Clovis men wrap up season with 11th place finish at State Championships

Paced by a 26^th place finish by sophomore Mohamed Saleh, the Clovis Crush men's cross country team totaled 304 points to finish in 11^th place overall at the 2019 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Saleh cleared the four-mile course with a time of 21:19.7 to finish just outside of the top 25. Joining him in the top-50 was sophomore Chris Watkins in 38^th place at 21:36.2.

Other times for the Clovis men:
Seth Frazier, 60^th, 21:56.0
Abraham Cordova, 105^th, 22:23.4
Christian Shehadey, 117^th, 22:35.0
Russell Zelazo, 134^th, 22:55.1
Jared Orth, 166^th, 24:47.5

San Diego Mesa College won the men's team title with a score of 37 points, followed by American River College in second with 65 points, and Mt. San Antonio College in third with a score of 141. Israel Ramirez of College of the Sequoias was the men's individual champion, clocking in at 20:14.0.

Under head coach CJ Alberton, the Crush have reached the state championships in the program's first two years of existence. Clovis also improved on its 13^th-place showing in 2018.