SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The future of the Sacramento State cross country teams took center stage on Saturday as a pair of freshmen led the team at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational at Baylands Park.
 
Lucas Ruark led the men with a time of 24:42.2 over the 8K course and finished 28^th overall. His time was the best for Hornet men's team which finished in 11^th place out of 22 teams. Thomas Rasner was second among Sacramento State runners with a time of 24:47.9 to place 55^th while Brandon Moreno was 68^th in 24:53.7.
 
In the women's 6K, Sara Thompson and Marina Lipary both finished among the top 25 to guide the Hornets. Thompson finished 21^st overall in 21:05.7 while Lipary completed the course in 21:08.0 to rank 23^rd. Kat Sanders (33^rd, 21:22.4), Meg Moyer (61^st, 21:49.8) and Keira Quigley (64^th, 21:52.0) complete the scorers for Sacramento State. The team finished in fifth place out of 23 squads.
 
Chico State won both team titles. The Wildcat men finished with 46 points with host Santa Clara second with 78 and Nevada third with 84. The women also scored 46 points and were followed by Stanislaus State (77) and San Francisco (95).
 
Sacramento State will next compete at The Big West Championship on Halloween morning at UC Riverside.
 
Santa Clara Broncos Invitational
Sunnyvale, Calif. | Baylands Park
 
Men's Results
Team Standings
1. Chico State 46, 2. Santa Clara 78, 3. Nevada 84, 4. Pepperdine 115, 5, Stanislaus State 137, 6. Cal Poly Humboldt 244, 7. Cal State East Bay 276, 8. UC Davis 300, 9. Long Beach State 303, 10. Fresno State 307, 11. Sacramento State 338, 12. Cal State Monterey Bay 354, 13. San Francisco 361, 14. Cal Poly Distance Club 389, 15. San Jose State 410, 16. UC Merced 419, 17. American River JC 421, 18. Fresno Pacific 435, 19. Pacific 457, 20. Saint Mary's 466, 21. Northern Colorado 520, 22. UC Santa Cruz 540.
 
Individual Top Five
1. Emmanuel Leblond, Unatt., 23:24.0
2. Noah Plaza, Unatt., 23:35.6
3. Caleb Haugland, Unatt., 23:38.0
4. Jackson Oliveira, StanSt., 23:40.6
5. Cael Mattiolo, Nevada, 23:42.2
 
Sacramento State Finishers
28. Lucas Ruark 24:24.2
55. Thomas Rasner 24:47.9
68. Brandon Moreno 24:53.7
136. Justin Catanach 25:44.2
152. Noah Mikusevich 25:58.8
191. Matthew Bertrand 26:40.8
206. Saul Orozco 27:10.6
 
Women's 6K Results
Team Standings
1. Chico State 46, 2. Stanislaus State 77, 3. San Francisco 95, 4. Santa Clara 179, 5. Sacramento State 179, 6. Fresno State 190, 7. Cal Poly 200, 8. UC Davis 217, 9, Cal State Monterey Bay 284, 10. Saint Mary's 289, 11 Nevada 309, 12. Pepperdine 323, 13. Northern Colorado 366, 14. Cal Poly Humboldt 411, Long Beach State 417, 16. Stanford 437, 17. Pacific 455, 18. UC Merced 476, 19. Fresno Pacific 497, 20. Cal State East Bay 536, 21. UNLV 541, 22. Cal State Bakersfield 612, 23. San Jose State 638.
 
Individual Top Five
1. Milaina Almonte, SCU, 20:00.3
2. Della Molina, Chico, 20:25.0
3. Iresh Molina, Unatt., 20:25.0
4. Megan Malloy, Chico, 20:28.7
5. Paulina Martins, Chico, 20:29.5
 
Sacramento State Finishers
21. Sara Thompson 21:05.7
23. Marina Lipary 21:08.0
33. Kate Sanders 21:22.4
61. Meg Moyer 21:49.8
64. Keira Quigley 21:52.0
109. Taylor Wellersdick 22:23.2
112. Dakota Gibson 22:25.5
134. Dominique Abbott 22:51.6
160. Scarlett Riddle 23:24.8
190. Lexie Gomez 24:27.8