Men’s Cross Country: Torres’ seventh-place finish leads Long Beach to 11th at Fresno Invitational

Long Beach City College sophomore Omar Torres ran 20:57.58 to lead the Vikings with a seventh-place finish at the Fresno Invitational on Saturday. As a team, LBCC totaled 306 points to finish in 11th out of 19 squads.

Sophomore Justin Weaver was the Vikings' next finisher in 42nd place, clearing the four-mile Woodward Park course with a time of 22:03.66.

Other times for the Vikings:
Brandon Iraheta, 98th, 23:26.62
Tylor Wallace, 118th, 24:01.20
Daniel Lewis, 124th, 24:17.51
Edgar Chacon, 131st, 24:34.26
Harold Vasquez, 150th, 25:00.78
Ivan Salladay, 172nd, 26:05.15

College of the Canyons won the men's team title with 64 points while Hartnell College's Diego Leon was the top finisher with a time of 20:30.18.

Long Beach returns to action on September 19 when it will compete at the SoCal Preview Meet at Woodley Park in Van Nuys.