SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento State men's and women's cross country teams will make their annual trek to the Bay Area for the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational on Saturday. The Hornets have competed at the meet, which is held at Baylands Regional Park in Sunnyvale, Calif., continuously since 2006. The men's 8K race will begin at 8:45 a.m. and the women's 6K race will follow 45 minutes later.
 
The meet will be the final event for the Hornets prior to the Big Sky Championships which will take place on Nov. 1 in Bozeman, Mont.
 
Sacramento State has entered 10 women and eight men into the races. The Hornet women have been led by Tia Oliver in two of the three races this season. Most recently, Oliver ran a season-best 20:48.9 to finish in 13^th place at the UCR Invitational.
 
The men have had the same top three finishers in all three races. The team has been led by Ryan Martin in every race. Martin has lowered his time each race with a best of 24:13.4. Brandon Moreno has been second and Koby Sperandeo has been third in each race.
 
This year will mark the 20th time that Sacramento State has competed at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational since 1988. Last season, the women finished in eighth place and were led by Oliver who ran 21:07.8 to place 20^th overall. The men's team was paced by Martin who also placed 20^th with an 8K time of 24:39.2. The Hornet men finished 11th in the team standings.
 
Sacramento State has seen three top-five finishes from its female athletes at the meet, including a win by Chloe Berlioux in 2015. The Hornet men have also been victorious as Erik Mencarini finished first in 1999 in 25:57.7.
 

Meet History

Year	Women's Finish	Men's Finish	Top Female	Top Male
1998	6th of 9	5th of 5	Africa Eldridge (20th, 21:26.9)	Erik Mencarini (2nd, 27:21.9)
1999	1st of 8	3rd of 6	Melissa Madeson (3rd, 18:58.8)	Erik Mencarini (1st, 25:57.7)
2006	9th of 13	3rd of 9	Kristina Holtz (10th, 17:53)	Dominic Vogl (10th 24:46)
2007	---	4th of 17	Erin Wachter (3rd, 19:00)	Colin Szehner (12th, 25:10)
2008	4th of 17	2nd of 14	Kristina Holtz (7th, 17:38)	Colin Szehner (5th, 24:49)
2009	4th of 17	6th of 15	Kristina Holtz (19th, 17:51)	Scott Grose (7th, 24:45)
2010	3rd of 5	8th of 19	Renisha Robinson (22nd, 17:40.4)	Reesey Byers (29th, 24:39.8)
2011	9th of 21	9th of 19	Rachel Mitchell (13th, 17:30.7)	Cole Younger (32nd, 24:38.6)
2012	11th of 16	7th of 19	Justine Rea (21st, 17:43.0)	Reesey Byers (8th, 24:15.1)
2013	---	6th of 18	---	Reesey Byers (9th, 24:04.9)
2014	5th of 21	19th of 23	Chloe Berlioux (6th, 20:32.5)	Jacob Huston (81st, 24:55.4)
2015	3rd of 18	10th of 13	Chloe Berlioux (1st, 19:54.6)	Jacob Huston (16th, 24:21.5)
2016	14th of 20	14th of 18	Amy Quinones (13th, 20:59.5)	Sam Scheuer (74th, 25:07.0)
2017	11th of 20	10th of 17	Amy Quinones (20:47.8)	Elijah Changco (30th, 24:28.9)
2018	11th of 24	12th of 20	Amy Quinones (9th, 20:26.1)	Andres Sandoval (14th, 24:13.8)
2019	15th of 26	18th of 23	Cagnei Duncan (4th, 20:27.3)	Tristen Thomson (26th, 24:41.4)
2021	5th of 17	13th of 15	Cagnei Duncan (6th, 20:25.2)	Shane Marshall (66th, 25:11.4)
2022	19th of 28	21st of 26	Molly Latincsics (105th, 21:56.9)	Aiden Maddison (80th, 24:47.9)
2023	6th of 21	---	Molly Latincsics (15th, 20:33.5)	Aiden Maddison (66th, 24:53.3)
2024	8th of 19	11th of 17	Tia Oliver (20th, 21:07.8)	Ryan Martin (20th, 24:39.2)

Teams 
Four-Year Schools: Cal Poly, Cal Poly Humboldt, California, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Monterey Bay, Fresno State, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Nevada, Pacific, Portland State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara, SeattleU, Southern Utah, Saint Mary's, UC Merced, UC Santa Barbara
Two-Year Schools: American River JC, Butte JC, Cerritos JC
 
Sacramento State Entries
Men: Evan Alexander, Nathan Diaz, Cooper Love, Ryan Martin, Noah Mikusevich, Brandon Moreno, Thomas Rasner, Koby Sperandeo
Women: Ashley Busienei, Myklin Cooper, Sophia Dudley, Dakota Gibson, Anna Harmon, Marina Lipary, Meg Moyer, Tia Oliver, Keira Quigley, Kate Sanders