Posted: Mar 03, 2015
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Marco Zaragoza and Arianna Fuentes, members of the Cal State Fullerton Track and Field program, had the opportunity to participate in Disney's "McFarland USA" movie premiere on Feb. 18 at the Downtown Disney AMC Theatre, an event hosted by the Kevin Armstrong MD Memorial RunStrong Foundation.
Zaragoza and Fuentes spoke to approximately 80 middle school students, that are part of three middle schools from the Santa Ana Unified School District, about their life experiences and their path to the Cal State Fullerton Track and Field program.
The event was hosted by RunStrong, a cross-country team that is supported by the Kevin Armstrong MD Foundation. The foundation encourages and enables low-income students in the Santa Ana Unified School District to participate in sports.
Zaragoza is a junior that is on both the men's cross-country and outdoor track and field team at Cal State Fullerton. He was a very successful high school runner who ran the 1600-meter in 4:20 seconds in high school, and has has two younger sisters that are also runners.
Fuentes is a sophomore on the Fullerton women's indoor and outdoor track and field squads, participating primarily in the distance running events. An Antioch, Calif. native, Fuentes still holds her high school record in the 800m run with a time of 5:08.00.
"It was a real treat for Arianna & Marco to have the opportunity to talk with the junior high kids at the movie screening," head coach John Elders said. "They enjoyed sharing about their running experiences and how that helped them get to college. I really appreciate their willingness to represent our program at this event."
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