COSTA MESA, Calif. – Zach Hunt (SR/Sparks, NV) has been named the Golden State Athletic Conference Runner of the Month for October. The senior showed great improvement as he competed in two races for Vanguard in the final full month of season.  Hunt placed fifth with a time of 25:59 at the 26th Vanguard Invitational 8K race held at Irvine Regional Park on October 8. Less than two weeks later, Hunt finished as the top runner for the Lions and the GSAC and sixth overall in a field of more than 140 runners at the Cal State Fullerton Titan Invitational.  His time of 25:01 was a personal record for Hunt and nearly a minute faster than the race earlier in the month.