Vanguard men finish ninth at Fullerton

BREA -- The Vanguard University men’s cross country team finished

ninth in the Cal State Fullerton Season Opener, which featured 14

teams, at Carbon Canyon Regional Park, Saturday.

Junior Tony Magana led the Lions, finishing 24th out of 143

scoring runners. He came in at 25:05.6 on the 8K course. Mikael

Larsson, a Vanguard junior, finished 40th in 26:21.4.

The Stanford men’s team won the invitational, and Bill Sumner’s

Cal Coast club came in second. Sumner coaches the cross country teams

and track and field at Corona del Mar High. UCLA finished third.

On the women’s side, Vanguard did not score as a team because it

was without its fifth runner. Jenny Thune had the highest finish for

the Lions, 44th in 19:24.7.

Sarah Hall followed in 48th in 19:37.7 and Liz Huipe finished 53rd

in 19:43.3.

Stanford won the meet among seven women teams. Freshman Julie

Allen, a Corona del Mar standout, did not compete.