San Antonio–Tara Wicketts placed fourth overall, helping the St. Mary’s University cross country team to a fourth place finish at the Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas cross country meet Friday afternoon at the Brooks City Base course.

Wicketts (Sr., Cibolo) covered the five-kilometer course in a time of 19:25 to place fourth overall and was the top NCAA Division II runner at the meet. Dana Mecke of host University of Texas-San Antonio won the event with a time of 18:00.

Jesse Smith (So., Boerne) was the Rattlers second finisher, placing 14th in a time of 20:54. Melissa Recio (Jr., Laredo) was 20th overall with a time of 21:29, Amy Crissman (So., San Antonio) was 27th in 21:43, Katrina White (Fr., San Antonio) was 35th in 23:43 and Amanda Benavides (Jr., San Antonio) was 40th in 25:14.

Texas-San Antonio won the meet with a score of 26, while Texas State was second with 68 points. Texas A&M University-Kingsville was third with 71 points, St. Mary’s was fourth with 80 points and St. Edward’s University was fifth with 118 points.

St. Mary’s will be back in action on Friday, September 28 when they travel to Corpus Christi for the Islander Splash Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Ricardo Romo/Six Flags Fiest Texas Cross Country Classic
Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas
Friday, Sept. 21, 2007

Individual Results (5k)
1. Dana Mecke, UTSA 18:00; 2. Leticia Cerna, Unattached 18:13; 3. Faith Barlow, UTSA 18:40; 4. Tara Wicketts, St. Mary’s 19:25; 5. Erica Alvarado, A&M-Kingsville 19:39; 6. Raquel Tidwell, A&M-Kingsville 19:51; 7. Alona Howard, UTSA 19:54; 8. Kelly Butler, Texas State 19:55; 9. Katy Spence, UTSA 19:59; 10. Jayde James, UTSA 20:07; 11. Baylee Holder, UTSA 20:10; 12. Brianna Mendez, Unattached 20:39; 13. Veronica Silva, Unattached 20:52; 14. Jessie Smith, St, Mary’s 20:54; 15. Ashley Mercer, UTSA 21:04; 16. Lauren McKenna, Texas State 21:07; 17. Shanitra Garrett, Texas State 21:12; 18. Lara Abbott, St. Edward’s 21:18; 19. Erin Oliver, Texas State 21:24; 20. Melissa Recio, St. Mary’s 21:29; 21. Adalit Casanova, Unattached 21:32; 22. Elizabeth Alexander, Texas State 21:34; 23. Kylie Ward, A&M-Kingsville 21:37; 24. Liana Garcia, UTSA 21:39; 25. Myra Lozano, A&M-Kingsville 21:40; 26. Morgan Baima, St. Edward’s 21:42; 27. Amy Crissman, St. Mary’s 21:43; 28. Denise Bazan, A&M-Kingsville 21:45; 29. Lindsey Maxwell, Texas State 22:12; 30. Lauren Sparks, St. Edward’s 22:36; 31. Kristina Viniar, Texas State 22:38; 32. Lori Beck, Concordia 22:42; 33. Minny Hernandez, Unattached 23:26; 34. Christine Gilbert, Concordia 23:37; 35. Trina White, St. Mary’s 23:43; 36. Genevieve Rodriguez, Unattached 23:44; 37. Karissa Reiter, Texas State 24:05; 38. Allisa Stanzl, St. Edward’s 24:14; 39. Kevyn Oakes, St. Edward’s 24:27; 40. Amanda Benavidas, St. Mary’s 25:14; 41. Christina Arce, St. Edward’s 25:17; 42. Jane Rogers, St. Edward’s 25:21; 43. Angel Emerson, Concordia 25:40; 44. Reva Grimball, St. Edward’s.

Team Standings
1. UTSA 26; 2. Texas State 68; 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville 71; 4. St. Mary’s 80; 5. St. Edward’s 118.

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