GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Mia Salas was fifth individually in the women's race and the MSU Denver men finished fifth in the team standings on Saturday at the massive DBU Old Glory Gallop.
 
JJ Ramey finished eighth individually, and Noel Lopez placed 15^th, to lead the Roadrunners' men. Ramey ran eight kilometers in 24 minutes, 23 seconds, while Lopez finished in 24:36.
 
Salas' fifth-place time for five kilometers in the 418-runner women's race was 17:24, and that helped the Roadrunners finish eighth among 46 teams.
 
The men's race included 41 teams and an even 400 racers.
 
MSU Denver's fifth-place team total was 176 points, just behind host Dallas Baptist's 172. Twins Jordan and Jonathan Duran were 39^th and 42^nd respectively, with times of 25:08 and 25:16, while Shota Yabuuchi was 80^th in 25:50.
 
For the women, freshman Marin Smith was an impressive 33^rd in 18:16, Marissa Bruno was 60^th in 18:42, Lexi McAfee placed 64^th in 18:44 and Ellie Shaw was 97^th in 19:09. The Roadrunners had a team total of 240 points.
 
Also Saturday, another group of MSU Denver runners competed at the Ted Castaneda Classic in Colorado Springs, Colo.
 
The Roadrunners' men, led by Charlie Geisler's 37^th-place result, finished fifth among six teams. Geisler ran 8K in 27:34.10, while Ty Schauer was 43^rd in 27:54.20, Mario Villalba was 52^nd in 28:29.30, Elijah Garcia was 71^st in 29:54.30 and Nabil Hassan was 74^th in 30:52.00. The Roadrunners' score was 128 points.
 
Three MSU Denver women competed individually as well, with Peyton Meier placing 28^th after running 6K in 24:01.90, Madison Grant taking 41^st in 24:50.50 and Payton Rusk running 52^nd in 26:14.50.