October 28, 2023

The Central Arizona College Cross Country Teams participated in the Region 1 Championship on Saturday.  The meet, which was hosted by Glendale Community College, consisted of all the junior colleges in the state.

The Vaqueros claimed Region 1 honors by defeating Pima 25 to 30, respectively.  Central Arizona College held out 3 of its top 7 runners to allow other vaqueros the opportunity to race one final time this season.

Top finisher for the Vaqueros yet again went to Julian Campos, who toured the course in 25:51 which was good enough for 2nd overall. There were 14 runners in this years race.  In addition to Julian placing as the Vaqueros top finisher, he also also helped his team by closig the gap to move up to a runner-up finish.

"I'm proud of Julian, we had a strategy before the race and he stuck to it." Stated Head Coach Jon Harmon. "Most runners would let their ego get in the way but not him, he did what he needed to do to help the team win today."

"Jorge, Thomas, and Seth all had a role in the meet and they executed just as asked.  A very solid effort all around." 

The Vaqueros, although running without 3 key runners, defeated 11th ranked Pima.

The remaining Vaqueros finished as follows:

Samuel Gilson (26:01) placed 3rd overall.

Jorge Corona (26:25) placed 5th overall.

Asante Maez (25:25) placed 6th overall.

Thomas MacAskill (27:12) 9th overall.

Seth Leslie (28:05) 13th overall.

Justice Bojorquez (28:51) 14th overall.

The vaqueros will conclude their season on November 11th at the NJCAA National Championship which will be held in Huntsville, AL.  The men will race at 8:00am and the women will follow at 9:00am.