Crush get final tune up in Merced before conference championships

October 16, 2021

Both the Clovis Community College men's and women's cross country teams were in action on Saturday competing at the UC Merced Ryan Nunez Bobcat Invitational. While no team scores were announced, the Crush had some great individual finishes competing against four-year colleges.

Sophomore Abraham Cordova led the Clovis men with his seventh-place finish. He cleared the four-mile UC Merced campus course with a time of 21:30.95. He was joined in the top 10 by freshman Cameron Vanzant in 10^th with his time of 22:09.63.

Freshman Adrian Cuevas Casarubias finished 12^th, clocking in at 22:15.44, freshman Charlie Sawyer was 14^th at 22:19.64, and freshman Jeremiah Stott took 15^th with a time of 22:22.49.

Other times for the Crush men included:
Tyler Parsons, 17^th, 22:38.21
Mitchell Neal, 19^th, 22:56.77
Cesar Murillo, 22^nd, 23:14.17
Harshdeep Singh, 32^nd, 24:38.23

On the women's side, freshman Jennifer Recinos finished in second place overall, clocking in at 19:18.40 on the 5K course to lead a group of five Crush finishers in the top 10.

She was joined by sophomore Antonette Payton Noguez in fourth place at 19:35.96, freshman Morgan Prescott in seventh at 20:01.00, freshman Evelyn Zambrano in eighth with a time of 20:09.70, and freshman Megan Duran in 10^th place with her time of 20:30.97.

Sophomore Jessica Lanham finished 13^th at 21:50.91, and was followed by freshman Walker Douglas in 15^th with a time of 22:41.89, freshman Rebecca Fonbah in 17^th at 23:35.68, Breton Cameron in 18^th at 23:38.14, and freshman Victoria Gonzalez in 19^th at 23:41.00 to round out the top 20. Freshman Ellie Feistel took 24^th place with her time of 25:08.03.

Saturday's races were their final tune up before the Crush suit up for the Central Valley Conference Championships. The CVC finals are set for Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Woodward Park in Fresno.