ARC Men Win State Title
It looks like another local college’s track and field program had a good year, this time at the community college level.
The American River College men won the California Community College Athletic Association Track and Field Championships this weekend on their home turf.
Mt. San Antonio and El Camino tied for the women’s crown.
To wrap it all up, the Beavers won the 4 x 400 relay with the state-best time of the season, 3 minutes, 13.00 seconds.
A 1970s teletype version of the complete results is here (PDF).
The Bee’s Joe Davidson has the story. Go Beavers!
For clarification the title was won when Garrett Seawell finished fourth in the 5k race running a lifetime best time of sub 14 minutes 53 seconds. The 4×400 could have not ran and arc would have still won. Sprints always get the glory and distance always gets overlooked. Garret Seawell was a former top distance runner of the SJS and faded into obscurity because of injuries. Kind of an amazing comeback story is overlooked, I think it’d be a good read to explore what he’s been through.
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