Glendale Sweeps Men's & Women's XC Titles
The WSC Cross Country Runner's Cups will stay in Glendale! The men and women both claimed the Western State Conference Titles this past Friday in San Luis Obispo. | ORIGINAL RELEASE
The women scored a total of 28 points, easily beating out Oxnard who scored a total of 83 points to capture their 15th consecutive conference title. They were led by Yajaira Calderon (19:51.5), Phoebe Forsyth (20:06.4), and Jamie Levin (20:22.3), who crossed the finish line at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively. Lydia Forsyth would finish 7th in a time of 20:31.1 and Bianca Biel would take 9th in a time of 21:15.6 to round out the top five scoring runners. Viviana Del Campo would take 13th in a time of 21:59.6, and she was followed by Jasmine Corralejo who would come in 25th in a time of 21:59.6. The top five scoring runners would finish in the top ten, and six would finish in the top fourteen.
The men would capture their 4th consecutive conference title, scoring a total of 43 point. They were led by Albert Serrano (22:50.6), Kevin Keller (22:57.5), and Marvin Guardado (22:59.4), who would come across the finish line in 6th, 7th, and 9th respectively. They were followed by Ameer Mohammed (23:00.2) who would take 9th and Abraham Martinez (23:00.8) who came in 11th rounding out the top five scorers. Usiel Ulloa would take 16th in a time of 23:31.9 and Spencer Geck would go on to take 17th in a time of 23:32.7. The men had all five scoring runners finish in the top fourteen, and all seven in the top twenty. Glendale will have a bye week and will head back down south to San Diego for the Southern California Championships on November 8th.