Erika Schaeffer finished 19th in a field of 261 runners on Saturday in San Diego, leading the SBCC women’s cross country squad to 17th place in the Southern Cal Preview Meet at Mission Bay Park.
Southwestern topped the 32-team women’s field with 54 points and Glendale was second with 78.
Schaeffer covered the 5K course in 20:09.36 for the Vaqueros, who took 17th in the 32-team field with 482 points. Ayla Granados was 64th (21:08.46) and Sarah O’Connor took 89th (21:40.64).
Danielle Low of L.A. Trade Tech won the women’s race in 18:44.45.
In the 4-mile men’s race, SBCC’s Garrett Edwards placed 43rd out of 334 runners with a time of 21:54.90. Luis Garnica was 177th in 23:48.99.
Riverside edged Orange Coast for the men’s title (93-96) and David Cardona of El Camino was the individual champ in 20:03.33.
The Vaqueros will host the SBCC Invitational on Friday at Leadbetter Beach and Shoreline Park with the women’s race at 3 p.m. and the men at 4 p.m.
