BRIEF

UCI’S COLLINS LAUDED

UC Irvine sophomore Lauren Collins has been named Big West Conference Female Athlete of the Week in track and field.

Collins set a school record with 5,446 points in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays at Azusa Pacific last week.

She had marks of 5 feet, 10 inches in the high jump, 34-1 1/2 in the shot put, 18-5 in the long jump, 123-3 in the javelin throw, 14.43 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, 25.66 in the 200 and 2:18.89 in the 800. Collins broke the 20-year old record of 5,367 points, set by Karin Grelsson in 1987.

Collins is also UCI’s record-holder in the high jump (5-11 1/4 ).