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THE CERRITOS
WOMEN AND THE RIVERSIDE MEN LIVE UP TO THEIR BILLING!!!
5/17/08
The California
Community College State Championships held at Cerritos College this weekend
had performances every bit as hot as the over 90 degree weather.
In the women's
competition, the Cerritos team and West LA, as they did in Southern California
Championships, waged a very tight battle all day long. Northern
California's top women's team, Laney, also made it more interesting as well as
their performances impacted the final results.
Eventual winner, Cassie Mitchell, of Orange Coast leads along
with Glendale's Zitlalic Ley in the early part of the women's steeplechase
(photo courtesy of Thom Hunt).
As expected, the
stars shined. Ebony Collins, picking up right where she left off at the
SO Cal Championships, had another amazing meet. Tove Berg of Glendale
finished her community college career with two more individual titles and
Jessica Barfield of Cerritos saved her best jumps for the final meet of the
year.
Vivien Wadeck of Glendale, leads OCC's Crystal Reed, and eventual winner, Tove
Berg of Glendale, in the early part of the 5000 meter race (photo courtesy of
Thom Hunt).
As the team
competition continued however, Cerritos College through the strength of its
throwers, jumpers and distance crew were able to maintain a balanced team
performance, which was good enough to earn them their second state title in
three years.
Daniel Auberry anchors the Riverside 4 x 100 team to
victory.
On the men's side,
Riverside rolled to one of the most impressive team titles in recent memory.
Almost doubling the total of the second place team, Sacramento, Riverside
demonstrated strength in almost every facet of the meet, especially in the
sprints, hurdles and jumps.
Daniel Gonia, of
San Diego Mesa, on his way to an impressive victory in the 5000 (photo
courtesy of Thom Hunt).
Vannie Prudhomme, of Long Beach City College, on his way to the state 110 high hurdles
title.
The stars of the
meet included San Diego Mesa distance specialist, Daniel Gonia, who took home
two first place medals. Riverside's Ennis Jones, took the 400 meter
title home and Long Beach City's Vannie Prudhomme took the 110 hurdles as well
as placing 2nd in the high jump.
Complete State Meet Story
by Fred Baer
NORWALK -- The host Cerritos College women and the Riverside Community
College men won California Community College Athletic Association Track and
Field Championships Saturday.
Women’s Team Race: Cerritos was led
by two individual champions, discus thrower Whitney Ashley (147 feet, 2
inches) and triple jumper Jessica Barfield (40-1 1/2). They shared the
women’s field athlete of the meet award. Ashley was also second in the shot
put (42-3 1/2) and fifth in the hammer throw (143-10). Barfield also place
second in the long jump (18-4 1/4). The Falcons scored 101 points to
outdistance West Los Angeles (92 1/2) and Laney (77). Laney was the
runner-up in 2007 to American River. Riverside was fourth (52) and
Orange Coast fifth (48).
Men’s Team Race:
Riverside clinched the men’s title early,
scoring 112 points. The tigers had a pair of individual champions, Ennis
Jones in the 400 meters (46.67 seconds) and Stephan May in the 800 meters
(1:53.58). The latter was a major upset. May had the last (ninth best)
qualifying mark in the field, running just 1:56.05 in the Southern
California Championships (where Riverside was also the team champion).
Jones was also second in the 200 meters. Riverside also won the 4 x 100
meter relay (40.27) and was third in a thrilling 4 x 400 meter finale
(3:12.76), where the top six teams all finished within less than a one
second time span. (American River won in 3:12.25). Defending state men’s
champion Sacramento finished second with 67 points, followed by Fresno (52),
Long Beach (47), and Moorpark (45).
