Medrano captures Alamo City Opener title on Friday nightMedrano captures Alamo City Opener title on Friday night
Men's Cross Country (pre 2017)

Medrano captures Alamo City Opener title on Friday night

LIVE OAK — Mike Medrano captured the third individual title of his career and the senior from Mission helped lead UTSA to a second-place team finish at Friday's season-opening Alamo City Opener.

Medrano covered the Live Oak City Park 6,000-meter loop in 19:04.74 to easily outdistance runner-up James Leonard of Texas State by nearly eight seconds.

Javier Salas was the second Roadrunner to cross the finish line and his time of 19:25.49 was good for fifth place in the field of 25 Division I runners.

Meanwhile, Nolawie Teshome (10th/19:59.06), Harvinder Singh (11th/20:14.83) and Saul Vasquez (13th/20:19.29) rounded out the squad's five scorers.

UTSA netted 40 team points, which was 15 behind meet champion and I-35 rival Texas State.

The Roadrunners will return to action on Friday, Sept. 19, when they host the annual UTSA Ricardo Romo Classic.