Saturday, October 17
Baylands Park / Sunnyvale, CA
9:30 AM
Saint Mary's College of California
vs
Bronco Invitational
Photo by: Tod Fierner
WXC | Gaels Take 10th at Bronco Invitational for Fifth Straight Top-10 Team Finish
10/17/2026 10:57:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
MORAGA, Calif. - Saint Mary's women's cross country competed at the Bronco Invitational Saturday morning, finishing 10th overall among a 23-team field. The flat and fast Baylands Cross Country Course led to multiple personal-best performances from the Gaels, with freshman Audrey O'Connor pacing Saint Mary's in her first collegiate 6k race.
A freshman from Chandler, Arizona, O'Connor led the Gaels in her first collegiate 6k, recording a time of 21:37:4 while placing 46th overall and maintaining her streak of four top-five Gael finishes in her first four collegiate races. Sophomore Courtney Fitzgibbon finished just behind O'Connor for the second straight race with a time of 21:41:9 and a 51st-place finish, recording her fastest finish at a 6k since the UCR Invite a season ago. Next up for the Gaels was sophomore Maya Crimin with a time of 21:56:4 and a 68th-place finish for the second straight year at the Bronco Invitational despite a 14-second improvement from last year's race.
Finishing 4th amongst Gaels was junior Jane Harig with a personal-best 6k time of 21:59:5, while senior Eleanor Jepsen finished just behind her at 22:08:2 to round out the top five finishers for the Gaels. Sophomore Zoe Leach (22:11:8) and graduate student Kaylee Barnes (23:16:9) were next to finish for Saint Mary's, followed by senior Jane Carney (23:26:9) and sophomore Flavia Linares (23:47:3). Rounding out the finishers for the Gaels were sophomore Emma West (23:58:4), freshman Sadie Cotten (24:12:0), junior Alexis Ortiz (24:21:9), sophomore Kylei Wisely (24:22:9), junior Luna Mole (24:55:4), and senior Michaela Martin (25:55:0), with Cotten recording a personal-best performance for the Gaels.
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Saint Mary's will now have a weekend off before heading to San Diego for the WCC Championships on Friday, October 30th at 10 a.m.
#GaelsRise
A freshman from Chandler, Arizona, O'Connor led the Gaels in her first collegiate 6k, recording a time of 21:37:4 while placing 46th overall and maintaining her streak of four top-five Gael finishes in her first four collegiate races. Sophomore Courtney Fitzgibbon finished just behind O'Connor for the second straight race with a time of 21:41:9 and a 51st-place finish, recording her fastest finish at a 6k since the UCR Invite a season ago. Next up for the Gaels was sophomore Maya Crimin with a time of 21:56:4 and a 68th-place finish for the second straight year at the Bronco Invitational despite a 14-second improvement from last year's race.
Finishing 4th amongst Gaels was junior Jane Harig with a personal-best 6k time of 21:59:5, while senior Eleanor Jepsen finished just behind her at 22:08:2 to round out the top five finishers for the Gaels. Sophomore Zoe Leach (22:11:8) and graduate student Kaylee Barnes (23:16:9) were next to finish for Saint Mary's, followed by senior Jane Carney (23:26:9) and sophomore Flavia Linares (23:47:3). Rounding out the finishers for the Gaels were sophomore Emma West (23:58:4), freshman Sadie Cotten (24:12:0), junior Alexis Ortiz (24:21:9), sophomore Kylei Wisely (24:22:9), junior Luna Mole (24:55:4), and senior Michaela Martin (25:55:0), with Cotten recording a personal-best performance for the Gaels.
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Saint Mary's will now have a weekend off before heading to San Diego for the WCC Championships on Friday, October 30th at 10 a.m.
#GaelsRise
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