Saints Men Place Fourth in OLLU Cross-Country Invite

WINDCREST, TEXAS (Oct. 12, 2024) – Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) hosted the ninth annual OLLU Cross-Country Invitational at the Windcrest Golf Course this morning. The men placed fourth in the meet.

Head Coach Brett Charlton commented, "This was a great meet for our cross-country program. We had 11 men's teams competing. It was the biggest invite in program history. The men who competed today ran extremely well. We rested several of our top five after they had a good showing at the DBU meet last week. This allowed several other guys to try and make a case to run at the conference meet. Severral of our men ran personal bests."

Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) won the meet with a total of 19 points. The team had the top four players, plus ninth-place, 20th place and 43rd place finishers. Coming in second was University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, followed by the University of St. Thomas. After OLLU were Angelo State University, Trinity University, Texas Lutheran University, Hardin-Simmons University and Schreiner University.

Leading the way for the Saints was Jayden Turrubiates, for marked a 26:30 in the 8000m for 13th place. In 14th place was Vincent Garza with a time of 26:37, followed by Jose Perez with 26:53, JoseCarlos Hernandez with 27:10, Kruz Malesich with 27:19, Andrew Ruiz with 27:29, Ryan Aldana with 27:40, Robert Rios with 28:39, Robert Rios with 28:39 and Dominic Alonzo with 31:30.

What's next

The Saints will get set to host the highly anticipated Red River Athletic Conference Championship Meet on Nov. 1 at Windcrest Golf Course in Windcrest, Texas. The men have won the conference championships nine years in a row.