Second Place at Downey Classic For Second Straight Year

Diandra Jara and Isabelle Dalton finished the Coach Downey Classic 5k course in fifth and sixth place, respectively, to help the Knights earn second place for the second consecutive year. City had four runners place in the top-25, including Joscelyn Silva (22nd) and Kai Bathea (25th).

Jara, City's top finisher once again, ran the course at Morley Field in 21:05, which was three seconds faster than last year's Downey Classic. 

Dalton was right behind her only fourteen seconds behind with a finish time of 21:19. She shaved off nearly two minutes off her previous Downey Classic run in 2021.

Silva was a top-3 City runner for the second consecutive race as she completed the 5k course in 24:56, which was 1:35 quicker than last year's Downey Classic.

Bathea was just behind Silva as she crossed the finish line in 25:00.

Alicen Garcia clocked in at 25:33, which was good for 28th overall, and Nihal Samah came in 29th with a time of 25:39, 31 seconds faster than last year.

Pauline Monganga rounded out the top-7 for the Knights with a finish time of 26:14 (32nd).

Mariana Lara ran the course in 30:01 (43rd) and was followed by Selena Garcia (31:07, 45th) who cut 3:48 of last year's time. In her first college race, Elizabeth Prieto finished in 38:48.

City will race again next Friday at the Mesa College Invitational, which will be held at NTC Park in Liberty Station at 10 a.m.