Cross Country Competes at Redlands Invite

Nicholas Salomone '07 finished in 17th place to lead the men to a sixth place finish and Darlene Partida '10 finished in 12th place as the women finished in eighth place at the University of Redlands Invitational on September 23. 

The Whittier College men finished with 179 team points.  Cal Poly Pomona won the 10-team invitational with 34 points.  The women had 198 team points; Biola University won the event with 45 points.  There were eleven teams competing on the women's side.

Salomone finished in 27 minutes, 19 seconds on the 8,000-meter course.  Rapheal Rodriguez '10 was next to cross the finish line for the Poets.  He finished in 41st place in 28:25.3.  John Morley '07 came in 63rd place with a time of 29:29.5 and Yuki Miyagiwa '09 finished just four seconds later in 64th place.  Eric Shane '07 rounded out the top five for the Poets in 66th place with a time of 29:40.2.

On the Women's side, Partida's time of 24:21.8 was good for 12th on the 6,000-meter course.  Laura Guzman '07 finished in 34th place with a time of 25:58.8.  Next was Adrianna Durflinger '09 in 52nd place with a time of 27:00.9.  Jill Armstrong '10 and Erin Patterson '10 finished four seconds apart in 66th and 67th places, respectively.

The Poets are at the Foothill Invitational at Legg Lake on September 29.