Distance Runners Compete at Two Bay Area Meets

Friday, April 4

San Francisco, Calif.

9:00 am

UC Riverside

Mike Fanelli Track Classic

Photo by: Karl Boudiwan

Distance Runners Compete at Two Bay Area Meets

4/5/2025 6:37:00 PM | Track and Field

Stanford Invitational Results Mike Fanelli Track Classic Results

UC Riverside sends distance crew up to Northern California

STANFORD, Calif. - UC Riverside competed at the Stanford Invitational and Mike Fanelli Track Classic on April 4 and 5 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Ashraf Abdelmagid (29:23.26) and Andrew Castellon (29:32.06) grabbed top 10 finishes in the men's 10k on Friday at Stanford, while Joy Weber clocked in with a 35:48.45 in the women's 10k for fourth in program history.
Tyler Kaan (3:52.38) and Lance Denhalter (3:57.72) both ran the 1500 for UCR in Palo Alto. Kaan was just two seconds off his collegiate best.
Over at the Mike Fanelli Classic, Isatu N'Diaye finished 16th overall in the women's 1500 (4:30.84) and clocked a 2:13.69 in the 800. On the men's side of the 800, Lance Denhalter finished 14th overall with a 1:52.76.

NOTABLES

UCR collected three all-time top 10 marks on Friday.
Castellon and Joshua Mendoza (30:14.27) both crushed their previous 10k collegiate bests.

UP NEXT

UC Riverside will resume competition on Wednesday, April 16, kicking off a busy week at the Bryan Clay Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays before later in the week taking on the Pacific Coast Invitational and Beach Invitational.