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Pima finishes in fourth at conference championship

10Oct

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Pima finishes in fourth at conference championship

By JOSHUA SHAVER The Pima Community College Cross Country Men and Women’s teams ran their hearts out at the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference in Mesa. The women’s team tied for fourth with Glendale Community College with 120 points each. Runner Iriana Sanchez received an All-ACCAC honorable mention after she placed 21st in the 5K race with a time of 21 minutes, 27 seconds. Rainbow Hoss finished just 14 seconds behind Sanchez with a time of 21 minutes, 41 seconds and finished in 24th place. Freshman Janae Quihuis showed her potential by finishing right behind Hoss in 25th place with a time of 21 minutes, 48 seconds. Carolina Vega-Picos finished 31st with a time of 24 minutes, 52 seconds. Alysa Canez rounded out the women’s race with a time of 26 minutes, 25 second...

26Sep

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Pima cross country runs to Conference Championships

By JOSHUA SHAVER Pima Community College is running away from the competition. Last season, Pima went all the way to the NJCAA Nationals. Pima eventually ended up losing to Iowa Community College, but it is on a fast track for similar, if not more, success. Can Pima duplicate its success from last year, or can it at least improve from its 16th place showing? At the Dave Murphy Invitational, women and men competed against a number of schools. In the women’s 5K (3.1 miles), sophomore Iriana Sanchez finished in 28th place with a time of 23 minutes, 58 seconds. Her friend and teammate Rainbow Hoss placed behind her at 24 minutes, 4 seconds. While the women showed up, the men also showed their grit running the 7K (4.35 miles) race. Sophomore Juan Miranda was the top finisher for th...

1Nov

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Simi struts into second at regional

BY: ANGEL CANEZ Five Aztec were named to all regional team. As Pima Community College men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the NJCAA Region I Championships at Freestone Park in Gilbert, AZ on Oct.29. The women's came in place second with a score of 67 beating out Mesa, Paradise Valley, and Estrella Mountain Community college, coming up short of first place to Central Arizona College who ended with 27 points and the first place plaque. “Central can always pull something out of a hat so, I’m on my toes” said Bruno before the race. Mary Siml crossed the finish line in second place for the Aztec earning her the teams top finish with a time of 18.26.4,Sophomore teammate Katherine Bruno finisher just behind with a time of 18:26.6. Both coming up short to Central colleg...

18Oct

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Aztecs start second half on right track

BY: ANGEL CANEZ Katherine Bruno outpaced the competition again winning her third 5K in a row. This time across state lines on Oct.12 at the Mt. SAC Community College Invitational in Walnut California, with a time of 18:13.0 seconds. Mary Siml freshmen came in fifth place with a time of 19:22.0 making that back to back top five finishes for her and third meet in a row Pimas had two women runners finish in the top seven. The Men's trip out west wasn't as fruitful, they finished the meet in the middle of the pack finishing in 6th out of 14 teams. The Men's leading runner was Freshmen Luis Tenzon, he crossed the line in 15th in the 8k with a time of 22:08.0 Oct.6 Mesa Community College Thunderbird ClassicThe Men's and Women's, Cross Country teams hit the ground running, to start off the secon...

4Oct

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Bruno repeats as ACCAC champion

BY ANGEL CANEZ The Pima Community College Men’s and Women's track teams competed in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference, Cross Country Championships on Sept. 26 at the Glen Lake golf course in Glendale Arizona. Katherine Bruno led the way once again coming in first place in the 5K race, for the second year in a row at the ACCAC championship. “Katie's back to back conference championship titles are impressive. She shared the lead with the runner up until the 2 mile mark and then pulled away.” Cross country coach Greg Wenneborg, said. Bruno also set the course record along with a personal best time of 18 minutes and 12 seconds. This makes Bruno 3rd top ten finish in as many races. Freshman Mary Siml came in seventh place with a time just two seconds over 2...