Women’s Cross Country: Allen advances to state meet with 92nd-place SoCal finish

Freshman Samantha Allen of the Long Beach City College women's cross country team has qualified for the 2010 CCCAA Cross Country State Championships thanks to her 92nd-place finish at Saturday's Southern California Championships in San Diego.

Allen, LBCC's lone female runner at the regionals, cleared the 5K course at Mission Bay Park with a time of 21:47.

Southwestern College won the women's team title with 22 points, followed by Glendale (68) and LA Trade Tech (73). Danielle Low of Trade Tech was the individual champion with a time of 18:27.

The state championships are set for November 20 at Woodward Park in Fresno.