Orange Coast College's cross country teams proved Friday that both men's and women's squads are the team to beat for the 2009 state championship.
At the Orange Empire Conference Cross Country Tournament in Huntington Beach's Central Park, the men's squad finished first with 26 points - beating out Riverside Community College (53) and Fullerton College (75).
The Pirates were led by Russel Westphal's (right) second place finish of 20:30.6 in the men's four-mile run.
Coast's Jake Dawson finished third (20:39.9), Eric Dyson fourth (20:47.0), Sergio Olivarrias eighth (21:07.3), Jorge Torres ninth (21:07.9) and Francisco Baquero tenth (21:10.9).
The lady Pirates finished first in the women's 5K run with 18 points beating Riverside (52) and Fullerton (96) easily.
Top three runners in the event were all from Coast - first playing being Kimone Hewitt's (left) 18:31.4.
In fact, seven out of the top 10 runners were lady Pirates.
Coast's Jane Kerner finished second (18:39.9), Margaret McDuffee third (18:48.5), Hillary Labelle fifth (19:02.3), Andrea Guerra seventh (19:17.2), Sara Toberty eight (19:22.5) and Andrea Gayton-Jacob ninth (19:28.5).
All times and results can be viewed at DirectAthletics.com.
[Photo courtesy of Hank Schellingerhout]
At the Orange Empire Conference Cross Country Tournament in Huntington Beach's Central Park, the men's squad finished first with 26 points - beating out Riverside Community College (53) and Fullerton College (75).
The Pirates were led by Russel Westphal's (right) second place finish of 20:30.6 in the men's four-mile run.
Coast's Jake Dawson finished third (20:39.9), Eric Dyson fourth (20:47.0), Sergio Olivarrias eighth (21:07.3), Jorge Torres ninth (21:07.9) and Francisco Baquero tenth (21:10.9).
The lady Pirates finished first in the women's 5K run with 18 points beating Riverside (52) and Fullerton (96) easily.
Top three runners in the event were all from Coast - first playing being Kimone Hewitt's (left) 18:31.4.
In fact, seven out of the top 10 runners were lady Pirates.
Coast's Jane Kerner finished second (18:39.9), Margaret McDuffee third (18:48.5), Hillary Labelle fifth (19:02.3), Andrea Guerra seventh (19:17.2), Sara Toberty eight (19:22.5) and Andrea Gayton-Jacob ninth (19:28.5).
All times and results can be viewed at DirectAthletics.com.
[Photo courtesy of Hank Schellingerhout]
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