SANTA CLARITA, Calif. --- Freshman Lisa Vasquez led UC Irvine Saturday as the Anteaters finished 10^th in the Mustang Challenge at Santa Clarita's Central Park.

Vasquez toured the 5,000-meter course in 18:52.02 to place 50^th while teammate Courtney Sharar followed in 51^st place with a time of 18:53.30 in the field of 226 competitors.

Yulissa Mendoza finished 66^th in 19:09.79, Alice Yang was 73^rd (19:17.65), Megan Mirkhanian was 76^th (19:18.96), Hannah Ruby 80^th (19:21.42) and Aliya Shah 83^rd in 19:29.86 to complete UCI's top seven.

Danielle Shanahan of Loyola Marymount won the race with a time of 17:23.18.

LMU won the team competition with 36 points, UCLA was second with 94 and Biola third with 119.  UCI finished 10^th with 269 points.

The Anteaters compete in the 42^nd Stanford Invitational Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course.

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