ST. PAUL, Minn. — Santa Clara cross country faced a tough field featuring multiple ranked teams, and came away with valuable experience at the Roy Griak Invitational Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Bronco men finished 21st of 23 teams in their 8k race and the women finished 23rd of 26 teams in their 6k race.
Grayson Murphy posted the fastest time of Bronco women's runners for the third time in three meets this season, and Ryan Greenough led the men's team for the second straight year at Griak.
"Today was not our best performance," head coach Felipe Montoro said. "There were individual highlights for sure, but we are better teams than we showed today. One positive were the lessons many learned today about competing in such a competitive field in conditions we don't often experience."
Merrill Fischbein Men's Gold (Division I) Competition — 8000m
89. Ryan Greenough — 26:44
94. Bryan Crook — 26:48
95. Joey Berriatua — 26:49
128. Evan Misuraca — 27:25
130. Aaron Brumbaugh — 27:29
142. Will Burschinger — 27:54
147. Andrew Melendez — 28:20
Jack Johnson Women's Gold (Division I) Competition — 6000m
43. Grayson Murphy — 22:39
67. Mary Kriege — 22:59
134. Heather LaPlante — 24:13
158. Jamie Ferris — 24:52
162. Camille Dyer — 25:09
166. Bevin McCullough — 25:34
167. Allison Martinez — 25:35
Up Next
Santa Clara begins its busiest stretch of the season, featuring competitions in four consecutive weekends, on Friday, Oct. 9 at the San Francisco State Invitational. The team hosts the Bronco Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 17.
"Looking ahead, I feel really good about our ability to bounce back and be ready for the next race," Montoro said. "Our next three weeks are intense from a training standpoint and I am looking forward to measuring our progress against some teams that beat us today that will be at our own Bronco invite."
GO BRONCOS!