RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's cross country team finished seventh out of 22 teams in the 8K Invite Saturday at the UC Riverside Invitational.
 
For the second time in as many meets, junior Lukas Amare led the Anteaters as he completed the 8K at the UCR Ag/Ops Course in 24:09.5 for a top-20 showing. Amare was 16th overall, 12th among collegiate athletes and was the top Big West finisher.
 
Junior Cameron Smith followed with a personal-record 24:16.2. Smith, who saw a 33-second improvement, came in 24th. Junior Zeid Hussain wasn't far behind in 38th with a time of 24:29.6
 
Juniors Joshua Schuld (24:41.4) and Jacob Bustamante (24:57.7) were next across the line for the 'Eaters, while classmates Juan Sanchez (25:09.7) and Henry McClish (25:24.3) rounded out UCI's top-seven.
 
Freshman Jimmy Markowicz registered a time of 25:27.1 in his first career 8K race.
 
Junior AJ Sager (26:06.9) and freshman Caleb McDaniel (26:08.0) were also in action for UC Irvine.
 
Up next for the Anteaters is the Bronco Invitational in Santa Clara on Saturday, Oct. 14.