W. TRACK & FIELD: ALL-AMERICAN HORNET ATHLETES

The State Championships were hosted by and held at Mount San Antonio College this year. The Lady Hornets found themselves in great company finishing out the season with podium performances.

Rebecca De Iorio started the trend on Friday afternoon placing fourth with a throw of 119' 7" in the women's Javelin and claiming the first All-American Athlete for the Hornet team.

Daisy Esparza and Maegan Garritson ran the 10K that evening. Daisy ran right to the front and never looked back holding her second place spot with 38:32.65 and landing the Hornets second All-American Athlete. Garritson finished in the top 12 with a time of 42:47.17 and showed that the distance squad continues to show their prowess in distance running.

"It was a great race for the two sophomores to end up their season running together. I am so proud of their efforts" said Coach Gina Bevec.

On Saturday evening, Daisy Esparza stood at the line for her 5K event. Little did she anticipate she would break her school record and take third and giver herself another All-American Athlete title.

"I felt great after settling in with the first mile. I just kept running and meeting my split times" stated Esparza.

She ran 18:08.69 for third place and the new Hornet school record in the 5K.

The ladies put up 19 points and finished 15th out of 42 teams wraping up another stellar season.