{"id":12102,"date":"2023-09-21T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=12102"},"modified":"2023-10-05T16:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T23:25:22","slug":"lbcc-womens-cross-country-team-shatter-personal-records-at-socal-regional-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/?p=12102","title":{"rendered":"LBCC women’s cross country team shatter personal records at SoCal Regional Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Long Beach City College women’s cross country team set new personal records at El Dorado Park’s SoCal Regional Preview on Friday, Sept. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team raced in a 5k run and finished in 15th place out of 31 with every runner setting new personal records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LBCC teammates Katlyn Moratoya and Lorena Galaviz both completed the race at a time of approximately 22 minutes, making them the first two runners of LBCC to complete the 5k run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the race, Katlyn Moratoya took a moment to reflect on her own performance and the team’s accomplishments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We did good,” Mortoya said. “I just have to pace myself a little bit better in the second round because I slowed down a bit. I just wanted it to be over, but I had to be strong to achieve a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt good, I felt like I knew exactly where to make moves and to pick it up and to know where to close the gaps, so it felt pretty good overall\u2026not only me, but the whole team felt good going into it and obviously we all PR\u2019d so it just felt pretty good,\u201d said Galaviz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LBCC cross country runner competes in the SoCal Regional Preview meet held at El Dorado Park in Long Beach, on Saturday, September 15, 2023. The Vikings women’s team placed 14th out of 27 schools at the meet. (Kassie Sainz)<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Coach Karen Vigilant is certain the team will improve with the results of this meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m very proud of the girls today, everybody PR\u2019d. We have a little work to do, but all-in-all, I\u2019m happy with the results.\u201d said Karen Vigilant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One specific detail that Morataya, Galaviz and Vigilant had when talking about the race was staying close together, in Vigilant\u2019s words \u201cas a pack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce we run closer together as a pack, which means everyone should run about five to ten seconds faster, we should be okay,\u201d said Vigilant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of track & field, Marcus Carroll, also mentioned how great it was to see runners set their PR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo weeks ago was the first race for the ladies and they got a chance to get a baseline for themselves. For them to go out there and improve on their marks and times, that\u2019s all we\u2019re looking forward to, I\u2019m very happy to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team looks to build off this performance by improving on Sept. 23 at the The Master’s University Invite at Central Park in Santa Clarita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LBCC cross country runner competes in the SoCal Regional Preview meet held at El Dorado Park in Long Beach, on Saturday, September 15, 2023. The Vikings women’s team placed 14th out of 27 schools at the meet. (Kassie Sainz)<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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