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Allison Manning (pictured) and the Rattlers finished seventh Friday. (File Photo/Antonio Morano Photography)
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SAN ANTONIO — Angelique De Oliveira paced the St. Mary’s cross country team Friday, finishing atop the Rattlers’ leaderboard at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas/HEB Classic.

De Oliveira (Sr., Wattrelos, France) finished 24th individually in 20 minutes, 33.7 seconds, leading the Rattlers to seventh place as a team in the 10-team field.

Finishing close behind De Oliveira, DeAnna Patterson (Sr., Converse, Texas) came in 48th with a time of 21:52.2.

Host UTSA won the event with 19 points behind Alyssa Diaz’s first-place individual finish. The Rattlers posted 218 points at the meet.

For the Rattlers, Allison Manning (So., Mansfield, Texas) posted a time of 22.29 to finish 55th, while Alicia Sanchez (So., Phoenix) ran in 22.50 for a 56th-place finish.

St. Mary’s will be back in action on Monday, when they compete in the pre-regional race in Denver.

St. Mary’s University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men’s basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men’s golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men’s golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary’s also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary’s student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.stmarytx.edu/athletics.