Tigers Women's Runners Finish Fifth at SoCal Preview Friday

ENCINO -- Posting a fifth-place finish out of 31 teams, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers women's cross country team turned in a solid performance at the SoCal Preview Meet last Friday (Sept. 19).

The Riverside women totaled 135 points and were led by frosh Brianna Jacklin (M.L. King '14), who is pictured, and finished 12th overall (19:05).

Glendale College won the 5,000-meter race, followed by Canyons, Mt. San Antonio, and Cerritos.

"I feel like our women did an awesome job running without one of our leaders," said fifth-year RCC head women's cross country coach Damien Smith. "They are continuing to close their pack gap each week, which shows a lot of growth and maturity in this young team.

"The Tigers were running without one of their top two runners, who was ill.  The Tigers' gap has closed by 11 seconds since their first meet two weeks ago.  This meet is good experience for our young Tiger team as the SoCal Preview is fielded with a majority of the teams it will face during the SoCal Championships in early November.  Southern California normally has some of the best teams in the state."

Riverside will return to meet action on Friday, Sept. 26, when it participates in the Golden West Invitational at Central Park in Huntington Beach. The five-kilometer race begins at 10 a.m.

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