Women’s speed match-ups: Ebony
Collins of West Los Angeles was involved in two of the closest races of the
meet. She won the 100 meters, in 11.53, same time as runner-up Shahnel
Woodley of Laney. They both now share the second best community college
time in the nation this year. Candise Maxwell of Laney was third in 11.66,
No. 6 in the USA. Earlier Maxwell repeated as state champion in the 100
meter hurdles in 13.46, edging Collins (13.47) – both just missing the
national leading time of 13.45. Collins won the 400 meter hurdles in 61.88
(where she had run a national leading time of 57.67 in the Southern
California finals).
Triple crown: Chauncy David-Jacobs
of City College of San Francisco figured in three titles. She won the 400
meters (54.86) and a classic 200 showdown involving all the top speedster in
(23.89), then anchored the Rams to victory in the 4 x 400 meter relay
(3:48.14) with a 54.6 split – in which a Collins anchored West LA quartet
finished third (3:52.04).
In the 200, Collins was only seventh.
Laney’s Shahnel Woodley (24.20) and Maxwell (24.49) chased David-Jacobs.
Laney won the 4 x 100 relay (45.02), improving its own No. 2 national
ranking time, and was fourth in the 4 x 400. Laney sprinter Robyn Hunt also
won the long jump (19-3 1/2).
Double repeat: Tove Berg of Glendale
repeated as a double winner in the 5000 meters (17:18.98) and the 10,000
meters (36:41.19) – a fete previously accomplished only by Orange Coast’s
Michelle Icban in 2002-03. Kate Almond of Cuesta won the pole vault
(11-6), which she also took in 2006. She ranks No. 2 nationally this year
(12-1)
Top Throw: Danielle Thu of San Diego
Mesa won the hammer throw with a national leading 185-0 mark.
Men’s national leader in 100:
Curtis Mitchell of Southwestern produced the fastest JC/CC 100 meters time
of 2008, 10.23 (although aided by a win of 2.8 meters per second, over the
allowable 2.0 for record purposes). He won the 200 in 20.90 into a 2.5 mps
wind – but already ranks No. 3 nationally there at 20.86.
Repeaters: Both hurdles winners won
titles previously and posted the No. 2 JC times nationally this year.
Kenneth Medwood of East LA repeated in the 400 hurdles in 51.63. Vannie
Prudhomme, the 110 hurdles winner in 2006, returned to take the 2008 title
in 13.82.
Field Star: K.P. Singh of Fresno
City College took top men’s field honors, repeating as hammer throw champ
with a national leading throw of 198-9 and also winning the discus throw
(175-4) – where he already ranks No. 2 (177-6). Neelon Greenwood of
Sacramento won the triple jump (51- 5 3/4) and was second in the long jump
(24-9), just 3/4 of an inch behind winner Joseph Kristen of Cerritos (24-9
3/4).
Another doubler: Daniel Gonia of San
Diego Mesa won the 10,000 meters (31;02.61) on Friday and the 5, 000 meters
(14:56.38) on Saturday. The 10K races were the only running finals on
Friday.
Top Deca mark: Nate Koch of Mt. SAC
won the decathlon with a national leading 6,938 point total.
Athletes of the meet: women’s track,
Berg (Glendale) and Collins (West LA); women’s field, Barfield and Ashley
(Cerritos); men’s track, Mitchell (Southwestern); men’s field, Singh
(Fresno).
Individual
Results
Team
Scores
West LA Star
Makes History -- Special Report by Coach Larry Knuth
Making SoCal History …
In just one evening
Ebony Collins of West LA became part of SoCal Finals lore-52.5points from
winning five events and running third leg on the winning 1600-meter relay.
Extraordinary! Collins 57.67 win in the intermediate hurdles was a new stadium
and SoCal meet record. And she is just a freshman!
A salute also to:
Tove Berg of Glendale
has now won four So Cal gold medals in two years in the 5, 10k runs. She is on
the verge of duplicating the feat in the state meet.
Vannie
Prudhomme’s
outstanding 13.94 in the high hurdles give Long Beach CC 20(!)SoCal high
hurdle titles since the first state meet in 1952. Recognition also to
Gyashi
Rivers (ELAC)
and JoshuaComo (Riverside)
jumping identical 52-4 triple jumps to make their mark on the national scene.
