Men's 8,000-Meter Results
STANFORD, Calif. --- Senior Rex Nelson led UC Irvine to a solid showing at the 39th Stanford University Invitational Saturday morning on the Stanford Golf Course.
Nelson placed 15th of 265 runners with a time of 24:43 over 8,000 meters. John Gilbertson of The Master's College won the race in 24:07.
UCI senior Sam Hyams finished 26th in 25:04, Steven Melena was 42nd in 25:21 and Alex Tebbe was 45th in 25:24.
Nick Osborne toured the course in 26:08 for 95th place, Tommy Newton-Neal was 98th (26:09) and Riley Martin was 128th (26:27) to round out UCI's top seven.
The 'Eaters finished sixth in the 29-team field with 194 points. Stanford won the meet with 34 points, Adams State was second with 40 and Chico State third with 123.
At the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Claremont Saturday, UCI's Calvin Tan finished 89th with a time of 28:01.5 over 8,000 meters.
UCI competes in the UCSD Triton Classic at La Jolla Saturday.
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