Palo Alto, CA—The UC Riverside Track & Field Teams sent a small contingent of distance runners to the Stanford Invitational this weekend, and sophomore Faith Makau posted the fastest 1,500m time in the Big West Conference this year finishing in 4:22.35. That mark was the fourth best mark by a collegian at the meet, and places her in the top 10 in the nation.

Teammate Raquel Hefflin finished just behind Makau with a time of 4:22.99, and the duo now ranks third and fifth on the Highlanders' career Top-10 Performers list.

Weslie Totten ran the 5,000m this morning for UC Riverside finishing with a time of 18:20.35.

On the men's side, Seth Totten ran the fastest 5,000m in more than 30 years for the Highlanders finishing in 13:51.20—just over two seconds off of the program record of 13:49.00 set by All-American Steve Alvarez back in 1981. That mark is also one of the top 10 times in the nation this season.

Cody Jordan ran the fastest time for a Big West Conference runner this year in the 1,500m finishing in 3:47.15. That puts him sixth on the school's Top 10 Performers list.