Chris Parmer

Chris Parmer's dedication can be measured almost exactly. All you need is a calender and a calculator. Parmer, a sophomore on the Orange Coast College cross-country team, took his training seriously this summer. With the help of Chris Hobson, who ran at OCC last year, Parmer had a detailed plan of workouts for each day during the three months he was off from college. The schedule called for a certain distance each day, and several days he'd run twice.

Chris Parmer's dedication can be measured almost exactly. All you need is a calender and a calculator. Parmer, a sophomore on the Orange Coast College cross-country team, took his training seriously this summer. With the help of Chris Hobson, who ran at OCC last year, Parmer had a detailed plan of workouts for each day during the three months he was off from college. The schedule called for a certain distance each day, and several days he'd run twice.

Marcial Beltran of Fullerton College won the 4-mile race in 21 minutes 26 seconds at Central Park in Huntington Beach but Orange Coast defeated Fullerton, 25-32, in an Orange Empire Conference cross-country race Friday. OCC was led by Brad Sigler, third in 21:59; Mike Marckx (fourth, 22:17), Chris Hobson (fifth, 22:17); Chris Parmer (sixth, 22:24), and Joel Hunt (seventh, 22:27). In the women's race: Orange Coast 15, Fullerton 50--Linda Villa of Fullerton won the 5,000-meter race in 22:00.

The Orange Coast College men's cross-country team finished seventh and the women's team third in the Fresno State Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno. In the men's division, American River was first with 74 points, Mt. San Antonio was second with 100 and Hartnell was third with 122. Orange Coast totaled 169. For Orange Coast, Chris Parmer finished 10th on the four-mile course with a time of 20 minutes, 44 seconds and Brad Sigler was 13th in 20:53.

Maricel Benavides of Orange Coast College won the women's individual race but Riverside won the men's and the women's team titles at the Orange Empire Conference cross-country championships Friday at Central Park in Huntington Beach. Benavides ran the 5,000-meter course in 19 minutes 48.1 seconds. Virginia Emiliano of Rancho Santiago was second (20:42.3) and Mary Shelton of Riverside third (20:48.6). Riverside won the women's team title with 47 points.

Heavy rains, cold winds and quickly waning crowds were more than enough to discourage many of the top high school entrants at the Mt. SAC Relays Saturday morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. Many of the premier athletes--including Taft High School's Quincy Watts, the nation's leader at 100 meters--were noticeably absent, having scratched from their events because of the weather.

Ken Hamdorf, Golden West College water polo coach, was starting to doubt if he would ever win a state title. Golden West had been in the championship game the past two seasons, only to lose to Long Beach both times. The Rustlers had lost in the semifinal round the previous season, which was Hamdorf's first as head coach. But Golden West ended Hamdorf's worries Saturday with a 14-10 victory over Cuesta to take the state title at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.

Maricela Benavides of Orange Coast College won the race, but San Diego Mesa won the day Friday at the Irvine Invitational cross-county race at Irvine Regional Park. Benavides won the 3 1/4-mile women's race in 18 minutes and 40.8 seconds but Mesa won the team title with 96 points. OCC was second with 113 points, Riverside was third with 129 points and Rancho Santiago was fourth with 145 points.

Chris Parmer nosed ahead of teammate Eric Anderson to win, leading Orange Coast College past Saddleback, 20-41, Friday in an Orange Empire Conference cross-county meet at Irvine Regional Park. Palmer and Anderson both were timed in 22 minutes. Sean Douglas of Saddleback was third at 22:09. In an Orange Empire Conference women's cross-country meet, Mari Benavides of Orange Coast won in 20:24 to lead Orange Coast to a 17-44 victory over Saddleback.

Cypress softball Coach Brad Pickler got his 100th career victory when the Chargers defeated Cerritos, 1-0, in eight innings in the first game of pool play in the Golden West softball tournament Friday at Golden West. Pickler then improved his record to 101-52 when the Chargers defeated College of the Sequoias, 4-0, in another game Friday. Laura Corson (9-1) pitched a two-hitter for Cypress in the first game. Kerry Callahan had two hits and an RBI in the second game for Cypress (18-2).

The power may be shifting in the Orange Coast College cross-country program this season. The OCC women's team has been the strength of the program, winning its fourth state championship of the decade last season, to go with titles in 1980, '81 and '82. But this season, the men's team appears to be just as strong. The OCC men handled their first Orange Empire Conference challenge this season with a 25-32 victory over Fullerton Friday.