Congratulations to
Riverside’s men and Cerritos’
women
for their team titles. This was an exciting meet with many national community
college caliber marks. Good luck to our SoCal athletes in the state
meet.
The Cerritos
Women and the Riverside Men Live up to Their #1 Rankings at So Cal!!!
5/10/08
The Southern
California Track & Field Championships were contested this weekend at
Bakersfield College and they did not disappoint in the level of
top performances that were turned in by the best that So Cal has to offer.
The favorites going
into the team competition of the So Cal Championships were the Cerritos College
women and the Riverside men as they carried number rankings into the contest.
However, even with their number one rankings, they were not without their
challenges as great performances were turned in by athletes from across the Southland
as they went
after team and individual glory.
Glendale's Tove Berg, leads Orange Coast's Crystal Reed in
the early part of the 5000 meters. Berg went on to win the race.
(photo courtesy of Thom Hunt)
In the women's
events, Glendale's Tove Berg, after winning the 10,000 meters a week earlier,
came back and won the 5000 meters, defeating her teammate Viven Wadeck and
outstanding OCC runner, Crystal Reed.
In the throws,
Cerritos' Whitney Ashley and Rachel Butler led a Falcon contingent that
dominated the throws winning the discus and javelin events.
However, without a
doubt, the dominate athlete of the meet was West LA's Ebony Collins, who won
an incredible five individual events as well as being a part of the winning 4
x 100 relay. Collins won the 100, 200, 100 hurdles, 400 intermediate
hurdles and the long jump, scoring an astounding 52.5 points
Yet, even with
Collins' heroics, the dominance of the Cerritos throwers, as well as strong
contributions by their distance squad was too much, as Cerritos went onto the
team victory.
The men's steeplechase in the early part of the race, Daniel
Clifford-Sorenson (left) and Michael Flowers went 1-2. (photo courtesy of Thom
Hunt)
On the men's side,
Long Beach City's Bryan Braman won the javelin with a fantastic throw of 214'.
He also placed 7th in the high jump with a 6' 7" effort, and placed 4th in the
Long Jump. Long Beach also received an outstanding performance by Vannie
Prudhomme as he took the 110 high hurdles and placed 2nd in the high jump.
The outstanding
sprinter of the meet was Southwestern's Curtis Mitchell who took both the 100
and 200 meter events.
Anthony Reese of East LA, leads eventual winner Ulises
Lorenzo, of Rio Hondo, on the first lap of the men's 800. (photo
courtesy of Thom Hunt)
The distances saw
more of mix of athletes. Daniel Clifford-Sorenson easily won the men's
steeplechase. El Camino's Steven Calise won the 1500 and Rio Hondo's
Ulises Lorenzo took the 800 meters. Perhaps the distance runner of the
meet would be San Diego Mesa's Daniel Gonia who was the only distance double
winner, taking the 5000 meters a week after winning the 10,000 meters.
In the throws,
Moorpark continued to dominate, with victories by Colin Dunbar in the hammer
and Jimmie Pacifico in the men's shot put with a winning throw of 54' 11".
Yet, Riverside went
on to an easy victory as they demonstrated depth in almost every facet of the
meet. In the men's long jump, Riverside went 1-2 with the victory going
to David Girten. Riverside was dominate in the relays as they swept both
the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 events.
They also scored
numerous points in the 100 and 200 meters led by sprinters David Girten, Duke
Greer and Daniel Auberry. With this type of consistency, Riverside
proved impossible to match as they won the men's competition by over 70
points.
Results,
Direct Athletics
Results, html file
The Southern
California Prelims Moves the Elite to the Finals
5/4/08
There are no
tomorrows. This was the mantra for athletes as they prepared themselves
for the Southern California Prelims that took place at Bakersfield College
this past Saturday. The formula was quite simple, qualify or turn in
your gear for the year. With this in mind, athletes began to turn up the
heat.
