Oct. 7, 2000

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Senior Charlie Brenneman (Roseville, Calif.) continued to show why he is one of the West Coast Conference's top performers Saturday. His third-place finish helped propel the Bronco men's cross country team to a third-place overall finish in the Long Beach Invitational.

The Bronco women's team finished in eighth-place in the meet, led by sophomore Jenny Smokey's (Minden, Nev.) 17th-place outing in a season-best 5,000-meter time of 19:09.43. Fellow sophomores Anne Gastelum (Minden, Nev.) and Kristin Love (Portland, Ore.) finished second and third on the squad in scoring for the fourth-straight meet for Santa Clara.

Brenneman recorded his fourth-straight top-10 finish this season and has been one of the WCC's top performers. He finished Saturday's 10,000-meter race in a time of 25:35.38, his second-best time of the season. Juniors Michael Helms (Poway, Calif.) and Thomas Chapman (Fremont, Calif.) finished two-three for SCU in the meet. Helms posted a time of 25:54.12, easily surpassing his season's-best mark set at the Aggie Invitational. Chapman finished with a time of 26:32.55 after failing to complete last weekend's race at Stanford due to illness.

Both teams will compete next weekend at home in the Bronco Invitational.

Men's Results (8k)
1.  	Utah	22
2.  	Long Beach State	81
3.  	Santa Clara	89
4.  	Men of Troy	93
5.  	San Jose State	107
6.  	CS Northridge	166
7.  	Saint Mary's	170

Santa Clara Men's Individual Finishers
  3. 	Charlie Brenneman	25:35.38
11.	Michel Helms	25:54.12
21. 	Thomas Chapman	26:32.55
26. 	Ben Gauen	27:07.82
28. 	Stephen Moore	27:16.89
37. 	Rickey Brackett	27:49.21
38. 	Heath Packard	27:54.10
	Dominic Ricci	28:05.80
	Adam Lowry	28:21.38
	Chris Spicer	29:01.66
	Devlin Croal	29:18.17
	Mike Richmond	29:50.42



Women's Results (5k)
1.  	Fila Track West	39
2.  	Utah	90
3.  	USC	106
4.  	Long Beach State	120
5.  	San Jose State	122
6.  	UNLV	145
7. 	CS Northridge	161
8.  	Santa Clara	166
9.  	Saint Mary's	194

Santa Clara Women's Individual Finishers
17. 	Jenny Smokey	19:09.43
27.	Annie Gastelum	19:59.97
33.	Kristin Love	20:11.40
44.	Christine Silva	20:47.63
45.	Erin Skourtes	20:51.39
46.	Milena Basile	20:52.52
49.	Allison Schaub	21:06.20
	Molly McManus	21:19.24
	Katie Malinak	21:28.85
	Kasey Shemwell	21:46.48
	Rosario Lopez	22:20.04
	Shannon Gleeson	22:39.86
	Amanda Hostetter	22:40.97