SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Saturday morning's return to action for the USF Dons' cross country team was a success as the women's team won the 6K invitational and
Ruby Smee posted a new course record at Baylands Regional Park. The men's team finished at tenth overall as a team and received great individual performances from
Daniel Maneloveg and
Ed Kiolbasa.
Smee continues her stellar season on the Hilltop as she broke the course record with a time of 19:30.3 in the 6,000 meter run.
Eve Jensen finished in fifth place and
Zoe Wassell came in tenth to put three Dons in the top 10 on the women's side. USF totaled a team score of 46 en route to the team victory.
FINAL RESULTS:
Women's 6,000 M:
1.
Ruby Smee 19:30.3
5.
Eve Jensen 20:25.2
10.
Zoe Wassell 20:42.7
12.
Baneet Bains 20:47
19.
Anna Tait 20:58.9
20.
Abby Pradere 21:01.4
24.
Whitney Hessler 21:08.2
26.
Maddy Hamilton 21:15.7
37.
Julia Morales 21:34.7
1st Place
Team Score: 46
Total Time: 1:42:24.10
Men's 8,000 M:
10.
Daniel Maneloveg 24:02
11.
Ed Kiolbasa 24:04.2
77.
Ben Preddy 25:25.2
96.
Danny Skovron 25:56.1
107.
Hiruy Alemseged 26:59
108. Josh Macken 27:09.5
115.
Joe Skovron 27:28.3
10th Place
Team Score: 258
Total Time: 2:06:26.5
CATCHING UP WITH COACH RILEY:
"Really happy with the races today. On the men's side, Dan and Ed really put themselves out in the front early and competed well with some of the best guys in the WCC.
Ben Preddy made some good progress today and it will be nice to get Caleb and Kip for the conference championships."
"On the women's side, we had a banner day led by Ruby's new course record win in a kick to the finish with Nevada's Tierney Wolfgram. Eve, Zoe, Baneet and Anna all raced with poise and really worked together closing out 1-5 gap. My hat really goes off to our middle distance crew: Abby, Whitney, Maddy and Julia who all had the most complete cross country races of their college careers. I want to thank the Santa Clara staff for putting on this competition and we're looking forward to getting back on the line in a couple weeks at the WCC Championships."
UP NEXT:
The Dons now turn their attention to the WCC Championships on Oct. 29 in Concord, California. The competition will allow the Dons to measure themselves against the rest of the conference heading into the winter months.
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