PANTHERS RUN STRONG AT SO CA PREVIEW (BAKERSFIELD)

Photo Credit: Kristin Crowell
Photo Credit: Kristin Crowell
September 24, 2022

The Panthers got a glimpse of what they have to look forward to when they head to the Southern California finals yesterday.  The women ran a complete team of nine runners finishing 8th overall.  The men ran short with five runners finishing 16th.

Sophomore returners Andrew Tafolla and Brianna King again led the Panthers.  King finished the race 6th overall with a time of 19:19.3.  Tafolla finished the 4 mile race in 10th place, 21:03.80. 

Women Place Time   Men Place Time
Brianna King 6 19:19.3   Andrew Tafolla 10 21:04.8
Andrea Baerenwald 52 21:58.2   Joel Magana 88 23:06.7
Brianna Isidro 61 22:43.7   Brian Ortiz 131 23:58.8
Muskaan Sandhu 65 22:51.5   Brian Morales 177 25:06.8
Betania Madero-Meza 82 23:49.1   David Ponce De Leon 199 26:10.7
Antoinette Duran 102 25:00.5        
Angie (Evangelina) Ramirez 107 25:22.9        
Nikki (Nicole) Cisneros 118 26:54.5        
 Isamar Aguilar 121  27:22.7         

"This trip served as a perfect dress-rehearsal for the So Cal Championships on November 4th," said Head Coach Rob Lander. "There's still plenty of work to do, but now we know we can qualify both teams to the State Championships." The teams will compete next at the Chaffey Invitational on October 8th.