Riley Gier paced area harriers at the Kim Duyst Invitational hosted by Stanislaus State this past Saturday at River Oaks Golf Course in Ceres.

The Lathrop High senior set a new school record for a 5-kilometer race, finishing in 16 minutes, 52.2 seconds for eighth place. East Union, Ripon and Ripon Christian joined the Spartans in the small-school division.

Ripon took fourth in varsity boys with 143 points and was followed by Lathrop (eighth, 244), East Union (13th, 391) and Ripon Christian (15th, 404) in the 21-team field. Oakdale won the small-schools title with 44 points.

Ripon was led by senior Miguel Acosta-Pearson (16th, 17:25). All five of the Indians’ scorers placed in the top 50. Lucas De Vera (22nd, 17:45.3), Moses Gomez (28th, 18:00.3), Matteo De Vera (38th, 18:31.4) and Landen Morse (39th, 18:31.7) were their other scoring contributors.

Caleb Montiel took 34th (18:11.8) for Lathrop, Elijah Galvan led East Union in 43rd (18:38.2) and Ripon Christian’s Matijs Zylstra was 53rd (19:08.9).

Ripon sophomore Sophia Jung was the top performer from the area in the varsity girls small-schools division. She placed 23rd in 21:12.5.

St. Francis topped the 15-team standings with 36 points. Lathrop took ninth (226), Ripon 13th and Ripon Christian 14th.

Jacquelyn Pena Santillan spearheaded Lathop in 31st place (21:54.5). Mackenzie Collins was close behind in 36th (22:08.9), and Morgan Emery took 42nd (22:35.7).

In lower levels, Alysia Sinclair (8:09.9) of East Union took seventh in the 2k JV girls division.

Baylands Invitational

Sierra senior Christian Gonzalez placed third in 12 minutes, 18.14 seconds in the 4,000-meter senior boys division Saturday in Sunnyvale.

He led the Timberwolves to a seventh-place finish out of 15 teams.

Anna Dittman highlighted Sierra’s girls, finishing as runner-up in the sophomore race. She clocked in at 14:42.18.

Monse Saavedra paced Sierra in the senior girls race, taking 10th in 16:08.11.