Ever since the Cerritos College women's cross country team entered the Coach Downey XC Classic in San Diego three seasons ago, they have won the meet twice and finished in second the other time. With their 21 team points on Friday, the Falcons were able to capture the championship for the second season in a row. As a team, Cerritos had nine of the top 13 times on the day over the 5K course and Morley Field.

Taking the second through fourth spots on the day were Megan Feitz (Fountain Valley HS), who had a time of 20:17.0, followed by Samantha Martinez (Fountain Valley HS) in a third place time of 20:35.0 and fourth place Evelyn Mejia (Norwalk HS), who touched up in 20:54.2. The top time of 19:19.0 was turned in by Marbella Flores of East Los Angeles College, but they did not field a full team.

Cerritos dominated the eighth through 13th places, which enabled them to come away with the team championship. Delilah Chavez (Lakewood HS) recorded an eighth place time of 22:05.7 and was followed by Kimberly Ibarra (Warren HS) in 22:28.2, with Ariel Alvarez (Firebaugh HS) posting a 10th place time of 22:53.3. On her heels until the end were Diana Perez (Norwalk HS) in 22:57.2 and Vanessa Rojas (Downey HS) in 23:00.1 The final member of the six-person group was Jasmine Osorio (Segerstrom HS), who crossed the finish line in 23:08.8, good for 13th place out of 50 runners.

Also competing for the Falcons on the day were Claudia Rios (Paramount HS; 25:00.0; 24th place) and Natalia Orta (Norwalk HS; 25:32.3; 27th place).

The team will head back down to San Diego next Friday for the San Diego Mesa Invitational, which will be held at NTC Park at Liberty Station.