The women’s cross-country team placed fifth out of nine teams at the OLLU Invitational held at the Windcrest Golf Course on Oct. 12.
Head Coach Brett Charlton commented, “This was a great meet for our cross-country program. We had 14 women’s teams competing. It was the biggest invite in program history. The women had a good meet. There is definitely a lot to build off of heading into our conference meet. We had several big personal bests. It was a confidence-boosting meet for our ladies.”
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley won the meet with 24 points. Five runners finished in the top 10 overall. Midwestern State University placed second, followed by Angelo State University, Trinity University, and OLLU. After OLLU were Texas A&M International University, the University of St. Thomas, Texas Lutheran University, and Schreiner University.
Leading the way for the Saints was Valeria Pena, who had a time of 23:14 in the 6000m for 21st place. Leilani Leza marked a time of 23:44, followed by Liliana Hernandez with 24:03, Victoria Bartlett with 24:09, Claudia Lopez with 24:32, Jasmine Hernandez with 24:33, and Daylah Vega with 26:33. A total of 80 runners participated.
What’s next
The Saints will get set to host the highly anticipated Red River Athletic Conference Championship Meet on Nov. 1 at Windcrest Golf Course in Windcrest, Texas. The women have won the conference championship the last five years and a total of nine time since the program began competing in 2009.