IRVINE, Calif. - UC Irvine women's cross country head coach Jeff Perkins has announced the Anteaters' incoming class which features 11 newcomers.
 

Hermela Abrha - Freshman - Willow Glen HS
Hermela Abrha competed on both the cross country and track & field teams at Willow Glen High School in San Jose. Abrha was a three-time CIF State Cross Country Championship qualifier. She also won the Blossom Valley Athletic League individual title as a junior, while finishing third as a senior. On the track, Abrha claimed runner-up honors in the 3200m at the 2019 BVAL Finals, and advanced to the CIF Central Coast Section meet.
 
 
Tea Akiaten - Freshman - Mira Mesa HS
Tea Akiaten was a member of both the cross country and track & field teams at Mira Mesa High School. As a junior, she was a CIF-San Diego Section finalist in the 3200m, and a prelim qualifier in the 1600m. She scored in both events at the Western League Finals. In cross country, Akiaten had three-straight top-six finishes at the league meet and earned first-team San Diego City Conference Fall All-League honors. In 2018, she also came in 10th at the Nike Portland XC Invitational, and 13th at the CIF-San Diego Section Cross Country Championships.
 
 
Isabelle Buncab - Freshman - Great Oak HS
Isabelle Buncab competed in cross country and track & field at Great Oak High School. As a senior, she finished fifth at the Southwestern League Cross Country Finals, and had a top-five showing at the Mt. SAC XC Invitational. In 2018, she also took third at the league meet, while advancing to the CIF-Southern Section Division Prelims. On the track, Buncab placed among the top-10 in the 1600m at the 2019 league championships.
 

Madison Elliott - Freshman - Serrano HS
Madison Elliott competed in cross country and track & field at Serrano High School in Phelan, California. As a junior, she was a member of the 4x400 relay team that claimed the Mojave River League title, and advanced to the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 Prelims. She also came in third in the 800m at the league meet. In addition, Elliott was a two-time CIF State Cross Country Championship qualifier.
 

Diane Molina - Freshman - Costa Mesa HS
Diane Molina was a standout on both the cross country and track & field teams at Costa Mesa High School. Molina had three-straight top-15 finishes at the CIF State Cross Country Championships, highlighted by back-to-back fifth-place showings as a junior and senior. She won the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 Prelims and came in fifth at the CIF-SS Division Finals in 2018 and 2019. In addition, Molina was the 2018 Orange Coast League individual cross country champion. Molina is a three-time Daily Pilot Girls' Cross Country Runner of the Year. On the track, she defended her 800m title, while also helping the 4x400 relay to a first-place finish at the league championships as a junior. One year earlier, she took top honors at the league meet in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m.

 
Samantha Moore - Freshman - Crescenta Valley HS
Samantha Moore lettered in cross country and track & field at Crescenta Valley High School. As a junior, she finished third in the 1600m, while also scoring in the 3200m (6th) at the Pacific League Finals. In cross country, Moore was the runner-up at the 2019 league championships, and advanced to the CIF-SS Division Finals as a sophomore and senior.

 
Hana Nip - Freshman - Mission San Jose HS
Hana Nip competed three years on the cross country and track & field teams at Mission San Jose High School. As a junior, she was the runner-up in the 800m at the Mission Valley Athletic League Finals, and came in fourth at the North Coast Section Bayshore Championships. In cross country, Nip finished second at the 2019 MVAL Championships.

 
Lindsey Ona - Sophomore - Armijo HS
Lindsey Ona will begin her second year at UC Irvine, but first as a member of the cross country and track & field teams. She prepped at Armijo High School where she was the 800m runner-up at the 2019 Monticello Empire League Championships. She was also a two-time CIF-Sac Joaquin Section finalist. In cross country, she placed among the top-10 at the league meet as a senior.
 
 
Brianna Potter - Freshman - Vista Murrieta HS
Brianna Potter was a member of the cross country and track & field teams at Vista Murrieta High School. As a freshman, she competed at the 2016 CIF State Cross Country Championships. She also finished 11th at the Southwestern League Finals and 29th at the CIF-Southern Section meet. On the track, Potter focused primarily on the 800m and 1600m, running personal-bests of 2:22.36 and 5:23.13, respectively.
 

Laura Yontz - Freshman - Long Beach Poly HS
Laura Yontz lettered in cross country and track & field at Long Beach Poly High School. As a senior, she competed in one meet before the season was canceled, claiming runner-up honors in the 1600m at the Long Beach TrackRabbit Invitational. As a member of the cross country team, she had back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Moore League Finals and competed at the CIF-Southern Section Division Prelims in 2018 and 2019.
 
 
Sophia Zago - Freshman - El Segundo HS
Sophia Zago lettered in both cross country and track & field at El Segundo High School. She was a three-time CIF State Cross Country Championship qualifier with a high finish of 25th as a senior. In her final season, she was also the Ocean League champion and runner-up at the Nike Portland XC Invitational. On the track, Zago was a back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Division 3 Prelim qualifier in the 800m. In 2018, she ran a personal-record 2:19.16 to advance to the CIF-SS Finals where she had a top-10 showing. Zago also claimed the 800m league title as a sophomore.