UC Irvine Concludes First of Three Meets at UCR Ag/Ops Course

Saturday, September 14

Riverside, Calif.

8:05 AM

UC Irvine

UC Riverside Invitational

UC Irvine Concludes First of Three Meets at UCR Ag/Ops Course

September 14, 2019 | Men's Cross Country

Results

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's cross country team produced four individual season bests Saturday at the UC Riverside Invitational. The 8000-meter race was held at UCR Ag/Ops Course, which the 'Eaters will return to later this year for the Highlander Invitational (Oct. 19) and the Big West Championships (Nov. 2).

"The men fought tough as they were running on some very tired legs today," said UCI distance coach Casey Kear. "All of the returnees were ahead of their time from this meet last year. With the training load I have put on them, I expect to return in November and run the same course with dramatically faster times."

For the second meet in a row, sophomore Sebastian Bautista was the Anteaters' No. 1 runner, covering the 8K course in 26:01.0 (90th).

Sophomore Christian Hernandez had another solid race, clocking a season-best 26:35.9.

Senior Jhamani Long also notched a season-best 27:11.5, while freshmen Nick Krohn (27:27.0) and Michael McCarthy (27:54.5) rounded out UCI's top-five scorers. McCarthy was making his collegiate debut in his first career 8K race.

Freshman Jason Messner (28:52.5) and sophomore Omar Adel (28:57.4) also saw time improvements from the season opener two weeks ago.

UC Irvine will now look ahead to The Master's University Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 28.