SBCC sophomore Mark Moreno won his second straight cross country race on Friday, beating a field of 121 runners in the WSC Preview meet at L.A. Pierce in Woodland Hills. The Vaquero men placed fourth out of 12 schools while the women were second.
Moreno, a 24-year-old who previously ran for SBCC in 2006, was clocked in 21:30 on the hilly course, six seconds ahead of the runner-up, Francisco Quijada of Glendale.
“Mark was 20th at the mile mark, about 10 seconds back,” said coach Scott Fickerson. “He caught the leader at the 3 1/2 miles and pulled away on the final hill. We were 12th in the WSC last year, so this is a tremendous improvement.”
Garrett Edwards placed 26th in 23:11, Steven Semler was 30th (23:24) and Michael Semler took 34th (23:33).
Glendale won the men’s title with 33 points. Santa Barbara was fourth with 120.
SBCC’s Seanie Rigney placed 13th In the 11-school women’s meet in a time of 20:40. Erika Schaeffer was 18th in 21:01. Cuesta’s Kelly Barmann was the winner on the 5K course in 18:15. Glendale also won the women’s crown with 24 points. The Vaqueros were second at 110.
“We ran a lot like last week (when they won the Bakersfield Invitational), starting out controlled and having each of our runners move up 15-20 places throughout the race,” said Fickerson.
The Vaqueros will host the SBCC Invitational on Oct. 16, starting at 3:30 p.m. at Shoreline Park.
WSC Preview Meet
At L.A. Pierce
Men
Team (12 schools) — 1, Glendale 33. 2, Ventura 74. 3, Oxnard 97. 4, SBCC 120. 5, West L.A. 139.
Individual (4 miles, 121 finishers) — 1, Mark Moreno, SBCC, 21:30. 2, Francisco Quijada, G, 21:36.
Other SBCC runners — 26, Garrett Edwards 23:11. 30, Steven Semler 23:24. 34, Michael Semler 23:33. 42, Matt Organista 23:57. 110, Dennis Jonsson 27:55.
Women
Team (11 schools) — 1, Glendale 24. 2, SBCC 110. 3, Cuesta 114. 4 (tie), Ventura, Citrus 127.
Individual (5K, 98 finishers) — 1, Kelly Barmann, Cuesta, 18:15.
SBCC runners — 13, Seanie Rigby 20:40. 18, Erika Schaeffer 21:01. 31, Emelie Lundin 21:56. 32, Sarah Gustavsson 21:56. 39, Alex Thompson 22:30.
