Golden West Invitational

On Friday, September 16^th, the SCC Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams competed within a field of 11 community colleges at the Golden West Invitational held at Central Park in Huntington Beach. 

The Running Hawks placed 7^th in the men's race as they recorded wins over the teams from Golden West, Norco, Oxnard, and San Diego Southwestern. The team was paced by sophomore team captain Jesus Retiguin (25^th place) who completed the 4-mile course in a time of 22 minutes 16 seconds. Freshmen Johan Espejo (40^th place, 23:22), Evan Aguilera (66^th place, 24:52), Jacob Hallahan (78^th place, 26:16), Erik Cano (82^nd place, 28:26), and Chris Flores (83^rd place, 28:36) rounded out the scoring effort for the Running Hawks. 

The SCC Lady Hawks were represented by two individual competitors in the women's race. Freshman Pyper Slattery (7^th place) was a Top-10 medalist as she finished the 3.2-mile course in a time of 20 minutes 53 seconds. Freshman Selah Darden finished in 44^th place for the Lady Hawks.

The SCC Cross Country Teams will next compete this Friday (September 23^rd) at the Southern California Regional Preview Meet hosted by Bakersfield College at the Kern County Soccer Complex in Bakersfield.