Canyons cross country back on the course at Mark Covert Classic
COC sophomore Díani Ellis ran to a 16th place finish on the 5K course with a team-leading time of 19:13.3.
The College of the Canyons cross country program continued its season by running at the annual Mark Covert Classic hosted by California State University, Fullerton on Saturday, Sept. 2.
Featuring a mixture of four-year school, community college and club teams, the event annually attracts a combined field of nearly 250 runners from across the region.
COC sophomore Díani Ellis ran to a 16th place finish on the 5K course with a team-leading time of 19:13.3.
That mark helped the COC women's team to an eighth place finish among the field of 13 non-Division 1 program competing at the event.
Sophomore Stephanie Martinez was next for COC at a time of 20:22 to place 52nd, and Sophia Stephan was third for the Cougars in 90th place at 21:36.
Amanda Finn (22:17/102nd), Lupe Alaniz-Ruiz (22:28/105th), Kianna Schlesinger (24:16/129th) and Kaitlyn Gomez (25:06/136th) also competed for the Cougars.
The COC men's team only entered four runners in the event, and thus did not qualify for team competition.
Individually, Travis Cetti (28:35/117th), Cody Roelofson (28:54/127th), Garrett Noltemeyer (29:46/150th) and Dimas Murguia (31:59/179th) ran the 8K course for Canyons.
Canyons will next compete at the Fresno Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Woodward Park.
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— Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information
—Photo credit: Mike Whitman/COC Sports Information
