Men’s Cross Country: Iraheta paces Vikings at SoCal Preview meet
Long Beach City College freshman Brandon Iraheta ran 21:50.6 to finish in 76th place to lead the Vikings at the Southern California Preview meet on Friday morning at Woodley Park in Van Nuys.
Long Beach City College freshman Brandon Iraheta (Warren HS) ran 21:50.6 to finish in 76th place to lead the Vikings at the Southern California Preview meet on Friday morning at Woodley Park in Van Nuys.
As a squad, Long Beach finished in 19th place out of 29 teams with a 562 points.
Freshman Daniel Lewis (Heartland Christian HS) was next for Long Beach, finishing in 101st place with a time of 22:10.0 on the four-mile course. Not far behind was freshman Christian Jezina (San Pedro HS) at 22:18.0 in 109th place.
Other times for the Vikings included:
Tylor Wallace, 128th, 22:40.1
Gary Palacios, 148th, 23:04.2
Edgar Chacon, 160th, 23:23.9
Ivan Salladay, 184th, 24:38.6
Mt. San Antonio College won the men's team title with 53 points while College of the Canyons' Rodrigo Ornelas was the top individual, finishing the course with a time of 20:11.4.
Long Beach returns to action next Friday (Sep. 26) when it will compete at the Golden West Central Park Classic in Huntington Beach.
