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HILO, Hawai'i – Making the most of their first trip this year outside of O'ahu, bringing home the team meet victory at the UH Hilo Invitational, Saturday morning at the Grand Naniloa Banyon Golf Course."Quite pleased with the efforts this morning," head coachsaid. "The ladies ran aggressively from the start and put in a solid effort one through six."Pacing the Rainbow Wahine to the 27-point first-place score, La Mesa, Calif. freshmanfinished second overall, slicing 18 seconds off last week's 5k time and coming down the chute at 19:54.1.The Rainbow Wahine went back-to-back at third and fourth, with sophomoreand juniorcoming in at 20:00.6 and 20:01.4, respectively. Tashiro improved nine seconds on last week's effort for a new personal best in the 5k."Sienna and Lisa deserve acknowledgement for stepping up to lead us, and Danielle finished well despite a sore foot, moving up a spot in the last 200 meters to clinch the team win," Boyce said.Rounding out the scoring group, juniorwas seventh with a personal best time of 20:19.9, while sophomorewas 11th in 20:56.9. Junioralso came in 15th for the Rainbow Wahine, crossing in 21:24.7.The Rainbow Wahine scored 27 points to finish ahead of Hawai'i Pacific (31)."Next weekend is our first mainland race and everyone is eager to run in cooler, less humid conditions in Seattle," Boyce said.Next weekend, the Rainbow Wahine were initially scheduled to compete both locally and on the mainland, but will pool their running resources in Washington. The Sundodger Invitational is set for Saturday in Seattle.