Women's and Men's Cross Country finish 4th and 6th at Golden West

In the Women's Race, the Lady Condors placed 4^th out of 11 scoring teams.  Angelica Alcala placed 3^rd and running an impressive seasonal best of 20:00 for the 5K course.  Melody Salazar staying consistent finished in 16^th place with a time of 21:15.  Araceli Rodriguez finished in 26^th place with a time of 21:52.  Esther Gomez also put in a solid performance finishing in 45^th place with a time of 22:58.  Laura Carmona rounded out the last scoring position finishing in 50^th with a time of 23:28.  Kimberly Acosta placed 57^th with a time of 24:01.  Lesley Arenas finished in 60^th with a time of 24:28 and just behind her was Fiona Rodriguez in 61^st place with a time of 24:36.  Jasmine Rangel debuted her freshman season at the invitational to finish in 64^th place with a time of 24:41.  Mayra Munguia placed 77^th with a time of 26:09.

In the Men's Race, the Condors placed 6^th out of 14 scoring teams.  Ricky Torres returns to form to lead the Condors finishing in 2^nd place with a time of 21:29 for the 4 mile course.  JD Martinez battled with Ricky in an all out sprint to the finish to catch up to an Orange Coast athlete and ended up finishing just less than a second behind the two in 4^th place with a time of 21:30.   Eric Rios also running strong even after falling down late in the race finished in 6^th place with a time of 21:41.  Jonathan Juarez finished in 137^th with a time of 28:34.  Sonny Lopez improving from his last race rounded out the team score in 144^th place with a time of 30:28.  Pedro Martin finished in 151^st with a time of 32:41.