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May 6, 2008

Freshman Veronica Alaniz finished 10th place in the 10,000 Meters event of the Southern California Track & Field Preliminaries on Sat., May 3, at Bakersfield College.

Alaniz’s recorded a time of 41:22.18 minutes among the 21-entry field. Unfortunately, it fell short of earning an automatic bid to the State Championships. Those spots are reserved for the top-six finishers. Glendale College’s Tove Berg won the event in a time of 36.22.75 minutes.

However, there remains a chance that Alaniz could be granted an “at large” bid. Final invitations to the State Championship will not be extended until after the completion of the Preliminaries.

Alaniz will next compete in the 5000 Meters this Saturday in Round Two of the SoCal Prelims at Bakersfield. Two weeks ago, Alaniz qualified for the Prelim finals with 4th place in the South Coast Conference 5000 Meters Championship in a time of 19:12 minutes.

“Veronica is focusing her efforts on winning the 5000 Meters this Saturday,” said LA City coach Sylvia Mosqueda. “She doesn’t control whether she’ll be invited to the State Championships in the 10,000 Meters but the 5000 Meters is in her control. She has the ability to place in the top-six let alone win the event. Hopefully she’ll run a time that will give her the opportunity to compete for a State championship the following week.”

The California State Track & Field Championships are being hosted this year at Cerritos College on May 16-17.

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