WXC | Gaels Head South, Set To Take On Bronco Invitational on Saturday

Saturday, October 17

Baylands Park / Sunnyvale, CA

9:30 AM

Saint Mary's College of California

Bronco Invitational

9/18/2026 Saint Mary’s Women’s Cross Country
Saint Mary’s Invitational

Photo by: Tod Fierner

WXC | Gaels Head South, Set To Take On Bronco Invitational on Saturday

10/14/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

MORAGA, Calif. - Saint Mary's women's cross country will run its final regular season race this coming Saturday, October 17th, at the Bronco Invitational. The event will be held in Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, with the invitational race beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The Gaels most recently ran a split squad, first taking on the Pacific Invitational on Friday, October 2nd, followed by the Charles Bowles Invitational on Saturday, October 3rd. At the Pacific Invitational, senior Eleanor Jepsen paced the Gaels to a fourth-place finish, crossing the finish line in 23:30.4 to take 23rd place in a field of 51 runners. The underclassmen of Saint Mary's paced the Gaels the rest of the way, with sophomore Emma West finishing at 24:54.4 to take 31st, freshman Sadie Cotten placing 36th with a time of 25:29.5 in her first collegiate 6k. Sophomore Alexis Ortiz (25:37.1) and freshman Kylie Wisely (26:10.3) then rounded out the top-five finishers for the Gaels.

At the Charles Bowles Invitational, freshman Audrey O'Connor led the way for Saint Mary's, taking 20th overall in a field of 235 runners in her first collegiate 5k. O'Connor also finished second among Gaels and 39th overall in her previous run at the Saint Mary's Invitational. Next up for the Gaels was the familiar sophomore pairing of Courtney Fitzgibbon and Zoe Leach, who finished in 18:13.9 to take 25th place and 18:22.0 to place 30th respectively. Rounding out the top five Gael finishers was the junior pairing of Jane Harig and Ava Luczkow, with Harig crossing the finish line in 18:36.2 to take 45th overall and Luczkow at 18:46.4 to earn her personal best 5K time.

Representing the Gaels in Sunnyvale will be graduate student Kaylee Barnes, seniors Eleanor Jepsen, Britney Perera, Micheala Martin, and Jane Carney, juniors Alexis Ortiz, Luna Mole, and Jane Harig, sophomores Courtney Fitzgibbon, Zoe Leach, Maya Crimin, Ava Luczkow, Flavia Linares, Peyton Miles, Kylie Wisely, Emma West, and freshmen Audrey O'Connor and Sadie Cotten. Of this group, Leach paced the Gaels a season ago with her personal best 6k time of 21:33:9 and led the Gaels to finish 11th overall in a field of 16 competing teams.

The course at Baylands Park is flat and fast, providing Gael runners the opportunity for record times just before WCC Championships arrive. Saturday's race will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m.

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