Posted: Oct 02, 2023
The VC men's cross country team placed fourth of 12 teams on Friday at the Western State Conference with room to move up before the end of the year. Adrian Valdez outraced teammate Erick Tienda for the Pirates' best individual finish at fifth place. The Oxnard High School product ran the 4-mile course at Oxnard's College Park in 20:39, two seconds ahead of Tienda and 24 seconds behind the race winner. Valdez helped VC earn 94 team points, 10 behind runner-up Glendale and just two points behind Moorpark in third. Valdez and his teammates will look to move Ventura up in the standings at the WSC Championships Oct. 20. For his efforts, Adrian is this week's VC Pirate Student Athlete of the Week Award sponsored by M & M Sports.
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