In the 2012 California Community College Cross-Country Championships in Fresno on Nov. 17, the Bakersfield College women’s squad finished 21st out of 28 teams in the 5K race.
According to BC assistant coach David Frickel, the Renegades saved their best meet for last.
BC finished with a score of 502, and ran the race in 1 hour, 44 minutes, 47 seconds with an average time of 20:57.
“The girls finished 21st in the state meet last week at Woodward Park on Saturday,” said Frickel. “Six out of the seven, I believe, ran their seasonal best time, so that was good.
“Moriah [Millwee] was number one for us, Kristen Tapia ran really strong again, at the end of the season in the last three races she finished as our number two runner, so she had a tremendous improvement and did a good job as our number two runner.”
Millwee finished 91st with a time of 20:31.31, and a 6:36 average mile time.
Tapia ended up in the 99th spot in 20:38.63, and a 6:38 average.
Frickel added that they will have returners.
“We have several of the girls coming back since they were freshman this year. So this was kind of a building block for next year to come back and have a good season,” he said.
“Overall, for the team of both boys and girls, the men this year went as far as the Southern California finals, so basically that was pretty good since I only had one guy coming back from the year before.”
Orange Coast College won the women’s state championship in a total time of 1:34:52, an average time of 18:58 for the 3.1 miles, and 79 total points.
In the men’s 4-mile race, American River College won the state title in 1:43:31, an average of 20:42, and 84 total points.
Awards
As the Bakersfield College volleyball team is making a deep run in the postseason, some of the players have been recognized for their performances over the course of the season.
Outside hitter Caitlin Bernardin made the Western State all-conference first team for the South division, the all-state first team and the AVCA all-american second team. AVCA is the American Volleyball Coaching Association. Bernardin led BC in kills in the regular season with 396.
Also making the WSC South all-conference first team were setter Samantha Whittington and outside hitter Editza Urias. Whittington led the team in assists with 850 and Urias was second on the team in kills with 269.
Middle blocker Cailee Luter, middle blocker Taylor Ariey and libero Monica Barksdale made the all-conference second team. Outside hitters Alyssa Mathews and Charisma Hernandez made the all-conference third team.
“I’m very proud that they received these honors,” said BC coach Carl Ferreira.
Eleven BC football players were also recognized for their play this year receiving all-confernce first-team honors, including defensive end Keylon Hollis who was awarded Defensive Player of the Year in the National Northern Conference.
Hollis led the Renegades in sacks with 12½ sacks despite missing the first two games due to a suspension.
Four other defensive players also made the all-conference first team: linebacker Grant Campbell, who led the team in tackles with 86; defensive tackle John Oglesby, who was second on the team in tackles with 71; outside linebacker Ozzy Sombo, who had 59 tackles and cornerback Mercy Maston, who had two interceptions on the season.Offensive players that made the all-conference first team were: running back Jalen Sykes, who led the team in rushing with 1,169; wide receiver Marquise Johnson, who had 493 receiving yards, and tight end Mike Dunn, who led the team in receiving with 557 yards and six touchdowns.
The other offensive players to make the first team were quarterback Brian Burrell, offensive guard Brandon Sarabia and running back Curtis McGregor.Defensive tackle Clinton Carter, safety Chris Hannible and offensive tackle Robert Figueroa received second-team honors.
Baseball
As it gets closer to the start of baseball season for the Renegades, two current Bakersfield College players have signed letters of intent.
Right-handed pitcher Brad Lindsley has signed a letter of intent to Texas Pan American University and left-handed pitcher Justin Kelly has signed to Virginia Tech for the fall of 2013.
Lindsley started in eight games, pitched in 57.2 innings, had 35 strikeouts and had a 2.34 earned-run average in 2012. Kelly started in nine games, pitched in 63.2 innings, had 53 strikeouts and had a 4.10 ERA in 2012.