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Rossy Ramirez Remains LACC's Top Runner At Irvine Invitational Cross Country Meet Return to the Women's Cross Country Home Page (Oct. 8, 2005) - - Post-season possibilities for the Lady Cubs cross country team remain prime if last weekend's (Oct. 8) Irvine Invitational at Irvine Regional Park is any indicator. Meanwhile, freshman Rossy Ramirez continued as the Lady Cubs' front-runner for a fifth consecutive meet. Ramirez was strong throughout the 5K race before being the first Lady Cub to cross the finish line in 37th place with a time of 22:47 minutes. Freshman Violetta Vlasova was only six second behind at 22:53 and 39th place. Over 100 runners from 14 southern California community colleges competed against LA City with LACC scoring a 7th place overall finish at 1:57.13. Riverside Community College won the team competition with a time of 1:43.32.8. Meryl Follosco, of Cerritos College, captured individual honors at 19:53 minutes over a course that had few hills but greeted runners with warm temperatures. "We were ninth at Irvine last year so I think this year's meet shows we're improving as a team and program," said LACC cross country coach Tyrus DeMinter. "We are maturing as a team and now our runners are closing their respective times to each other. Earlier this season, we were spread apart by as many as three minutes. Now our top five runners are within one minute of each other's times. We've beaten three of our conference opponents in various meets this year and we are looking to add El Camino to that list after our meet this weekend." Freshman Isela Soto turned another strong performance at 23:39 minutes for 51st place. Fellow frosh Blanca Flores finished 53rd but only four-seconds behind at 23:43. Mayra Lopez ran another steady pace at 24:11 and 76th place. Sophomore Veronica Balduhayeva and freshman Shanika Linear scored points to round out the seven-member contingent for the Lady Cubs. "Blanca continues to improve each week," said DeMinter. "I don't know what to expect from week to week with her but I know it is going to be better than her previous meet. The team's grouping was the best of the season. We had one of our best race starts so I'm very proud of all the ladies. We're definitely headed in the right direction for a top-four spot in our conference meet and an invitation to the cross country meet." |