• UC Santa Barbara junior Malia Benson won the javelin competition at the UCSB Invitational to win The Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week honor. Benson is a first-time weekly honoree.
• The junior recorded a personal-best mark of 50.12m/164'5" to win the javelin competition. It is currently the fourth-leading throw in the nation.
• Benson is a former softball player who transferred this offseason to UC Santa Barbara and converted to being a javelin thrower.