In the sprints, top
performances were turned in by Southwestern's Curtis Mitchell, Riverside's
Duke Greer and Chaffey's Jamere Franklin in the 100 meters. Portia Bell
of Antelope Valley, Mt. SAC's Danielle Lewis and West LA' Ebony Collins
highlighted the women's 100.
In the
mid-distances, Anthony Reese of East LA and Dave Edwards of San Diego Mesa led
the marks in the men's 800 and 1500. LA Valley's Mekka White Edwards and
Mt. SAC's Christine Cortez were the top women representatives in those same
events.
Cerritos' Daniel
Clifford-Sorenson and Orange Coast's Cassie Mitchell had the top performances
in the men's and women's steeplechase.
Riverside's David
Girten had the top long jump mark and Tanya Brammer of Mt. SAC had the best
leap in the women's competition.
In the throwing
events, El Camino's Na'i Leni won the shot put and Moorpark's Jimmie Pacifico
continued his streak of great performances taking the men's shot put.
In the sole final of
the weekend, Glendale's Tove Berg began her campaign to defend her 10,000
meter state championship by winning another So Cal title and San Diego Mesa's
Daniel Gonia took the men's honors in their 10k.
Results
Cuyamaca and
Southwestern Prove To Be Tops in the Foothill Conference
4/25/08
The Cuyamaca men and
the Southwestern women proved to be the top teams in the Foothill Conference
Championships this past Friday which were held at Cuyamaca College.
The men's
competition was highlighted by some great individual performers. In the
sprints, Southwestern's Curtis Mitchell dominated the short sprints winning
the 100 and 200 meters.
In the distance
events,bChafey's Montrail Brooks took the 800. San Diego Mesa proved to be the power
in the longer events with Marcos Corona taking the
1500 and Mesa's standout, Daniel Gonia winning the 5000 and 10,000 meter
races.
However, in the
throwing events, is where Cuyamaca really picked up steam with a 1 - 5 finish
in the men's hammer led by Kellen Dion. Cuyamaca also picked up
important points in the jumps, with victories by Tracy Thompson and Kevin Jenkins
in the long and triple jump. This was enough to give Cuyamaca the team
title over nearest competitor Southwestern 180 - 167.
On the women's side,
standout performances were turned in by Antelope Valley's Portia Bell who won both
the 100 and 200. In the hurdles, San Bernardino's Ebony James took the
400 intermediates.
The distances were
marked by strong performances by San Diego Mesa's Samantha Espindola and
Southwestern's Joella Silvera who won the 5000 and 10,000 meter races.
Southwestern began
to separates itself in the jumps with victories by Olivia Juarez in the long
jump and Jessica Miles in the triple jump. After the points were added
up, the final score was Southwestern 198 and Cuyamaca, it's closest rival 136.
Results
Cerritos Takes
SCC Title While Mt. SAC Wins Men's Honors
4/25/08
The Cerritos College
women showed why they are ranked number one in the state as they went on to
win the South Coast Conference team championship with a comfortable margin
over nearest rival, Mt. SAC, with a 296 - 215 victory.
In the sprinting
events Long Beach City's Latonya Estrin won the 100 and the 200 meter races,
however Cerritos College's Khandie Brooks took the 400.
LBBC's Latonya Estrin
won two events at the SCC Championships.
In the distance
events, Mt. SAC's Christine Cortez won the 800 and the 1500 meters. Yet,
Cerritos fought back in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters with Shannon Simpson and her
teammate Lucy Beuster who went 1-2 in the 10,000 and then reversed that order
to go 1 -2 again in the 5,000.
Where Cerritos
pulled away was in the throwing events. Rachel Butler led a 1 -2 -3 -4
finish for the Falcons in the javelin. Mt. SAC fought back with a
victory by Daniela Coria in the hammer, yet Cerritos grabbed the 2nd and 3rd
place points. The Falcon's Whitney Ashley also led a 1 -2 finish in
the discus as well. Other standout performers included Mt. SAC Adrienne
Lewis who won the long and high jump competitions.
