MORAGA, Calif. — Rayna Stanziano continues to rack up awards during her Saint Mary's career, scoring another Bay Alarm Student-Athlete of the Week.
 
Rayna Stanziano added to her list of accolades when she ran the 1500m in the fastest time ever recorded at the Cal Poly Invitational. Her mark of 4:23.69 was three-tenths of a second faster than the previous meet record, set by Jenna Hinkle in 2019, and was three seconds faster than the time she posted when she won at least year's Cal Poly Invitational. The next closest pace behind her was JJ Escalera of Santa Clara, who was nearly six seconds slower. That is her second-fastest ever time in the 1500m, and she now owns the four fastest 1500m times in SMC history.
 
This is the second time during the 2021-22 school year that Stanziano has taken home this award, as she did so once during cross country season when she won the Pacific Invite. This marks back-to-back years where she has won the award multiple times, as she did so as a sophomore last year.
 
Saint Mary's will split their squad up next weekend as they head to two separate invites in the Bay Area. On April 1 and 2, most of the Gaels will be at both the Mike Fanelli Classic, hosted by San Francisco State, and a few will be at the Stanford Invitational. Those meets will mark the beginning of the final month of the regular season for SMC, as they look to continue building serious momentum and perhaps land a few qualifiers in advance of the NCAA West Prelims.