By Tadzio Garcia The 2014 season was highlighted with nine Huskies qualifying at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships for the third time in the last 15 years. In 2001, ELAC advanced 14 to the state finals with the women’s team taking second place and the men’s team finishing 11th. ELAC qualified 10 to the 2011 finals. Defending state champion Laura Aceves earned her second-consecutive All-American status while taking…
By Tadzio Garcia Defending women’s California Community cross country state champion and East Los Angels College sophomore, Laura Aceves, took second place at the Fourth Annual Rio Hondo Classic Sept. 5 in South El Monte. The men’s team was dealt a blow before the season began. A handful of returning runners for the men’s team will not compete this season. “I’m focusing on my studies this semester,” 2013 cross country state…
By Tadzio Garcia The men’s cross country team and Megan Magdaleno from the women’s team advanced out of the SoCal Championships to the State Championships. The state finals will be at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 17, beginning at 10am. The Huskies ran away with two huge upsets. SoCal’s No. 14-ranked Huskies edged No. 12 Santa Barbara City College by nine points to take 10th place over the…
By Tadzio Garcia The men’s cross country team did the impossible. They sported a full team for the first time this season. As a result, they walked away with a postseason bid with two upsets over ranked teams at the South Coast Conference Championships at Griffith Park last Saturday. The women’s team did not qualify. They lost the final bid to Golden West College, a team they beat twice…
By Tadzio Garcia The No.13-ranked East Los Angeles cross country men’s team took fifth place out of 15 teams, their best in years, at the Golden West Invitational last Friday, Sept. 21 in Huntington Beach. Andres De La Cruz placed 11th in 21:09 minutes to earn a spot on his second All Top-14 team this season. “I am happy with the race results both for myself and for…