Sophia Godina earned the Western State Conference's Female Runner of the Year Award while teammate Brianna Torres was named first team All-WSC following the 2023 conference championships on Oct. 20. Erick Tienda led the Pirates' men's award winners with his first team All-WSC honor for his efforts in the 2023 season.
Godina, VC's first individual conference champion since 1994 won the conference championships by a 26-second margin. The Rio Mesa High School product ran the 5k course in 18:10 to earn the conference's top honor. The sophomore also ran in the runner-up position at the Southern California Regionals and at the 3C2A State Championships.
Torres capped a stellar freshman campaign by finishing fourth in the conference finals. The Oxnard High School grad also earned first team All-WSC honors.
Tienda, a sophomore from Rio Mesa High School, paced the Ventura men and finished 12th in the WSC finals to earn his first team all-conference nod.
Adrian Valdez (Oxnard), Diego Quezada (Oxnard) and Colin Crisostomo (Buena) were named second team All-WSC for VC's men's cross country team and Kevin Ramirez (Rio Mesa) earned honorable mention accolades.
Addy Cornell (Newbury Park Adventist) was named second team ALL-WSC for the Pirate women and Yesenia Molina (Oxnard) was honorable mention All-WSC.