RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Vanguard women had a big day improving their team time four minutes and nine seconds from two weeks ago when they competed at the Mark Covert Classic hosted by CSU Fullerton. The Lions raced to a composite team time of 1:43:12 (bettering their previous effort of 1:47:21). Junior transfer Morgan Tapia (JR/Eastville, CA) lead the way with a time of 19:46 (a 1:13 improvement over her previous best this season) followed by Bayleigh Porter (SR/Riverside, CA) 20:31 (season best), Lauren Soholt (SR/Riverside, CA) 20:53 (personal best), Sarah Finch (SR/Redondo Beach, CA) 20:57 (season best), Bethany Hinson (FR/Santa Clarita, CA) 21:05 (personal best) and Addie Blair 21:12 (season best). Finch recorded the biggest margin of improvement from the previous race, bettering her 5k time by 1:28. The women's team time bettered all their performances from last season as well.