GCC Women run to the title at the Southern California Prelims Sept. 13; Men finish eighth

The Glendale College men and women cross country teams competed at the SoCal Preview race down south in San Diego this past Friday. There they would get a sneak peek of the schools they would face off against at the Southern California Championship race in November. The women ended up taking 1^st place with a total of 38 points, beating 2^nd place Ventura by 62 points and 3^rd place Riverside by 89 points. The lady vaqueros were led by Yajaira Calderon, who took 4^th place overall with a time of 19:32.6. She was followed by 5^th place finisher Phoebe Forsyth (19:40.8), 7^th Place finisher Jamie Levin (20:04.5), 8^th Place finisher Lydia Forsyth (20:16.9), and 14^th place finisher Bianca Biel (20:36.1) to round out the top 5 scoring runners of the race. All five runners would go on to finish in the top 15 of a field of 209 athletes.

The men had to compete without 3 of their sophomore runners (Spencer Geck, Eric Guttierrez, and Abraham Martinez). The ended up taking 8^th place with a total of 253 points. They were led by Marvin Guardado, who would go on to be Glendale's first runner for the second straight week, taking 33^rd place in a time of 22:25.6. Guardado was followed by Albert Serrano who finished 43^rd in a time of 22:37.3, and Kevin Keller, who took 56^th in a time of 22:54.9. Rounding out the top five would be 59^th place finisher Ameer Mohammed (22:58.5) and 71^st place finisher Usiel Ulloa (23:18.4). The next stop for the Vaqueros will be the Coyote Invitational this Saturday at CSU San Bernardino.

Thanks to Assistant Cross Country Coach Matthew Osherow for providing these results