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Anzures and Lovato Break Two School Records at the Highlander Invitational

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Riverside, CA - 
Running University of California Riverside, hosted by the University of California-Riverside, the Western New Mexico University's Cross-Country team broke two school records in both Men's and Women's Cross Country. 

The Mustang men's team was lead by Michael Anzures (Seboyeta, NM/Grants HS), who placed a new 8K school record with a time of 24:50 which ranked him at 37th place out of 290  (D1 & D2) runners. Anzure's new record beat out the 2006 old record of 24:56. 
 
Close behind was Cody Hepker (Albuquerque, NM/Sandia HS) in 78th place with a time of 25:29, Aaron Perez (El Paso. TX/Eastwood High School) with 25:56 (123rd). David Ceballos (El Paso, TX/San Elizario HS) finished the 8K in 26:06, followed by Josh Lara with 26:27. Other runners for the Men's Cross Country team were Dylan Walker (El Paso. TX/Burges High School), Ahren Thorson (), Erick Arambula (San Elizario, TX/San Elizario HS), and Rene Arambula (San Elizario, TX/San Elizario HS)

The Mustang women's team was led by Britney Lovato (Rio Rancho, NM/Cleveland High School) who also broke the 6K school record that was previously held by herself. Lovato's old record time for the 6K was 22:34, but her new record is 21:56. The time ranked her as 44th place out of 262 runners (D1 & D2). 
 
Following behind Lovato was Itzela Darkenwald (Conroe, TX/Caney Creek High School) with a time of 23:44 (145th) and Maggie Orr (Gilbert, AZ/Gilbert HS) with a time of 24:20 (182nd). Susanna Wollard (Waco, TX/Eldorado High School ) and Brenda Prieto (Las Cruces, NM/Mayfield HS) were also runners for the Women's Cross Country team.  

The Mustangs will find themselves at the Lone Star Conference Championship in Lawton, OK, on Saturday, October 23rd
 

 
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Players Mentioned

Michael Anzures

Michael Anzures

Junior
Erick  Arambula

Erick Arambula

Junior
Britney Lovato

Britney Lovato

Sophomore
Brenda Prieto

Brenda Prieto

Freshman
Maggie Orr

Maggie Orr

Senior
David Ceballos

David Ceballos

Senior
Rene Arambula

Rene Arambula

Freshman
Cody Hepker

Cody Hepker

Sophomore
Aaron Perez

Aaron Perez

Freshman
Itzela  Darkenwald

Itzela Darkenwald

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michael Anzures

Michael Anzures

Junior
Erick  Arambula

Erick Arambula

Junior
Britney Lovato

Britney Lovato

Sophomore
Brenda Prieto

Brenda Prieto

Freshman
Maggie Orr

Maggie Orr

Senior
David Ceballos

David Ceballos

Senior
Rene Arambula

Rene Arambula

Freshman
Cody Hepker

Cody Hepker

Sophomore
Aaron Perez

Aaron Perez

Freshman
Itzela  Darkenwald

Itzela Darkenwald

Freshman