Win for Stanziano Earns Her Bay Alarm Student-Athlete of the Week
10/4/2021 12:56:00 PM | Cross Country, General
MORAGA, Calif. — For the second consecutive week, a Cross Country runner has been named the Bay Alarm Student-Athlete of the Week. This time around, Rayna Stanziano picks up her first win of the weekly award from Saint Mary's during the 2021-22 school year, and her first win of the award since the spring semester.
Was there any doubt that the first win of the season for Saint Mary's would come courtesy of Rayna Stanziano? The junior was the fastest runner on the course during the early-evening race, winning the Pacific Invite with a time 21:13.1. This marked her second-fastest race of the season and the second time she has won a cross country race (Jessup Invite, spring of 2021). This was not her fastest time of the year, which she ran at the UC Riverside Invite in September, but this time she beat the entire field. Her second career win helped the Gaels finish first overall in the team scoring portion of the race, with two other teammates finishing inside the top-ten.
Saint Mary's has just one more race before the WCC Championship at the end of October. The Gaels will race in the Bronco Invite on October 16, their final tune-up before the biggest race of the year. SMC is the host of this year's WCC Championship, which will be held in Concord.
Was there any doubt that the first win of the season for Saint Mary's would come courtesy of Rayna Stanziano? The junior was the fastest runner on the course during the early-evening race, winning the Pacific Invite with a time 21:13.1. This marked her second-fastest race of the season and the second time she has won a cross country race (Jessup Invite, spring of 2021). This was not her fastest time of the year, which she ran at the UC Riverside Invite in September, but this time she beat the entire field. Her second career win helped the Gaels finish first overall in the team scoring portion of the race, with two other teammates finishing inside the top-ten.
Saint Mary's has just one more race before the WCC Championship at the end of October. The Gaels will race in the Bronco Invite on October 16, their final tune-up before the biggest race of the year. SMC is the host of this year's WCC Championship, which will be held in Concord.
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