Olvera wins at Stanford, leads UCI to sixth place

STANFORD — UC Irvine senior Laura Olvera won the women’s 6,000-meter race with a time of 20 minutes, 42 seconds at the 35th Stanford Cross Country Invitational Saturday.

She finished eight seconds ahead of runner-up Jacky Kipwambok (20:50) of Azusa Pacific in the race at the Stanford University Golf Course.

It was the second consecutive individual title for Olvera, who won the Asics/UCI Invitational Sept. 6.

The Anteater women finished sixth of 33 teams with 227 points as Stanford was first with 43.

UCI’s Candice Chavez finished 11th in the 278-runner field with a time of 21:30. Samantha Costantini was 63rd (22:59), Emily Romo was 80th (23:08) and Kendall Bruton 81st (23:09).

Gabriela Santana placed 84th in 23:12 and Megan Fairley 123rd (23:38) to complete UCI’s top seven runners.

In the men’s competition, UCI finished eighth of 28 teams with 249 points as Stanford successfully defended its title with 39 points.

Chico State’s Scott Bauhs won the 8,000-meter race with a time of 23:45.

Anteater senior Nick Mosey placed 21st of 234 runners in 25:10, Colin Hacker was 29th (25:23), Rusty Whisman 67th (26:06) and Rex Nelson 68th (26:07).

Chris Proffitt in 94th place (26:32), Nick Osborne 108th (26:44) and Danny Kalinowski 118th (26:51) rounded out UCI’s top seven.

Both Anteater squads compete in the Pepperdine Invitational Saturday at Alumni Park on the campus in Malibu. The women’s 6,000-meter race is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. with the men’s 8,000 meters at noon.

— From staff reports