Women's XC Heading to State Championships

In the Women's race, the Condors place a very strong 9^th place team finish automatically earning a firm spot into the State Championships.  Angelica Alcala leading the way in usual fashion finished in 20^th place with a time of 20:34 for the 5K course, which was a slight improvement from her performance at the SoCal Preview Meet back in September.  Melody Salazar staying strong as the second scoring member placed 47^th with a time of 21:45.  Araceli Rodriguez also running tough finished in 53^rd place with a time of 21:54.  Kimberly Acosta stepping up for the day placed 79^th with a time of 22:36.  Esther Gomez also coming up big close behind finished in 81^st with a time of 22:41 to round out the team score.  Fiona Rodriguez, the lone sophomore, came in as an alternate to the Top 7 for the SoCal squad, ran very well to finish in 95^th place with a time of 23:17.  Laura Carmona finished in 129^th place with a time of 24:26.

In the Men's race, the Condors finished in 15^th place which was 1 spot out of the qualifying teams to the State Meet, but will send 3 individuals instead.  Eric Rios coming through for the day led the squad to an impressive 12^th place overall finish with a time of 21:46 for the 4 mile course, which earned him a medal and his spot into the State Championships.  JD Martinez and Ricky Torres finished in 24^th (22:04) and 37^th (22:19) respectively also earning their individual state qualifiers.  Jonathan Juarez running strong for himself finished in 175^th with a time of 27:55.  Sonny Lopez placed 182^nd with a time of 29:34, which was a significant improvement from his SoCal Preview performance.  Pedro Martin finished in 186^th place with a time of 33:35.