Mohammad Halim ran a time of 22 minutes, 53.5 seconds to place 130th overall as the only Pasadena City College racer at the CCCAA State Championships held Nov. 23 at Fresno's Woodward Park.
Despite four runners placing in the top 100, the Pasadena City College men's cross country team had to settle for 19th place overall at the Southern California Championships held Nov. 8 at Mission Bay in San Diego. The Lancers were able to only qualify one racer for the upcoming CCCAA State Championships in Fresno on Nov. 23.
All season, the Pasadena City College men's cross country team had relied on its two top runners Asa Barton and Giovanni Guajardo. On Nov. 1 at the South Coast Conference Championships, it was two other Lancers who stepped up while the mainstays didn't reach their top performances as the team placed sixth out of eight teams at Irvine Regional Park.
The Pasadena City College men's cross country team ran well as a group and scored third place out of 10 teams at the Cerritos Falcons Invitational held October 4 at Don Knabe Regional Park next to Cerritos College.
The Pasadena City College men's cross country team placed three runners in the top 50 and finished eighth overall at the Golden West Central Park Classic held in Huntington Beach Friday morning.
The Pasadena City College men's cross country team improved three team places from a year ago as the Lancers took 17th out of 28 scoring schools at the SoCal Preview Meet held Sept. 13 at Mission Bay in San Diego.
Facing mostly 4-year university competition, the Pasadena City College men's cross country team finished in 15th place overall out of 18 scoring teams, placing ahead of the only other community college teams participating in Glendale and Ventura, at the Biola Invitational held Saturday at Craig Regional Park in Fullerton.
The Pasadena City College men's cross country team may have turned its fortunes around in 2019. The Lancers placed fourth overall as a team at the Ventura Invitational but four of their runners placed in the top 20 out of 58 total racers.