MORAGA, Calif. – The Saint Mary's Women's and Men's Cross-Country teams will be in action this weekend; the women's team competing in Santa Clara, Calif. and the men's team competing in the Riverside, Calif. 
 
The women will race Friday morning in the Santa Clara Duel at Baylands Park. The men's squad will be farther south, competing Saturday morning at the UC Riverside Invite.
 
THE DETAILS
Santa Clara Duel
Friday, September 16 
Baylands Park, Sunnyvale Calif. 
Women's 6K – 9:00 am
 
UC Riverside Invite
Saturday, September 17
UCR Agricultural Operations Course, Riverside Calif. 
Men's 8K – 7:50 am 
Live Results
 
LAST TIME OUT
The women's team last competed at the South Bay Twilight Race, beating LMU 25-30. Competing in the 6K, the LMU Lions took the 3-lap race out quickly, but the Gaels played the strategy game, willing to wait until later in the race to make a move. 
 
Head Coach Marty Kinsey said the team executed their race strategy perfectly. "LMU took it out really fast, but by the third lap, the Gaels began to close it in." 
 
The Gaels, led by a trio of runners in Sylvia Ingram, Klara Frih, and Emily Field dominated the final stretch of the race. Saint Mary's Sylvia Ingram, who took the lead late in the final lap, claimed 2^nd with a time of 22:38.1, with her teammates, Frih and Field, finishing close behind her in 3^rd and 4^th with times of 22:48.1 and 22:49.5 respectively. 
 
Saint Mary's had two other runners in the top 10, with Anna Ranieri coming in 7^th place in a time of 23:03.9, and Sofia Cueves finishing 9^th in 23:30.0. Senior Dani Rowlinson rounded out the field for the Gaels, finishing just outside the top 10 in 11^th place in a time of 24:01.8.
 
The men's team last competed at the USF Invitational, where they finished 4^th out of 14 teams overall. Sam Tyas ran a solid race throughout, finishing 7^th overall in a time of 25:12.3 in the 8k race. He was one of two Gaels to place inside the top-10, with his time being tops among all SMC runners. Tyas and his 25:12.3 time were the third-fastest amongst all West Coast Conference runners in the race.