Minutes before a race, senior track and field distance runner, Lenore Moreno puts her headphones in her ears. At that moment, all the outside noise is blocked out and she is locked in.
The track and field teams competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships hosted by Occidental on Saturday and Sunday at the Bill Henry Track.
The men’s cross country team finished fifth out of 18 teams and the women’s team did not record a team score at the NCAA West Region Championships Saturday at Pomona-Pitzer.
The men’s cross country team finished in fourth place and the women’s team finished in last place at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday at Prado Park.
More than 100 spectators rushed to the final straightaway, making sure they witnessed senior Lenore Moreno finish first for La Verne at the 2012 SCIAC Cross Country Championships at Prado Park in Chino Saturday.