Leslie Barajas
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- Hometown:
- Spring Valley (CA)
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- Year:
- FR
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- High School:
- Monte Vista
News mentions
For the fifth consecutive season, the Knights will have at least one runner racing at the state championship after Diandra Jara qualified with her best 5k run of the year at the Southern California regional championship on Friday. Jara set a new personal record by finishing Friday's race at Kern County Soccer Park (Bakersfield) in 20:20.1, which was 47th overall in a field of 137.
San Diego City's women's cross country team took third place at the PCAC championship on Friday with Deandra Jara, Jackeline Reyes, and Leslie Barajas all finishing in the top-14 to earn all-PCAC honors. With their third place run, the Knights also qualified for the Southern California Regional championship for the fifth year in a row, a program record.
As she has done at the previous two meets, Deandra Jara was the Knights' fastest runner once again at the Manny Bautista Cross Country Invite, hosted by San Diego Mesa College and held at Liberty Station's NTC Park on Friday morning. Running among the largest field of the season, Jara finished the 5k course in 35th overall with a time of 21:09.9, which nearly equaled her personal record.
The women's cross country team was back on the course on Friday morning as they competed in the first race of the 2022 season at the San Diego Cross Country Kickoff and earned a fourth place finish with freshman Deandra Jara leading the way with a 2-mile time of 15:09, which was good for sixth overall.