IRVINE, Calif. –  It was stacked weekend for Vanguard women's track and field, with two meets, starting with the Jim Klein Heptathlon on Thursday and the two-day Vince O'Boyle Invitational hosted by UCI this weekend. VU welcomed a few more top 10 showings and saw Kaylee Best continue her record setting trends.

The Lions were represented at the Jim Klein Heptathlon by freshman Rebecca Sicotte, who garnered 3086 points across her seven events, sixth out of the eight competitors. Her best finish came in the javelin throw, where she launched a 66'2", which was fourth for that discipline. She also notched career-bests in long jump (14' 5") and the 800m race (2:44.13) both of which seated her in sixth. She debuted in the 100m with a 17.78 time was which was seventh. Her high jump slotted in at 1.25 (4'1.25") which was eighth. She slotted in her shot put slate at 8.46m (27'9.25")  fifth, which was also where she placed for the 200m (28.2).

Moving into the Vince O'Boyle Invitational, Best was the runner-up in the triple jump, but fractured her program triple jump record from last week, reaching 40' 6¾" on her sixth and final attempt to recast her stake as VU's number one in the record book. Briana Martin peaked on her fifth attempt 37' 3¾" and set a new personal best which earned her sixth on the day and fifth all time in program history.

In the long jump Best was second, finding her best leap on her fifth go to launch at 19' 6" to claim silver and fill another spot amongst the most historic long jump performances at VU. Kolena Apana's 17' 4¾" was just two inches shy of a top 10 all-time performance as the sophomore ended ninth at the Invitational.

The hammer throw was led by Aaliyah Espinoza for the Blue and Gold, as all three VU competitors were sixth, seventh and eighth. Espinoza's personal best of 132' 4" brought her up to seventh all time in the VU charts. Andrea Espinoza Noriega stood at 129' 8", which is eighth best all-time, overtaking her previous margin from last week. Gimena Hurtado's first try was her best at 128' 0", which tied her for 10th best all-time in VU's history.

Espinoza was leaps ahead in the discus throw, with the fourth-best VU discus throw in program history by an inch (124' 4"). Hurtado and Espinoza Noriega followed in 11^th (108' 11") and 12^th (101' 4") at the meet respectively.

As for the runners, Elizabeth Betten led the Vanguard sprinters in the 100m dash, clocking in at 12.48 to finish 13th. Freshman Angelique Addae was the next highest finisher in 18^th (12.66) while Jillian Orm was in at 13.20 which was 26^th.

Betten was also the Lion leader in the 200m with a 25.40 run.

The 400m was also a solitary Vanguard field, with Haley Svendsen taking a top 10 finish with a 1:02.17 race.

The Blue and Gold loaded a packed house in both the 800m and 1500m race. The 800m saw Haley Butenschoen stake 13th as the top VU runner at 2:19.75. Kaitlyn Smith was less than a second later at 2:20.35 in 14th spot. The rest of the pack was made up of Hailey Quiroz (2:22.39), Isabella Alvarez (2:23.30) , Brady Wylie (2:23.71), and Sydney Sydney (2:35.72). As for the 1500m run, Mary Sawczuk paced VU in 12^th (4:35.90), with Bella Sword in 15^th (4:47.24).  Behind them were Madyson Nakamura (4:54.38) and Giselle Rubio (4:55.09) in 21st and 22nd, respectively.  

What's Next? VU head to the Moorpark Open on Friday, April 3.