Kwasnica Paces Dons at SF State Invitational

Friday, October 10

San Francisco, Calif.

University of San Francisco

SF State Invitational

Photo by: Christina Leung

10/10/2025 5:49:00 PM | Cross Country

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of San Francisco men's and women's cross country teams returned to the Bay on Friday afternoon and competed in the SF State Invitational at Golden Gate Park.

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Competing without its top runners, both programs earned no team scores as both had four athletes compete.
In the women's 6k, Marlee Kwasnica paced the Dons as she earned an 11th-place finish out of 129 competitors.
Kwasnica's time of 22:17.7 was her second-best overall time in the event, coming 12.7 seconds shy of matching her career-best time of 22:03.0 set at the UC Riverside Invitational earlier this season.
On the men's side, Zach Danielson secured a 33rd-place finish at 26:03.0 in his third-career meet.
Ben Olney and Devin Price were also among the freshmen runners competing in the men's 8k.

TOP FINISHERS:

Men:
33. Zach Danielson – 26:03.0
68. Ben Olney – 26:47.5
786. Devin Price – 26:56.4
126. George Kunze – 28:33.6

Women:
11. Marlee Kwasnica – 22:15.7
33. Lily Mourer – 22:56.4
46. Kennedy Bartee – 23:22.9
64. Kaylee Noda – 23:54.9

UP NEXT:
San Francisco concludes the regular season when it competes in two events on Saturday, Oct. 18, traveling to the Midwest for the Pre-National Invitational, hosted by Missouri, and the Bronco Invitational, hosted by Santa Clara.

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