College track and field: Magana earns All-America honors

COSTA MESA - Vanguard University distance runner Tony Magana has

earned NAIA All-American status after his sixth-place finish in the

10,000 meters at the recent NAIA Track and Field Championships.

Magana, who entered the race seeded ninth, finished in 31:30, two

seconds off his personal best.

Magana, a former Estancia High and Orange Coast College standout,

broke five school records in his first semester at Vanguard (3,000,

5,000, 10,000, 3,000 steeplechase and the half marathon). He also helped

break a school record with the men’s 1,600 relay team.

Magana, the team’s Athlete of the Year, was an NAIA indoor national

qualifier in the 5,000 and collected All-Golden State Athletic Conference

honors in April.

Beth Weidler and Sarah Hall also competed in the NAIA Championship May

25. Weidler finished 12th in the high jump (5-2 1/4) and Hall was 16th in

the 10,000 (39:45).