By Sara Biela – Content Editor
Jose Pina finished 17th out of 232 runners as both San Jose State men’s and women’s cross country placed 16th in the Adidas/Pre-Nationals Invitational in Madison, Wisc.
In the invite hosted by the Wisconsin Badgers, the junior crossed the finish line at 24:07.9 and was 0:13.9 seconds from first-place runner Rory Linkletter of BYU. His teammate, senior Craig Huff, placed 62nd with a time of 24:48.3.
As a whole, the men’s placed 16th out of 34 teams with a score of 447 points. The total time of the five SJSU runners was a little over 2 hours.
In the Cardinal race for the women’s squad, junior Jennifer Sandoval finished 35th with a time of 20:58.2. Sophomore Kai Bohannon was not far behind as she placed 40th at 21:01.3.
The women’s also placed 16th out of 35 teams with a score of 442 points. The five Spartan runners finished with a total time of 1:47:50.
Back in the Bay Area, three SJSU runners participated in the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational.
Javier Ubaldo was the only Spartan in the men’s race. The senior placed 161st with a time of 26:32.3.
Senior Carmen Contreras and junior Briana Valencia represented SJSU in the women’s race.
Contreras finished in 119th place at 22:12.7, followed by Valencia at 23:25.8 in 182nd place.
Up next for both squads is the Mountain West Championships in San Diego. The races will begin on Friday, October 26.
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