PHOTOS: Long Beach State XC at UC Riverside Invite
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Brianna Weidler (left) and Maddie Kackley (right) of UC Davis and Allie Scimia of Long Beach State (center) run in the women’s race during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.Long Beach State runners in the men’s race during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.Ryley Fick of Long Beach State (left), Sierra Atkins of UC Davis (center) and Allie Scimia of Long Beach State lead the women’s race during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.Ryley Fick of Long Beach State and Sierra Atkins of UC Davis place first and second in the women’s race in 20:07.5 and 20:14.7 during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.Ryley Fick of Long Beach State wins the women’s race in 20:07.5 during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.Ryley Fick of Long Beach State wins the women’s race in 20:07.5 during the UC Riverside college cross country invitational, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Riverside, Calif.
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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