Saturday, October 19
Riverside, Calif.
8:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
Highlander Invitational
'Eaters Set Personal Bests at Highlander Invitational
October 19, 2019 | Men's Cross Country
Results
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's cross country team combined for five personal records at the Highlander Invitational 8K Saturday at the UCR Ag/Ops Course.
Sophomore Sebastian Bautista continued to lead the Anteater pack, placing 57th out of 234 overall competitors. He covered the 8000-meter course in a lifetime-best 25:39.43. Bautista has been UCI's No. 1 runner at every meet this season.
Sophomore Christian Hernandez also came in 81st at 26:09.18.
Senior Jhamani Long saw an eight-second improvement on his PR from the same meet a year ago, clocking in at 26:41.85.
Freshman Michael McCarthy established a personal-record 27:07.14, shaving 47 seconds off his previous best in his third career 8K race.
Freshman Jason Messner (28:33.66) and sophomore Omar Adel (28:52.45) added personal bests to round out UCI's lineup.
UC Irvine finished 16th as a team. The 'Eaters will be back on the same course at UC Riverside for the Big West Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's cross country team combined for five personal records at the Highlander Invitational 8K Saturday at the UCR Ag/Ops Course.
Sophomore Sebastian Bautista continued to lead the Anteater pack, placing 57th out of 234 overall competitors. He covered the 8000-meter course in a lifetime-best 25:39.43. Bautista has been UCI's No. 1 runner at every meet this season.
Sophomore Christian Hernandez also came in 81st at 26:09.18.
Senior Jhamani Long saw an eight-second improvement on his PR from the same meet a year ago, clocking in at 26:41.85.
Freshman Michael McCarthy established a personal-record 27:07.14, shaving 47 seconds off his previous best in his third career 8K race.
Freshman Jason Messner (28:33.66) and sophomore Omar Adel (28:52.45) added personal bests to round out UCI's lineup.
UC Irvine finished 16th as a team. The 'Eaters will be back on the same course at UC Riverside for the Big West Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2.
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