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Men’s Cross Country

The University of Hawaii at Hilo claimed second place at the Brigham Young University-Hawaii Men’s 8k Invitational on the Laie, Hawaii campus course.

Stefano Barbis led the Vulcans with a second-place finish in a time of 25:50.

Garrett McCallister (26:14) and Keoni Ucker (26:17) finished 7th and 8th , respectively. Also in the race were Nick Hagemann (27:30, 14th ), Zack Johnson (27:42, 16th ), Justin Pang (29:00, 23rd ) and Derek Dominguez (30:47, 25th ).

The Vulcans 47 total points trailed first place BYU-Hawaii (24) and were just five points ahead of Hawaii Pacific University.

Women’s Cross Country

Kirsta Andrew finished fourth at the Brigham Young University-Hawaii 5K Women’s Invitational on the Laie, Hawaii campus course.

Andrew finished the course in a time of 19:28.

Also in the race were Nina Hagemann (9th, 19:35), Lauren Vieira (16th, 21:57) and Lilliana DeSmither (21st, 23:50).

The Vulcans did not qualify for the team competition.