SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The Saint Mary's women's cross country team finished fifth out of 10th at the USF Invitational. 
 
Junior Kaylee Barnes was the Gael to beat as she crossed the finish line with a time of 20:42.4. Barnes was sandwiched between Stanford runners where she jumped 9 spots and finished fourth overall. She was 1.4 seconds behind Stanford's third place finisher and 4.5 seconds before their fifth place. 
 
Eleanor Jepsen clocked in at 22:15.0, where she was able to jump from 48th to 24th start to finish and Luna Mole finished 32nd with a time of 22:25.5. The Gaels secured 39th and 40th with Klara Frih having a time of 22:29.8 and Elle Shrader 1.4 seconds behind Frih. 
 
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