Collins earns honor

IRVINE — UC Irvine sophomore Lauren Collins has been named the Big West Conference Athlete of the Week in women’s track and field, after breaking a school record that had stood for 22 years.

Collins set the new UCI record in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 11 1/4 inches at the 33rd annual Stanford Track & Field Invitational on March 30. She improved on her previous NCAA regional-qualifying mark of 5-9 3/4 that she recorded at the Cal State Northridge Multi-Event on March 15.

Collins broke the previous UCI record of 5-10 set by Jenny Linderman in 1985, which was one of the three oldest records in the UCI women’s record book.