>High jump indoor: 2nd &#8211; Samantha Gordon<\/li>\n<li>Indoor pentathlon: 2nd &#8211; Samantha Gordon<\/li>\n<li>Weight throw &#8211; 3rd &#8211; Montserrat Montanes i Arbo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more go to HawaiiAthletics.com:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2024\/2\/25\/womens-track-field-trio-of-individual-titles-highlight-day-one-of-mpsf-championships.aspx\">Day 1 results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2024\/2\/26\/womens-track-field-rainbow-wahine-post-best-ever-mpsf-championships-finish.aspx\">Day 2 results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa women\u2019s track and field team placed 2nd at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,714,1585,9,550],"class_list":["post-192648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-track-and-field","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192648"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192673,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192648\/revisions\/192673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}