Sept. 23, 2000

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Santa Clara men's cross country team won the overall title, while the women's team finished second in the season opener for both teams at the USD Invitational, hosted by the University of San Diego.

Three Santa Clara men's runners finished among the six as the Broncos raced to a 12-point victory over second-place USD. Santa Clara tallied just 38 points in the meet with all five scoring runners finishing among the top 16 in the race. Charlie Brenneman was the high-finisher for the Broncos, finishing second with a time of 16:13 over the 3.1 mile course.

On the women's side, Bronco Jenny Smokey took the individual title with a 3.1-mile time of 20:01, finishing four seconds ahead of Jessica Howard from Point Loma Nazarene. Santa Clara finished second behind Point Loma by a 32-53 margin. Annie Gastelim finished third in the race for SCU.

The Santa Clara cross country teams will next be in action at the Aggie Invitational, hosted by UC Davis on Sept. 23.

Men's Team Results
1.  Santa Clara                     38
2.  San Diego                       46
3.  U.S. International              65
4.  Pepperdine                     110
5.  Point Loma Nazarene            112
6.  Loyola Marymount               141
7.  Christian Heritage College     182

Santa Clara Men's Individual Results
 2.  Charlie Brenneman         16:13
 3.  Michael Helms             16:18
 6.  Stephen Moore             16:39
11.  Benjamin Gauen            16:49
16.  Thomas Chaman             17:03
20.  Dominic Ricci             17:13
22.  Adam Lowry                17:19
23.  Chris Spicer              17:23

Women's Team Results
1.  Point Loma Nazarene           32
2.  Santa Clara                   53
3.  Pepperdine                    71
4.  San Diego                     82
5.  Loyola Marymount             128
6.  Christian Heritage College   195


SCU Women's Individual Results
 1.  Jenny Smokey           20:01
 3.  Annie Gastelim         20:10
13.  Kristen Love           20:54
16.  Erin Skourtes          21:01
20.  Milena Basile          21:10
23.  Christine Silva        21:30
24.  Lindsey Thor           21:30
26.  Allison Schaub         21:31
34.  Molly McManus          22:11
35.  Katie Malinak          22:12