October 8, 2005

Las Vegas, NV -- Toros true freshman Kristin Glen (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA/Trabuco Hills HS) finished this morning's 5k race in a time of 20:58.35, placing 22nd to lead CSUDH to an overall 7th place finish at this morning's UNLV Invitational.

Teammate Monica Marroquin (Los Angeles, CA/LACC) finished just two places behind Glen in 21:17.18, while Valarie Tucker (Downey, CA/El Camino College), who crossed the line in 21:29.68, placed 30th to give CSUDH three top-30 finishers.

Individually, Natalie Perkins (CUCA) took the individual title in a time of 18:23.48, while Concordia University ran away with the team title with an average 5k race time of 19:31.26.

Other CSUDH results are: Orquidea Ramos, 54th (23:52.71); Leslie Gonzalez, 55th (23:56); Pamela Gonzalez, 60th (24:28.13); Brandy Ziegler, 76th (27:45.39); Dorthy Andrews, 78th (28:18.73); Marisha Satchell, 80th (31:19.47); Granda Tereno, 81st (32:30.34).

The Toros next compete at the CCAA Championships, scheduled for Saturday, October 22, in San Francisco, California.