San Antonio - Trinity's men's and women's cross country teams both scored victories in the non-Division I section of the UTSA/Ricardo Romo Classic on Friday evening. 

The Tigers competed against four other non-Division I schools in both the men's and women's races.  

Trinity's men scored 18 points, beating out Texas A&M International Univeristy in second place (47 points), as well as Southwestern University, Concordia (TX) University, and Huston-Tillotson University.

The women won with a score of 17 points, snagging nine of the top 10 spots.  Texas Lutheran University (88 points) was the runner-up, followed by Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Southwestern University, and Texas A&M International.  

Taylor Piske and Maddie Murphy each won their respective races, and while Piske finished 11th among all competition, Murphy was fifth in the overall race that included Division I teams.

Murphy, Vanessa Moreno, and Rosemary Steup took the top three spots in the women's race, while Chris Soto finished as the runner-up to Piske on the men's side.  Gerardo Hernandez (fourth) and Tristan Anderson (fifth) also posted times in the top five.

Also scoring for the women were Michelle Oberndorf in fifth place, and Nicola Hill in sixth for the Tigers.  The remaining scoring runner for the men's team was Phillip Flagg, who came in at sixth.

Trinity will be off until October 5, when the teams will split up for a pair of races.  Some members of the teams will compete at the Hanover Pre-Nationals Meet in Hanover, Indiana.  The rest of the men and women will be at the second home meet of the year for the Tigers, at the Alamo City Duals, held at Olmos Basin.