SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Returning to the course against familiar competition, the USF Dons men's and women's cross country programs were back in action on Saturday morning for the 2022 Bronco Invitational at Baylands Regional Park.

It was another tremendous weekend for the USF women's team as they boasted the individual champion in Ruby Smee and took home the team trophy racing in the 6,000 meter run. On the men's side, the Dons mixed up the roster by combining competitors from both the A and B programs with Ben Preddy leading the way for USF racing in the 8,000 meter run finishing in 62nd place on Saturday. 

RESULTS:
Men's 8,000 Meter Run:
62. Ben Preddy 24:39.3
99. Daniel Abramowicz 24:59.9
147. Danny Skovron 25:29.2
163. Joe Skovron 25:44.8
194. Ryan Duncan 26:31.0
199. Aaron Ruiz 26:54.7
214. Carter Lewis 29:50.7
23rd Place Team Finish
585 Team Score 

Women's 6,000 Meter Run:
1. Ruby Smee 19:36.2
9. Grace Copeland 20:14.1
15. Baneet Bains 20:31.9
17. Zoe Wassell 20:34.1
32. Sophie Soefeldt 20:57.9
38. Abby Pradere 21:00.7
45. Kalii Caldwell 21:09.8
46. Julia Morales 21:11.8
107. Emily Jackson 21:58.3
206. Kaylee Noda 24:02.7
1st Place Team Finish 
74 Team Score

CATCHING UP WITH COACH RILEY:
"It was a good day to be a Don! I'm really proud of our women's team as it was truly a group effort to come away with the win today. We had some adversity to overcome with sickness going around but every single athlete stepped up and executed the race plan. Shout out to Ruby who raced very poised and was patient when she needed to come away with the individual win. On the men's side, we ran a mix of A/B teams and was really happy to see Ben Preddy execute much better. I know the guys who didn't race today are ready for the task at hand in a couple weeks in Portland." 

UP NEXT:
The Dons will now take the next week away from competition before heading up north to Portland for the 2022 WCC Cross Country Championships on Friday, Oct. 28. At last season's conference championships the USF women came in fourth place overall, while the Dons' men finished in eighth place as a team. 

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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.