Glendale’s Aguirre Places 2nd in 10,000; Valley’s Reed Shines

Oved Aguirre of Glendale College finished second in the finals of the men’s 10,000 meters in the Southern California junior college track and field preliminaries at Santa Barbara City College on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Aguirre placed sixth (15 minutes 27.98 seconds) in his heat of the 5,000 to qualify for the finals.

Aguirre timed 30:34.28 in the 10,000 to finish behind Passmore Furusa of Zimbabwe and Riverside College, who ran 29:52.66.

Finals of the men’s 10,000 and the women’s 5,000 were held Wednesday. All other finals will be contested Saturday.

Marcus Reed of Valley qualified for the finals in five events. Reed, a sophomore from Canoga Park High, won heats of the 100 (10.46) and 200 (21.62) and was sixth in the long jump (23 feet 4 1/2 inches).

He also ran legs for the Monarchs’ 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams, which finished second in their heats with times of 41.05 and 3:15.20, respectively.

Dan Zorich of Moorpark qualified for the finals of the shotput, discus and hammer throw, setting a school record of 174-10 in the hammer to finish second. He qualified third in the discus (158-3) and sixth in the shotput (46-10 1/2).

Moorpark won its 400 relay heat (41.30) and also qualified in the 1,600 relay with a second-place finish in its heat (3:13.00). But the Raiders suffered a big blow when Bryan Krill and Jeff Ingalls failed to advance in the 400 after finishing one-two in that event in the Western State Conference championships April 24.

Regina Burnett of Antelope Valley leaped a personal-best 37-8 3/4 in the women’s triple jump to lead all qualifiers. Robert Nelson and Oscar Perez of Glendale each qualified for the finals in two events--the 3,000 steeplechase and 5,000.