Western Oregon University Wolves

(WOU, Fall 2021): Luz Garcia put together an impressive first cross country season for the Wolves in the fall of 2021. The transfer from Cal Poly Pomona opened the season with a pair of first-place finishes at the Ash Creek Collegiate and the Mike Johnson Classic. Following a solid 11^th-place result at the competitive Lewis Crossover, Garcia came in fifth at the GNAC Championships to earn All-GNAC honors. Then at the NCAA Division II West Regional, Garcia collected All-West Region honors and qualified for the NCAA Championships coming in eighth on Ash Creek Preserve. Making the Nationals for the second time in her career, Garcia came in 107^th out in Florida. For the year, some of her top times included 13:59.3 in the 4K Ash Creek Collegiate and a time of 21:44.5 in the 6K West Regional.

Before Western Oregon (Cal Poly Pomona): Garcia transfers to Western Oregon for the 2021-22 season after competing at fellow NCAA Division II West Region school Cal Poly Pomona.
On the cross country course, Garcia has put together some strong results already throughout her career. During the 2019-20 season, she was the top finisher on the team in three meets and earned All-West Region honors running on WOU's Ash Creek Preserve in the NCAA West Regional when she came in 13th. Also added a 19th place finish at the CCAA Championships and later ran in the NCAA Championships in Sacramento.
During her first season at CPP, Garcia was one of just three Broncos to run in six meets and the only one to participate in both postseason events. Posted several top-three team finishes throughout the year and ran in both the CCAA Championships (64th) and in the NCAA West Regionals that took place in Billings.
A 2018 graduate of John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, she placed seventh at the 2017 CIF Los Angeles City Section Division I Finals and graduated with honors in the classroom holding above a 3.0 GPA.