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The Cerritos
College men's cross country team finished in fifth
place out of 21 schools at the Orange Coast
Invitational on Saturday by compiling 193 teams
points. The host Pirates won the meet with 29 team
points, while a pair of South Coast Conference
opponents - Mt. San Antonio College (3rd place, 110
team points) and El Camino College (4th; 128)
finished ahead of the Falcons. The team will now
take a week off before competing in the Crystal
Springs Invitational in San Mateo.
The duo of
sophomore
Patrick Schawb (Kennedy HS)
and freshman
Gabriel
Hilbert (Kennedy HS) were the
first two Cerritos runners to finish the four-mile
race. Schwab placed 15th overall in a time of
21:12.71, while Hilbert was close behind in 14th
place with a clocking of 21:17.95. There was a bit
of a drop-off by the Falcons after that, as freshman
Jason Zapien (El Rancho HS)
was 45 seconds behind and finished in 53rd place
with a time of 22:02.27. Sophomores
John
Martinez (Artesia HS) and
Russell Kelly (Loara HS)
rounded out the team's top five to account for their
scoring when they placed 57th (22:06.79) and 66th
(22:19.77), respectively.
A group of 11 more
Cerritos runners competed in the race and they
included
Jose
Amador (El Rancho HS; 72nd
place, 22:25.86),
Thomas
Jimenez (El Rancho HS; 77th
place, 22:33.61),
Angel
Aguirre (Valencia HS; 87th
place, 22:45.63), Torion Bailey (Mayfair
HS; 96th place, 22:59.16),
Kyle Bogda
(El Dorado HS; 98th place, 23:01.66),
Adam Arambula (Kennedy HS;
104th place, 23:12.04),
Chris Lopez
(John Glenn HS; 127th place, 23:45.37), Ceasar
Garcia (136th place, 23:57.90),
Emilio
Gonzalez (El Rancho HS; 141st
place, 24:09.51), Carlos Santamaria
(Paramount HS; 163rd place, 25:01.79) and
Sean de la O (El Rancho HS;
190th place, 26:21.86).
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