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Men’s cross-country places fourth at OLLU invite

OLLU hosted the ninth annual OLLU Cross-Country Invitational at the Windcrest Golf Course Oct. 12. The men placed fourth in the meet.

Head Coach Brett Charlton commented, “This was a great meet for our cross-country program. We had 11 men’s teams competing. It was the biggest invite in program history. The men who competed today ran extremely well. We rested several of our top five after they had a good showing at the DBU meet last week. This allowed several other guys to try and make a case to run at the conference meet. Severral of our men ran personal bests.”

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) won the meet with a total of 19 points. The team had the top four players, plus ninth-place, 20th place and 43rd place finishers. Coming in second was University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, followed by the University of St. Thomas. After OLLU were Angelo State University, Trinity University, Texas Lutheran University, Hardin-Simmons University and Schreiner University.

Leading the way for the Saints was Jayden Turrubiates, for marked a 26:30 in the 8000m for 13th place. In 14th place was Vincent Garza with a time of 26:37, followed by Jose Perez with 26:53, JoseCarlos Hernandez with 27:10, Kruz Malesich with 27:19, Andrew Ruiz with 27:29, Ryan Aldana with 27:40, Robert Rios with 28:39, Robert Rios with 28:39 and Dominic Alonzo with 31:30.

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 men have won the conference championships nine years in a row. 

Men’s cross-country finishes in fourth place at UIW Invitational

The Saints men’s cross-country team placed fourth in a field of 13 teams at the UIW Invitational sponsored by the University of the Incarnate Word.

Head Coach Patrick Torres commented, “There was some exceptional running at this meet, but we didn’t meet our expectations, That is on me. I’ve pushed the training a bit too hard and we’re seeing that in the results. We do have time though and a reset before conference and nationals is exactly what we need.”

Full team results for the men’s 8k are listed below:
UIW – 24 points

University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley – 73 points

University of Texas at San Antonio – 84 points

OLLU – 135 points

McMurry University – 146 points

Texas A&M International University – 151 points

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi – 160 points

Huston-Tillotson University – 211 points

Trinity University – 243 points

Texas Lutheran University – 278 points

University of St. Thomas – 314

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor – 372 points

Sul Ross State University – 403 points

Leading the way for the Saints was Jose Zarata, who ran with a time of 25:30 for 12th place out of a slate of 126 runners. Jayden Turrubiates’ time was 26:11, followed by Diego Moran at 26:22, Hendrick Ramirez at 26:37, Kruz Malesich at 26:49, Nathaniel Rodriguez at 27:01, JoseCarlos Hernandez at 27:21, Sebastian Moreno at 27:39, Matthew Trevino at 29:07 and Robert Rios at 30:01.

What’s next
The Saints will get set to host the Saints Invitational on Oct. 7 at the Alamo Sportsplex, Culebra Creek Soccer Fields, in San Antonio.