• UC Irvine junior Deandra Tyler opened the outdoor season with a win in the hammer throw at the Beach Opener to win The Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week honor. Tyler is a first-time weekly honoree.
• Tyler took first with a personal-record throw of 52.95m/173'8" ranking No. 7 in program history and fourth in the nation.
• The junior came back the next day for a runner-up finish in the shot put with a mark of 14.24m/46'8.75" which ranks seventh nationally.