RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Santa Ana cross country program competed in the 2018 UC Riverside Highlander Invitational on Saturday morning. The Dons took on eight NCAA Division I teams as well as a handful of high quality NCAA Division II and CCCAA teams.

In the men's 8k race, Servando Aviles had a good showing as he placed 59^th out 250 runners with a time of 25:51.3. The next Don to cross the finish line was Dalton Aviles, who clocked in at 26:33.5 for 112^th place while Giovanni Barajas came in a few seconds later at 26:47.0 to take 124^th. The men's team finished 17^th out of the 20 teams competing.

The Dons also found some success in the women's 5k race, as Maria Marroquin led the way with a time of 20:00.9 to defeat many NCAA Division I runners to come in 137^th place. Lucero Torres Calderon (20:26.2), Melissa Aguirre (21:06.0) and Monique Azpeitia (21:30.7) all were competitive as well, placing in the top 200 of the field. The women placed 19^th out of 22 teams in the race.

Santa Ana will now prepare for the Orange Empire Conference Championships on Friday, October 26^th at Riverside College.