Anteaters Take 11th Overall at UCR Invitational

Saturday, September 16

Riverside, CA

8:05 AM

UC Irvine

UC Riverside Invitational

Anteaters Take 11th Overall at UCR Invitational

September 16, 2017 | Men's Cross Country

Complete Results

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's cross country team was 11th overall and eighth among NCAA Division I programs at the UC Riverside Invitational Saturday morning.

Sophomore Hector Garcia, who was coming off an individual victory in the season opener two weeks ago, was once again the Anteaters' top runner. He completed the 8000-meter Invitational race at the UCR Ag/Ops course in a personal-record 24:43.0 to place 15th among NCAA Division I athletes, and 25th out of 262 overall runners. Garcia shaved over 30 seconds off his previous best.

Senior Izzak Mireles was UCI's second finisher as he came in 61st overall with a time of 25:16.2. Junior Ashton Garcia wasn't far behind in 72nd, clocking in at a career-best 25:20.4, while classmate Jon Rodriguez also notched a personal-best 25:36.5 (99th).

Freshman Ravi Sharma (101st, 25:37.0), sophomore Sam Ayala (140th, 26:05.2) and junior Andrew Graciano (198th, 27:11.3) rounded out UC Irvine's top-seven.

Freshmen Kit Carter (27:32.6) and Xavier Weaver (29:25.0) also competed for the 'Eaters.

Southern Utah won the team title, while Tyson Lambert of Utah Valley was the individual champion at 23:53.8.

UC Irvine will have a couple weeks to prepare for the TMU XC Invitational (formerly known as the Mustang Challenge) in Santa Clarita on Saturday, Sept. 30. The men's 8K race is scheduled for a 7:45 a.m. start.

37TH ANNUAL UC RIVERSIDE INVITATIONAL
Saturday, Sept. 16
UCR Ag/Ops Course - Riverside, Calif.

Men's 8K Invitational Team Results (33 teams)
1. Southern Utah (30)
2. Chico State (92)
3. Utah Valley (150)
4. Cal State Fullerton (232)
5. Loyola Marymount (240)
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11. UC Irvine (337)

Men's 8K Individual Results (262 runners)
1. Tyson Lambert - Utah Valley (23:53.8)
2. Kyle Medina - Chico State (23:58.3)
3. Kasey Knevelbaard - Southern Utah (24:03.5)
4. Josh Collins - Southern Utah (24:03.5)
5. Mike Tate - Southern Utah (24:03.9)
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15./25. Hector Garcia (24:43.0)
34./61. Izzak Mireles (25:16.2)
42./72. Ashton Garcia (25:20.4)
56./99. Jon Rodriguez (25:36.5)
57./101. Ravi Sharma (25:37.0)
73./140. Sam Ayala (26:05.2)
94./198. Andrew Graciano (27:11.3)
96./209. Kit Carter (27:32.6)
100./234. Xavier Weaver (29:25.0)

*Place among NCAA Div I athletes/Overall finish