Ramirez is 26th in Southern Cal Preview

SBCC's Alex Ramirez moved up steadily on Friday and took 26th out of 314 runners in the Southern Cal Preview men's cross country race at Irvine Regional Park.

Ramirez covered the 4-mile course in 21:34. Jose Tarula was 94th in 22:38 and Patrick Lownes-Santos took 122nd in 23:02. The Vaqueros finished 15th in the 32-team field.

"Alex moved up from the mid 60's in the early miles," said coach Scott Fickerson. "The course, a new location for us, consisted of flat fast portions punctuated by two short hills coming at 1 mile and 3 miles."

Sophomore Jacob Ogawa, coming off an illness, ran strongly to place 151st in his first race of the season. His time of 23:32 was just five seconds ahead of freshman Charlie Perry. Marcus Dunkel just missed going sub-24 with his 24:02 in 189th place and Parker Mitchell placed 234th in 24:52.

The Vaqueros will race in two weeks in the WSC Preview Meet on Sept. 30 at Bakersfield College, starting at 1 p.m.

Southern Cal Preview
At Irvine Regional Park
 Team (32 schools) – 15, SBCC.
 SBCC results (314 runners) -- 26, Alex Ramirez 21:34. 94, Jose Tarula 22:38. 122, Patrick Lownes-Santos 23:02. 151, Jacob Ogawa 23:32. Charlie Perry 23:37. 189, Marcus Dunkel 24:02. 234, Parker Mitchell 24:52. 243, Jordan Shinn 25:10. 275, Aaron Mackey 26:24. 290, Victor Santos 27:29.