MOORPARK GETS BUZZ CUT FROM GLENDALE IN WSC.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The Glendale College men's cross country team had close shaves with Moorpark in the first two Western State Conference meets, winning by a margin of two points each time. In 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) finals Thursday, however, the only close call the Vaqueros encountered was the crew cuts of their runners, who shaved shave v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves v.tr. 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: their heads for the meet. Glendale, paced by individual winner Julio Serratos, placed four runners among the top seven to defeat defending state champion Moorpark 31-40 and win its eighth conference title in 11 years. The Glendale women, buoyed by the 3-4 finish of Cheryl Ramos and Kelly Doyle, held off Ventura 58-63 to win their first title since 1994. Serrratos clocked 21 minutes, 20 seconds on the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill , four-mile course at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura to win by 27 seconds over Mark Sanchez Mark Sanchez (born November 11, 1986 in Long Beach, CA) is a college football quarterback attending the University of Southern California (USC). High school career of Bakersfield. Ramos, the younger sister of Bryan Ramos (who ran on the Glendale men's 1995 state-championship team), clocked 22:15 over the 5,000-meter course and Doyle ran 22:34 to overcome the 1-2 finish of Bakersfield's Meredith Christian and Latanya Sumlin. In the men's race, Moorpark placed six runners ahead of Glendale's No. 5 runner, but Serratos and the 3-5-7 combination of Rafael Ramos (21:53), Omar Orendain (21:59) and 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. (22:06) sealed the victory. Freshman Juan Fernandez (22:57), Glendale's eighth runner, moved up to the No. 5 position Thursday to round out the Glendale scoring. ``I knew our first guys were going to hang on,'' Glendale coach Eddie Lopez said. ``I was nervous with Juan and how many guys were going to pass him. This is probably the best team race we've won all year.'' Lopez issued a challenge to his runners to shave shave (shav) 1. to cut at or parallel to the surface of the skin. 2. to remove the beard or other body hair by such a process. 3. to cut thin slices from or to cut into thin slices. their heads for the meet. In return, Lopez vowed to do the same should the Vaqueros emerge victorious in the state meet Nov. 22 in Fresno. It took a little persuasion PERSUASION. The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind for Serratos to go along with the deal. ``The guys were wrestling with me and they almost amputated my finger with the cord,'' Serratos said, laughing. On Thursday, no one came close to Serratos. The sophomore pulled away from his closest challenger, Miguel Galindo of Ventura, shortly before the two-mile mark. Serrantos made his move on the longest and steepest incline on the course, on narrow dirt paths, to record his seventh victory in eight races. Galindo, the runner-up in the state championships last season, finished four second behind Serratos in the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. Oct. 18. But Galindo, who has been hampered by knee injuries this season, faded to eighth in 22:09 on his home course Thursday. `` All of a sudden, he started dropping back,'' Serratos said. ``I was going to wait, but I just said, `I am going now.' I was feeling pretty good. He was right on me last time, so I was most concerned about him.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Glendale College's eventual-champion runners are closely bunched at the start of the Western State Conference cross country finals. (2) Julio Serratos, who won the WSC final, was one of four Glendale runners in the top seven. Gene Blevins / Special to the Daily News |
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