Viking Men's Cross Country Places 29th in SoCal Preview

The Long Beach City College men's cross country team competed in the SoCal Preview on Friday evening in Santa Ana, CA against highly-touted competition. The Vikings placed 29th in the event with sophomore Taylor Leon pacing the pack of Vikings

Leon finished the race in 156th place with a time of 23:36.6. He reached this mark by utilizing an average time mile time of 5:54.2. Freshman Alex Hoskins was not far behind, as he placed 170th overall with a final mark of 23:47.8.

The remainder of the group finished as follows:

Freshman Jesus Cortes - 23:51.6, 172nd place
Sophomore Eric Arteaga - 25:30.8, 252nd place
Sophomore Willie Jenkins - 25:44.2, 261st place
Freshman Isaac McKenzie - 28:18.4, 273rd place
Freshman Dominic Logan - 27:49, 296th place
Freshman Victor Galvan - 38:16, 316th place

The Vikings will hit the trails once again on Friday, September 30 to compete in the Santiago Canyon Invitational in Irvine Regional Park, Orange at 10 a.m.