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Cross Country:
UC Irvine Men's Team Wins Titan Invitational
Oct. 24, 2008
FULLERTON, Calif. --- Freshman Sam Hyams was the top collegiate runner in leading UC Irvine to the title of the Titan Invitational Friday at the Cal State Fullerton campus course. Hyams posted a time of 25:38.0 over 8,000 meters as the Anteaters totaled 36 points. The Men of Troy were second with 62 and the Cal Coast Track Club third with 102. UCI's Aman Bhatia finished 15th (26:01.5), Solomon Tesfaye was 16th (26:06.0), Greg Thompson 20th (26:19.6) and Brett Matejka 26th (26:33.7) to complete the `Eaters' top five. UCI senior Erinn Kim won the women's 5,000-meter race with a time of 18:11.9 as the Anteaters finished second in the team competition with 60 points. Loyola Marymount won the meet with 38 points and Pepperdine was third with 62. Stephanie Sconberg of UCI finished 28th in 19:25.3, Katie Borum was 37th (19:46.2), Shelby Pock 38th (19:49.7) and Jessica Vaughan 41st (19:54.5) to round out the Anteaters' top five runners. The UCI men's and women's teams compete in the Big West Conference Championships next Saturday (Nov. 1) at UC Riverside.
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