LOS ANGELES, CA - The Bakersfield College men's cross-country team finished first and became Western State Conference Champions for the first time since 1993! The team finished with a time of 1:51:05. 

Bakersfield had five individuals take the top seven spots in the four-mile race. Nathanael Rodriguez, who has led the team all season, led the way for the Renegades with a final time of 21:49.9 followed by teammate Jacob Perez (21:58.4), who came in as runner-up. Rodriguez was the champion runner out of over 100 runners. 

BC's top seven finishers received First Team All-Conference honors. The state office will announce official qualifiers for the SoCal Championship event. 

The complete list of Men's Renegade individual finishers are below:

5           Jaden Hart               22:16

6           Abraham Castro        22:29   

7           Atzin Anguiano         22:31

13         Ishmael Nungarary   23:14.1

14         Jacob Nungarary       23:14.4

18        Isaiah Polanco             22:28

31       Robert Chavez             24:52

45       Cesar Cabral Carranza      25:52

64     Timothy Jordan                      27:02

69     Marlon Lopez                          27:52

77    
Cristian Lozano                        28:19.5          
 78   Matthew Ante                          28:20.4

91     
Anthony Evans                       31:16.6

The Renegades will take a week off to prepare for the So Cal Championship meet on November 3rd at El Dorado Park.  

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