In the men's
competition, Mt. SAC had an excellent performance turned in by Matt Todd in the
pole vault, as he led a 1 -2 -3 - 4 finish by the Mounties.
El Camino, the
regular season dual meet champion team, tried to gain the upper hand with their
distance standout Steven Calise as he won the 1500.
In the sprints, LA
Southwest's Tran Howell was victorious in both the 200 and 400 races and East
LA's Conroy Black won the 100.
In the distance
events, Cerritos' Daniel Clifford-Soresnon won the 3000 steeplechase and also
took the 5000, while Mt. SAC's Javier Ceja won the 10,000 meters.
Mt. SAC pulled away
from it's competition in the men's hammer throw as it took an amazing 1 - 6
finish, led by the victory of Steven Paz. The Mounties James Doyle also
won the men's javelin, giving Mt. SAC a 214 -135 victory over nearest rival El
Camino.
Results
Riverside Is Victorious In The Men While
Coast Takes Championship In The Women's Division
4/25/08
The Riverside's men's team continued it
strong performance through the "08" campaign, taking the Orange Empire
Conference Championship over nearest rival 347-151. Riverside dominated
the sprinting events winning the 100, 200 and 400 meter races. Sprint
standouts, Duke Greer and Ennis Jones both earned individual championships.
In the distance events, Santa Ana's Jersain
Torres took the 1500 meters and the 5000 meter individual titles, while
Riverside's Juan Ruiz took the 10,000.
In the field events, OCC's Ardres Rossini
took the discus while Fullerton's Albert Torriz won the shot put.
Riverside's decathlete, Lance Gonzalez took the javelin.
In the jumps, Golden West's Danny Savoie won
the high jump, while Riverside athletes David Girten and Josh Como took both
the long and triple jump victories.
The women's competition proved to be much
closer in the team standing as OCC edged Riverside by a mere 8.5 points
winning with a score of 287.5 - 279.
OCC was led by distance star Crystal Reed who
took who swept all four distance events winning the 800, 1500, 5000 and 10,000
meters while her teammate Cassie Mitchell won the individual title in the
steeplechase.
In the sprints, Riverside's Djquara
Jackson won the 100 and 200 meters and teammate Brittany Manuel won 400.
In the field events, Riverside Jennifer
Schulte took the javelin competition and Fullerton's Vanessa Gerard won the
discus.
Results
Conference Prelims Get the Week Started!
4/23/08
The Championship season
kicked off this week with the conference prelims. Most athletes spent
their time trying to advance to the finals while others had their events
determined on prelim day. Below are the links to the prelim results for
the conferences, there will be a full write up for each conference at the
conclusion of the finals.
SCC Prelims
OEC Prelims
WSC Prelims
Foothill
Prelims
Mt. SAC Relays Proud Tradition Continues
4/12/08
The 50th Annual Mt. SAC
Relays continued to produce outstanding efforts today at historic Hilmer Lodge
Stadium.
In the men's division, Southwestern's Curtis
Mitchell won the 100 in a time of 10.48 and then came back and won the 200 in
a time of 21.16. Also in one of the more impressive races of the day,
six broke the 48 second barrier with Roman Gray of Sacramento winning in a
time of 46.96. Daniel Clifford-Sorenson of Cerritos bettered his state
leading mark in the steeplechase as he narrowly outkicked Michael Flowers to
win in a time of 9:25.67.
In the field events, Mt. SAC's Matt Todd won
the pole vault with a 16' )' effort. Joshua Allen of Chaffey won the
shot put with a 42' throw and Citrus' Evan D'Oyen won the discus.
On the women's side, Riverside's Djquara
Jackson won the 200. Sacramento's Ebony Willis took the 400 meter
hurdles and Glendale's Tove Berg won a very hot 5000 in a time of 17:28.
