CROSS COUNTRY: GLENDALE TAKES STATE JC MEET.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The Glendale College men's cross country team had the last word against Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. in the State Junior College Championships at Woodward Park Woodward Park (34 acres) is a public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. in Fresno on Saturday. Upset by remarks made by Moorpark runners after Moorpark won the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, championships, Glendale rebounded from a disappointing fifth-place showing at the Nov. 7 competition to win its second state title in four years. Glendale, buoyed by the 11th-place finish of Jose Merino Merino Breed of medium-sized sheep originating in Spain that has become prominent worldwide. It has a white face, white legs, and crimped fine-wool fleece. Known as early as the 12th century, it may have been a Moorish importation. in 21 minutes, three seconds over the 4-mile course, and Eduardo Diaz, 21st in 21:16, turned back the two-time defending state champion Moorpark 119-139. Glendale's victory marked the fourth consecutive year a Western State Conference team has won the men's state title. Bakersfield finished third with 189 points Saturday to give the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) the first three places. Rey Coronado and Todd Disney finished fifth and sixth in 20:48 and 20:51 for Moorpark, but Glendale's depth was the decisive factor Noun 1. decisive factor - a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively clincher causal factor, determinant, determining factor, determinative, determiner - a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of . Rafael Ramos (21:27), Juan Fernandez (21:28) and Jorge Lopez (21:31) were 32nd, 33rd and 38th for a time gap of only 28 seconds between its five scoring runners. ``A lot of people wrote us off because we ran so bad at the Southern California finals,'' Glendale coach Eddie Lopez said. ``It was the best thing that could have happened. It brought us down to reality. Those comments helped a lot, too.'' Glendale defeated Moorpark in all three conference meets this season en route to its ninth conference title in 12 years. But the Raiders, boosted by Disney's individual victory in the Southern California championships, turned the tables on the Vaqueros to win the regional title for the second year in a row. In the Southern California championships, Moorpark placed five runners ahead of WSC champion Merino, who finished as the Vaqueros' No. 3 man, to beat Glendale by 82 points. Disney and Coronado called the triumph the first of a ``two-meet season'' for Moorpark. Glendale was out to prove Disney wrong in the state meet. ``We ran poorly in the other meet, but it was no big thing,'' freshman Jorge Lopez said. ``It was good we didn't win because we would have been overconfident o·ver·con·fi·dent adj. Excessively confident; presumptuous. o  ver·con for the state
meet. Instead we were focused and ready to run well. We knew we could
come back and win.''
In the women's race, Julie Harris Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is a distinguished American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards and three Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. of Glendale was the top runner from Southern California in the state meet, finishing fourth in a career-best 18:37 over the 5,000-meter course. |
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