Lady Rangers run to 3rd at WTC Open
Natali Mireles and Kaylyn De la Rosa continued to turn heads on the cross country trails this season. The Ranger College duo both legged out top 15 finishes on Sept. 14 and helped the Lady Rangers place third in the Western Texas College Open.
Ranger College rolled up 67 points in the meet and finished behind only South Plains and New Mexico Junior College, respectively.
Mireles, one of only a handful of runners to average less than seven minutes per mile on the 5-kilometer course, crossed the finish line as the Lady Rangers' top runner for the second straight meet. She completed the race with a time of 21 minutes, 27 seconds and placed 10th overall.
Mireles averaged 6.54 minutes per mile on the 3.1-mile trail.
De la Rosa narrowly missed a top-10 finish of her own. She raced her way to 12th in the individual standings with a time of 21:58.8.
Aylin Huerta and sophomore Yenifer Martinez both finished in the top 20 for RC. Huerta placed 16th with a run of 22:41.5. Martinez was 20th at 24:23.8.
Freshman Fae Gonzalez checked in at No. 22 with a run of 26:13.8.