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Cross Country Team Places Third At Palomar College Invitational Rossy Ramirez Finishes 8th Return to the Women's Cross Country Home Page (Sept. 9, 2005) - - The Lady Cubs cross country team opened their season last Friday, Sept. 9, at the So Cal Community College Preview with enthusiasm and optimism enroute to a 15th place team finish. The meet was held on the lush campus of the University of California at San Diego under near perfect weather for the 18 teams and over 180 participating athletes. Orange Coast College won the overall 5K event with a total team time of 1:43.10.20. LACC recorded a team time of 2:04.33.70. LACC sophomore Violeta Vlasova was the highest finishing Lady Cub at 73rd and a time of 23:27.70. Orange Coast sophomore Gabriela Santana dominated the field with a winning time of 19:30.10. Her closest challenger was nearly 23-seconds behind. "I feel good about our overall performance at this meet because many of girls came from programs where they weren't among the top two or three on their high school teams," said LACC coach Tyrus DeMinter. "They were the proverbial athletes that were left behind. They came to LA City because I have a reputation of developing athletes that didn't get to shine in high school. We're young and inexperienced compared to some of the state powers we ran against. However, I believe that as the season progresses we'll dramatically improve in all areas. It helped that we arrived in San Diego one day early so the team could become familiar with the course. They learned when to make a move and they definitely competed hard. I'm happy with their performance. I want to do better but so does the team. We have a lot of work ahead but that's expected." Freshman Rossy Ramirez was next fastest for LACC at 98th (24.27.6) followed by freshman teammates Mayra Lopez and Isela Soto, who finished 109th and 110th, respectively. Other LACC runners who finished the course include Blanca Flores, Maelecia Fulwood, Waquihsi Martin, and Veronica Balduhayeva. LACC returns to action this Friday, Sept. 17, at the Palomar College Invitational. |