BERKELEY --- Saturday's University of San Francisco Invitational will mark the official start of the 2016 season for the California men's and women's cross country teams.

The 24th iteration of the event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the Women's 6K race and end with the Men's 8K competition at 10:15 a.m.

Between both teams, Cal has won three of the last four team events over the last two years and 10 of 28 races overall since 2002. The men's squad has won four team titles (2002, '09', 14'-'15) while the women have claimed six team championships (2006, '08, '10-'12, '15)

Individually, the Golden Bears have won five women's and three men's titles, with current junior Bethan Knights (17:29.10) and graduated senior Chris Walden (24:24.50) claiming first place in 2015. 

Any team victories for the Golden Bears Saturday would be historic for head coach Shayla Houlihan, who will be coaching the team in her new position for the first time after being elevated to head coach during the spring.

"After a couple weeks of training, the team is looking forward to some outside competition. I'm glad the long build up to a big racing season is over and I'm excited to see what the teams can do together after a summer apart. Everyone looks strong, ready to improve and prepared to work toward the goals we have set," Houlihan said 

Men's Lineups: 
Robert Brandt
Trent Brendel
Steve Correa
Leland Jones
John Lawson
Max Leach
Josh Lewis
Ellis Newton
Takeshi Okada
Cameron Tu
Paul Zeiss

Women's Lineups:
Georgia Bell
Megan Bordes
Jordyn Colter
Rebecca Croft
Marissa Dobry
Skyler Flora
Natalie Herberg
Bethan Knights
Xochitl Navarrete
Nuria Tio Peig
Marissa Williams