Pirates run hard at Palomar Invitational
SAN MARCOS -- The Orange Coast College men's and women's cross country teams performed well at Friday's Palomar College Invitational. The OCC women won the meet with 48 points, while the men took third overall with 80 points.
On the women's side, freshman Alyssa Allen was the top runner for the Pirates, finishing fourth overall with a time of 20 minutes, 36 seconds. Sophomore teammate Janessa Reyes placed sixth overall with a time of 21:04, while freshmen Bethani Heising (8th, 21:16), Rebecca Ross (16th, 22:42) and Nikala Andreasen (19th, 23:09) earned top-quality points for the Pirates.
Other strong OCC times were turned in by Tarah Buckels (23:55), Alicia Carbajal (24:11), Jennifer Romero (24:35) and Jackie Escolero (27:31).
On the men's side, three OCC runners cracked the top-10 in the event, including freshman Danny Dominiguez (5th, 21:57), Galyn Nash (eighth, 22:01) and Eamon Smythe (ninth, 22:09), while Oscar Salas (27th, 22:59) and Jose Armendariz (23:10) earned points for Coast.
Other strong Pirate times were had by Jacob Bourgeois (23:37), Joseph Martinez (23:42), Alex Perez (24:17), Cameron Smith-Ray (25:07), Adolfo Cruz (25:32), Daniel McNabb (27:09) and Ken Nakama (27:28).
The Pirates will return to action on Friday at Mission Bay Park for the 2015 SoCal Preview Meet, beginning at 10 a.m.
