Chabot Twilight Produces Fast Times
With the pandemic still having a presence this fall, it was decided earlier in the summer to have a contingency plan for competition and a non-traditional fall meet run on the track was born in the Chabot Twilight. With the opportunity to run at night and at a little shorter distance than the traditional cross country race distance, the Hartnell women continued to show they are the best program in the region and are progressing toward contending for a third top 3 finish in school history at the state championship.
Freshman Sofia Camacho had to wait a full year before regular competition returned but having run 5:08/11:08 in high school, it was only a matter of time before she would show her abilities. Running behind teammate Valeria Lozano-Gomez for much of the seven and a half lap race, Camacho launched into the lead over the final 400 meters closing in 74 seconds. Her final time of 10:41.56 moved her to ninth best all-time. Lozano-Gomez was just a few second behind in 10:45.11, an improvement on her 10:55.68 in the last track meet before the COVID-19 shut down of community college athletics. That mark makes her twelfth fastest in school history. Sweeping the top three would be freshman Karla Herrera. The former Marina High School standout and 800m runner, Herrera ran close to her teammates for over 2400 meters and was rewarded with a personal best 10:53.23 that moves into the top 20 all-time. Freshman Andrea Villegas (11:12.97) and Ashley Ochoa (11:28.4) rounded out the top 5. All nine women broke 12:00 for 3000 meters.
The Panther women will play host on Friday, October 1 at the Toro Park Invitational. Women's 3 mile race will be at 3:30pm.
