St. Thomas University’s men’s cross country team finished second and its women’s team placed fourth at the 2026 Sun Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7, in Ave Maria, Fla. The men scored 59 points across the seven-team field, while the women totaled 100 points. Both St. Thomas teams finished among the top four in their respective seven-team championship fields.
The men’s result marked a two-place improvement for the St. Thomas University Men’s Cross Country team, which finished fourth at the 2025 conference championships. Three St. Thomas runners placed inside the top 10 in the men’s 8K. Ave Maria University won the championship with 30 points, while Southeastern University finished third with 79 points.
Three St. Thomas men finish in the top 10
Senior Parker Doll led St. Thomas in the men’s 8K by finishing fourth overall in 26:18.2. Junior Mattia Uboldi followed in eighth place in 26:45.7. Senior Jonathan Petit-Frere completed the team’s top-10 group with a 10th-place finish in 27:22.5.
Senior David Perez finished 18th in 28:22.1, while sophomore Dudley Moise placed 19th in 28:28.1. Perez and Moise completed the five scoring runners for St. Thomas. The team recorded a combined scoring time of 2:17:16.
Freshmen Andres Oropesa and Elisha Herring also finished in the top 25. Oropesa placed 23rd in 28:37.6, and Herring finished 25th in 28:44.7. Their finishes added depth to a St. Thomas lineup that moved from fourth to second in the conference standings.
Aquilino leads St. Thomas women
Junior Kaycie Aquilino led the St. Thomas University Women’s Cross Country team in the women’s 6K, finishing ninth overall in 23:45.4. Freshman Gabriella Isabella followed in 11th place in 24:00.7. The two runners gave St. Thomas finishes inside the top 11.
Senior Isabella Marty finished 24th in 25:00.4, followed by freshman Daliany Negron in 33rd at 25:39.0. Freshman Briana Morris completed the five scoring runners by finishing 39th in 28:13.7. St. Thomas recorded a combined scoring time of 2:06:38.
Southeastern University won the women’s championship with 36 points. SCAD finished second with 39 points, and Ave Maria University placed third with 58 points. St. Thomas finished fourth with 100 points.
FSB Take
St. Thomas’ clearest championship gain came from the men’s team, which improved from fourth in 2025 to second in 2026. Doll, Uboldi and Petit-Frere supplied three top-10 finishes in the 8K, while Aquilino and Isabella led the women’s top-11 performances. The combined results put both St. Thomas programs among the top four teams in The Sun Conference championship fields.
Source: Original report