UC Irvine's Laura Olvera made her collegiate debut a memorable one as the redshirt freshman finished in third place out of 179 collegiate runners at the UCI Invitational.
UC Santa Barbara senior Bethany Nickless and UC Irvine junior Laura Olvera were named co-Big West Athletes of the Week for women's cross country today. Cal Poly junior Troy Swier was honored on the men's side.
Nickless finished seventh in the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 21:35 leading UC Santa Barbara to a fourth place finish at the meet. The time was a new personal record for Nickless.
Olvera finished third out of 241 runners at the Stanford Invitational. Her time was 20:42 and helped the Anteaters place third at the meet in the 28-team field.
Swier placed 13th with a time of 23:51 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. The meet included eight nationally ranked teams.