Kevin Ramirez
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- Height:
- 5'4"
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- Hometown:
- Oxnard, CA
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Rio Mesa
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- Team:
- Men's XC
News mentions
Sophia Godina earned the Western State Conference's Female Runner of the Year Award while teammate Brianna Torres was named first team All-WSC following the 2023 conference championships on Oct. 20. Erick Tienda led the Pirates' men's award winners with his first team All-WSC honor for his efforts in the 2023 season.
For the third straight year under coach Martin Maciel, the Pirates' men's and women's cross country teams have qualified for the 3C2A State Championships. Both teams placed 13th in a crowded Southern California regional field Friday in Long Beach to move forward to the final meet of the year. Sophia Godina ran in second place out of 158 runners to lead the women and Brianna Torres was 16th. Erick Tienda and Adrian Valdez were 14th and 25th of 189 competitors, respectively, for the Ventura men.
VC sophomore Sofia Godina claimed the individual Western State Conference title for the Pirate women Friday as she and her teammates placed fourth overall at the conference championships in Woodland Hills Friday. The Pirate men came in third as a team, led by Erick Tienda's 12th place finish as the two teams had their best combined team placings since the 2017 season. Both squads easily qualified for the Southern California Regional Championships on Nov. 3 in Long Beach.
Sophia Godina continued her stellar campaign Friday winning the Western State Conference Cross Country Preview meet in Oxnard. She and Brianna Torres, who finished fifth overall, led the Pirate women to a fifth place team finish. Meanwhile, Adrian Valdez and Erick Tienda ran in fifth and sixth place, respectively, for the VC men as the Pirates came in fourth as a team at the conference preview.
The Pirates' men's and women's cross country teams both earned Top-10 finished as a team Friday at the SoCal Preview meet at El Dorado Park in Long Beach. The men were sixth of the 33 teams running while the women placed ninth of 31 teams. Sophia Godina won the women's race and Brianna Torres came in 12th overall while Erick Tienda paced the men in ninth place and Adrian Valdez came in 19th.
The VC women's and men's cross country teams opened their seasons Saturday at the Seawolf Invitational hosted by Sonoma State in Fresno's Woodward Park. Sofia Godina won the women's race featuring 44 runners from four-year schools. Meanwhile, Erick Tienda led the Pirate men with a 20th place finish against 37 athletes competing, also all from four-year programs.