Walker, Crush women take first; men fifth at Toro Park Invitational

SALINAS – Led by a first-place individual finish by sophomore Rhiannon Walker, the Clovis Community College women's cross country team totaled an impressive score of 51 points to easily win the Hartnell College Toro Park Invitational on Friday morning.

The individual victory for Walker was her second of the season. She appears to be the runner to beat at the upcoming Northern California Regional Championships and 3C2A State Championships meets in November.

Walker easily outdistanced the competition in Salinas, winning the women's race by nearly a minute. She cleared the 3-mile Toro Park course with a time of 18:32.9. Hartnell's Roselyn Olivo was second at 19:26.0.

As a team, all five of the Crush's scoring runners finished among the top-20. Walker was followed by Miya Maltos in 14^th place with her time of 20:36.8. Up next for the Crush were Alyona Beams in 16^th at 20:41.7, Maria Garcia in 18^th with a time of 20:46.4, and Genevieve Tamondong in 19^th at 20:50.3.

Other times for the Clovis women included:
Macie Riddle, 20^th, 20:55.0
Magy Marcelo, 25^th, 21:22.5
Sofia Ruiz De La O, 31^st, 21:35.8
Sarah Larger, 36^th, 21:50.7
Amen Grewal, 41^st, 22:07.3
Ashley Leeds, 45^th, 22:19.0
Zoe Crumpton, 63^rd, 23:25.5
Tayanara Gomez Alonso, 70^th, 23:58.0
Olivia Kriehn, 72^nd, 24:04.3
Leah Anchondo, 77st, 24:36.0
Alayna Lopez, 78^th, 24:59.4
Cameron Criado, 81^st, 25:10.5
Kira Ortuno, 87^th, 25:40.4
Natalia Duque, 101^st, 27:29.4
Ellie Sano, 104^th, 28:06.3

CLOVIS MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Led by a 15^th-place finish by Ivan Barranco, the Clovis men's cross country team scored 134 points to finish in fifth place out of 13 teams at the Hartnell College Toro Park Invitational on Friday.

Barranco cleared the 4-mile course with a time of 21:48.6. He was followed by Joaquin McGee in 17^th at 21:53.4. Also scoring for Clovis was Adrian Estevez Ramirez in 33^rd at 22:20.9, Edwin Quiroz-Cisneros in 38^th with 22:30.4, and Izak Samorano in 39^th with a time of 22:33.2.

Other times for the Crush men included:
Anders Vasconcellos, 49^th, 22:58.2
Omar Antonio, 56^th, 23:07.4
Jose Diaz Hernandez, 61^st, 23:11.7
Isaak Camacho, 73^rd, 23:42.6
Victor Alvarado-Pedroza, 79^th, 23:48.3
Vincent Gomez, 99^th, 24:50.9
Jesse Almaraz Roman, 117^th, 26:33.0
Chris Castaneda, 121^st, 26:55.4
Kyle Newberg, 135^th, 30:43.6

American River College won the men's team competition with a final score of 79 points. Stephan Chapdelaine of Butte College was the individual winner with a time of 20:32.6

Up next for the Crush cross country teams is the Butte Invitational next Friday (Oct. 11) at the Butte College campus in Oroville.