Desert entered their 5th event of the 2023 season, the Mt. SAC Invitational where the team finished 15th at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, where Desert finished 15th with a team time of 3:00:57 on the 4-mile course.

The Roadrunners finished with 406 points and crossing the line first for COD was sophomore Emmanuel Lule (La Quinta H.S.) in 32nd place with a time of 23:54.7. Nine minutes behind him was freshman Gabriel Hernandez (Indio Shadow Hills) crossing the line in 90th place with a time of 33:47.9 and freshman Anthony Perdomo (La Quinta H.S.) finished the race in 93rd place with a time of 36:34.4. Sophomore Matthew Cuanetl (Rancho Mirage H.S.) finished the race in 95th place with a time of 40:32.6 and freshman Daniel Burkett (Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian Academy) wrapped up the morning for the Roadrunners, finishing in 96th place with his second-best time of the season, crossing the line with a time of 46:07.6.

The next event for Desert is at the IEAC Championship at Morley Field at Balboa Park in San Diego on October 20th at 10:30 a.m.

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Information & Story provided by COD Sports Information. Photos courtesy of COD Men's Cross Country head coach D'Arcy Hlavin.