Susana Marquez led the Santa Ana College (SAC) women's cross country team to a fifth-place finish at the Orange Empire Conference Finals.

With their fifth-place finish, the Dons qualified as a team for the Southern California Regional Finals held next Friday, November 4 at Guasti Park in Ontario.

Marquez finished in fifth place, braking up Orange Coast College's (OCC) attempt at a perfect finish. OCC, the overall team winner, finished with the top-four runners with their fifth runner coming in sixth place.

Following Marquez for the Dons was Reyna Fonseca who finished in 11th place and Alicia Sotelo in 29th place. Rounding out the Dons runners were Cassandra Melendrez in 34th place and Guadalupe Alcazar in 37th place.

Fullerton College finished second in the team standings with Riverside College coming in third place. Saddleback College took fourth place, 13 points ahead of the fifth-place Dons.