GCC Women's Cross-Country repeats as conference champs; Men take third Oct. 21

pc: Kevin Guerrero

Photo From left to right: Coaches Anthony Osherow and Tomas Aguirre .team members Carina Langley, Daniela Ponce-Barban, Aleksandra Martinez, Samantha Medrano, Destiny Lopez, and Norma Martinez and Head Coach Eddie Lopez and Matthew Osherow

The GCC women's Cross Country competed at the WSC Championships this past Friday at Arroyo Vista Park in Moorpark. The women captured their 17th straight conference title, scoring a total of 50 points. Samantha Medrano led the way taking second place with a time of 18:51, only 6 seconds away from the conference champion. Destiny Lopez followed with a ninth place finish in a time of 19:42, with Aleksandra Martinez immediately following Lopez with a 10th place finish in a time of 19:51. Rounding out the scoring runners was Carina Langley who took 15th in a time of 20:32 and Norma Martinez who finished 24th in a time of 21:48. Daniela Ponce-Barban took 44th place with another PR time of 25:31.

The men took third place as a team, scoring a total of 70 points. Leading the way was Nicolas Diconti who ran a 20:59 for a ninth-place finish. Jorge Ramirez followed with a 13th place finish in a time of 21:16, while Abdiel Quero came across in 21:25.6 for a 14th place finish. Austin Kuromi (21:25.9) immediately followed Quero with a 15th place finish. Rounding out the five scoring runners was Jeremiah Galloway who took 20th place in a time of 21:40. Kevin Vasquez came across in 25th place in a time of 21:54, while Brandon Rivas-Gramajo (23:45) crossed the finish line in 48th place. Finally, Alexsander Hernandez-Morales took 56th place in a time of 24:06. The team will have a bye week and will then travel up to Bakersfield for the Southern California Championships on Friday, November 4.

Thanks to assistant Coach Matthew Osherow for the recap and to Kevin Guerrero for the photo