SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Santa Clara cross country hosts its lone home event of the year at the Bronco Invitational Saturday at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif. The meet features two invitational and two open races, with more than 800 runners and 40 schools set to compete.
Saturday marks the last major meet on the calendar leading up to the 2015 West Coast Conference Championships. The Broncos will have 33 of the team's 41 members in action, including five runners taking to the course unattached.
"We are really pleased to be hosting another edition of the Bronco Invite," head coach Felipe Montoro said. "Conditions look like they will be excellent and the course always runs fast. Our athletes love the opportunity to compete at home and are excited to perform on Saturday. Being able to have so many alumni and parents at the meet is also something we look forward to every year."
SCHEDULE AND BRONCO ENTRIES
Men's 8k Invitational 9 a.m.
Joey Berriatua, Aaron Brumbaugh, Bryan Crook, Ryan Greenough, Andrew Melendez, Evan Misuraca
Crook has finished with the fastest Bronco time twice this year (USF Invitational, SFSU Quad Meet). Greenough led the Broncos in the 8k race at the Roy Griak Invitational for the second year in a row Sept. 26.
Women's 6k Invitational 9:45 a.m.
Camille Dyer, Jamie Ferris, Mary Kriege, Heather LaPlante, Bevin McCullough, Grayson Murphy
Murphy led the Broncos in all three races she has competed in through mid-October, including a first-place finish at the SFSU Quad Meet. She posted the fastest time for SCU at last year's Bronco Invite. Kriege has the second fastest 6k time in program history (21:02, NCAA West Regional — 2013).
Men's 8k Open 10:30 a.m.
Austin Blankenship, Wilder Boyden, Matt Burke, Will Burschinger, John O'Hagan, Jack Prazich, Noah Westfall
Unattached: Carson Bode, Jeffrey Stalun, Jean-Baptiste Tooley
Women's 6k Open 11:15 a.m.
Greer Chrisman, Julia Green, Kaitlyn Kuehn, Karen Mac, Allison Maio, Allison Martinez, Anika Renken, Marisa Rudolph, Elsa Valenzuela
Unattached: Grace Ling, Julia Wood
DIVISION I PROGRAMS IN INVITATIONAL RACES
Men's Invitational: Cal, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Loyola Marymount, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, San Diego, San José State, Santa Clara, Saint Mary's, Stanford, Texas Tech, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UT-San Antonio
Women's Invitational: Cal, Fresno State, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Pacific, Sacramento State, San Diego, San José State, Santa Clara, Saint Mary's, Texas Tech, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UNLV, Utah Valley, UT-San Antonio
"Both fields are very competitive again this year. I think our top runners on each side can be mixing it up in the front of the Invitational and Open fields," Montoro said. "Both teams have been looking very good in practice the last few weeks, now we need to start moving our focus entirely to racing hard when it counts the most. As our last race before the postseason, Bronco is a crucial step in that process."
GENERAL INFORMATION
Baylands Park Address: 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Parking is $5 per car in the Baylands Park lot. Those attending are encourage to park in the Baylands lot, not in a lot for any of the surrounding local businesses.
GO BRONCOS!
