The Bakersfield College women’s cross country team placed third overall at the 29th Ventura Invitational on Aug. 29. Eleven of the women from BC placed in the top 100, four of which were in the top 20.

Sophomore Jessica Campbell placed seventh with the time of 7:12 on average, per mile, in the women’s 5k individual run. Campbell had the overall time of 22:24.68.

On her heels, Leah Theroux placed eighth. Theroux had the average time of 7:17 per mile, finishing the race seconds behind Campbell, with a time of 22:40.30.

The win went to the Canyons’ team, which finished first with the first top-five female runners in the first five positions, with the overall team time at 1:47:50. BC women finished the race with the overall team time of 1:57:10, about 10 minutes behind the first-place team.

Notable mentions were the 18th and 19th place, both freshmen, Monet Portillo and Yareli Ocampo, respectively. Portillo had the average time of 7:40 per mile and finished the invitational with the overall time of 23:51.07. Ocampo averaged one second more per mile, at 7:41, with the overall time of 23:54.22.

The BC men’s team placed seventh overall. The men’s team for Canyons would also win first place, with the first, second, and fourth place positions for the top-three competitors.

The BC men had eight runners place in the top 100 competitors.

Juan Calderon, a sophomore with the BC men’s team, took home the team’s highest ranking, at 19th. Calderon had an average of 5:52 minutes per mile. He would finish the race with the time of 23:28.30.

The BC cross country teams will compete in the Fresno Invitational at Woodward Park on Sept. 13. On Sept. 19, the teams will be in the Southern California Preview at Woodley Park in Van Nuys at 10 a.m.

The teams will return home Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. for the Bakersfield Invitational at Kern Soccer Park.