Walker leads Clovis women to second place, men finish seventh at Crush Invitational

FRESNO – Clovis Community College sophomore Rhiannon Walker continued right where she left off from the spring track and field season.

Walker, the 2024 state champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, won her next collegiate race by taking first place at the Crush Invitational on Friday at Woodward Park.

Walker's winning time of 18:39:9 on the 5k course was nearly 45 seconds better than the second-place finisher. She helped lead the Clovis women to a team score of 84, points, good for second place among 15 teams competing at the event.

Freshman Miya Maltos was up next for the Crush, clocking in at 20:19.2 in 16th place. She was followed by freshman Macie Riddle (19th, 20:29.2), freshman Sarah Larger (23rd, 20:47.0), and sophomore Lisbeth Mendez (30th, 20:51.6).

The Crush had a squad of 21 runners competing at the event. Results for the remaining Clovis women:

Pl. Name, Time
33 Genevieve Tamondong 20:56.9
35 Maria Garcia 21:03.6
46 Magy Marcelo 21:28.8
50 Alyona Beams 21:37.7
59 Ashley Leeds 22:10.6
65 Amen Grewal 22:30.0
68 Alayna Lopez 22:49.9
74 Sofia Ruiz De La O 23:09.9
80 Cameron Criado 23:19.4
87 Tayanara Gomez Alonso 23:47.7
95 Olivia Kriehn 24:21.0
97 Leah Anchondo 24:26.5
107 Kira Ortuno 25:14.7
110 Zoe Crumpton 25:24.0
136 Natalia Duque 30:20.7
137 Ellie Sano 30:29.0

San Diego Mesa College totaled 56 points to finish in first place in the final women's team standings.

CLOVIS CRUSH MEN

Led by a 28th-place individual finish by Ivan Barranco Ranchero, the Clovis Community College men's cross country team totaled 221 points to finish in seventh place at the Crush Invitational on Friday.

Barranco ran a team-best 22:11.9 at the Woodward Park course. Also finishing among the competition's top-50 were Izak Samorano in 41st place at 22:31.2 and Edwin Quiroz-Cisneros in 44th with his time of 22:34.2.

The Clovis men had 12 runners competing at the race. Other results for the Crush included:

Pl. Name, Time
61 Joaquin McGee 23:03.6
64 Anders Vasconcellos 23:09.7
72 Jose Diaz Hernandez 23:18.9
75 Adrian Estevez Ramirez 23:22.5
100 Isaak Camacho 23:58.0
109 Victor Alvarado-Pedroza 24:16.5
118 Omar Antonio 24:48.3
137 Vincent Gomez 25:33.0
184 Kyle Newberg 33:33.3

San Diego Mesa College won the men's team competition with a score of 32 points. Jacob Perez of Bakersfield College was the men's individual winner with a time of 20:46.8.