National Catholic Invitational Final Results
 
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Saint Mary's men's and women's cross country teams competed in their second meet of the season on Friday at the National Catholic Invitational. The Gaels kept consistent across the board as both teams finished in sixth-place out of 11 Division I schools for the men and 12 for the women.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

The top finisher for either side was junior Nolan Dozier who finished the 5-mile race with a time of 25:34.11 (14th-place). 30 seconds behind was junior Moses Bojorquez in 29th (26:06.85), while freshman Stuart Kendall finished 44th (26:36.34), freshman Tommy Bell registered a 27:14.21 (78th-place), and sophomore Alex Riggsby placed 82nd (27:18.57). The final two Gaels finished less than two seconds apart as senior Mason Labadie (28:15.43) and Freshman Derek D'Amelia (28:17.07) crossed the line at 129th and 130th respectively.
 
The top women's finisher was junior Abby Bolt whose 18:21.71 gave her an 18th-place finish in the 5K. Coming in second for SMC was freshman Kaela Dishion (18:39.56) who finished 29th and sophomore Abigayle Mitchell placed 38th (18:54.44). The Gaels' final finishers were Ellen Burbank (49th), Katie Watson (64th), Neylene Leon (73rd), and Allie Timbrell (95th).
 
QUOTABLE
 
"Today's race was the first time both teams ran all-out for the year," said head coach Marty Kinsey. "It was very hot and humid, tough conditions and they fought through to pretty solid races. We think the adverse conditions we faced today will give us experience for the conference championships which will be at altitude. Overall, it was a good day for the Gaels competitively to see them towards the front of the back in both races."
 
UP NEXT
Saint Mary's will stay local for their next meet, competing at the SF State Invitational on September 21.
 
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