Women's Cross Country Finishes 11th in Mark Covert Classic

Saturday, September 1

Brea, CA

8:00 AM

UC Riverside

Mark Covert Classic

Women's Cross Country Finishes 11th in Mark Covert Classic

9/1/2018 2:35:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

In its first competition of the season, the UC Riverside Women's Cross Country team finished 11th in the women's 6k at the Mark Covert Classic with a team score of 316. Freshman Vanessa Gracian led the Highlanders with a time of 19:00.6.

With the majority of the schools competing from the Big West, the coaches saw the classic as a great way to gauge where the team is at.

"We were definitely pleased with the way Vanessa competed. She got out aggressively and more experience will benefit her," coach Rob Hansen said. "In our next meet we hope that the team will be able to run together more as a group. We want a strong unit and today the group spread out a lot."

The team will head to Mammoth Lakes, CA next week for training and team bonding, before the UC Riverside Invitational on Sept. 15.

Official results can be found here.

UC Riverside 2018 Mark Covert Classic
Place	Student-Athlete	Time
57	Vanessa Gracian	19:00
69	Haley Cabrera	19:17
87	Alison Soto	19:44
94	Harriet Bush	19:53
99	Kiley Atwood	19:58
104	Leslie Rivera	20:06
111	Alyssa Tran	20:15
114	Vanessa Walton	20:16
117	Erin Beck	20:21
122	Samantha Poliakon	20:29