In the field events, Megan Hill of Mt. SAC
took the pole vault with an 11' 0" effort. College of the Canyons'
Brittany Uhl won the long jump and Cerritos' Jarvin McClain won the discus.
Results
The Coast Classic Produces Outstanding
Marks!
4/11/08
The Orange Coast Classic had a fine gathering
of athletes this past Friday. Outstanding marks and performances
highlighted the day.
In the women's 100 and 200, Antelope Valley's
Portia Bell was the dominant performer as she took both races. OCC's
Jillian Lopez won the 1500 and Crystal Reed placed 2nd in the 3000 with an
outstanding time of 9:57.
In the field events, West LA's Turquoise
Williams won the triple jump. Cuyamaca's Valerie Logel won the shot put
with a throw of 37' 1" and then placed 2nd in the discus.
On the men's side, the standout performance
of the day went to LA Southwest's Tran Howell who rocketed to a victory in the
400 with a time of 46.86! LA Southwest also went on to victory in the 4
x 100 relay.
In the field events, Long Beach's Marquan
Jackson won the triple jump with a leap of 48' 1" and his teammate Brian
Brahman won the high jump with a leap of 6' 9".
Results
El Camino's Men and Cerritos' Women Clinch
Titles
4/4/08
The El Camino men and
the Cerritos women clinched conference dual meet titles with victories in
their competition at Long Beach City College this past Friday.
El Camino received strong performances from
Steve Calise in the 800 as he took the victory in 1:58 and also won both relay
events. Cerritos fought back with double victories by distance standout Daniel
Clifford-Sorenson in the 1500 and 3000 meters. LBCC got into the mix as
well as they took both the hurdle events as Vannie Prudhomme won the 110 high
hurdles and Bobby Workman took the 400 intermediates.
However, El Camino really shined in the field
events as Garret Till won the high jump and Jacob Weintraub won the both shot
put and discus events. This coupled with a victory by Nicolas Jinchereau
in the pole vault was enough to give El Camino a 175 - 137 victory over
nearest rival Cerritos.
On the women's side, Cerritos women received
strong performances from Shannon Simpson as she took the 1500 and her teammate
Lucy Beuster as she won the 3000. El Camino's Shavonya Decuir won the
200 and placed second in the 100 to give her team a boost.
However, Cerritos dominated the throwing
events as Ashley Whitney, Maria Rodriguez and Rachel Butler won the discus,
hammer and javelin events respectively. It was enough to give Cerritos a
comfortable margin of victory winning the meet 273-134 over nearest competitor
El Camino.
Results
Riverside
Clinches It's Second OEC Title in a
Row 4/4/08
The Riverside men
defeated both Orange Coast and Fullerton to take it's second consecutive
Orange Empire Conference championship.
Led by Ennis Jones in
the sprints and a powerful performance in the jumping events, Riverside went
on to win by comfortable margins over both school with a 117-32 victory over
OCC and a 137-12 victory over Fullerton.
Notable performances
included Riverside's Dominick Hemphill's victory in the high jump and his
teammate David Girten's win in the long jump.
Stephan Ruby of OCC won
the javelin with a throw of 171' 3" while another Pirate, Andres Rossini won
the discus with a toss of 170' 6".
Riverside also took the 4
x 100 in an outstanding time of of 41.6, however, OCC managed to grab the 4 x
400 with a time of 3:23.
Results
Canyons Garners Two Victories
4/4/08
College of the Canyons walked away from
their competition against Santa Monica, Glendale and Santa Barbara with two
victories this past Friday at Glendale College.
On the men's side, Santa Monica's Donovan
Chin grabbed both the 100 and 200 meter races and teammate Jose Reyes took the
400 meter hurdles. Santa Barbara's Matt Crego won the 400. However,
Canyons standout out distance runner, Alfredo Coronado won both the 1500 and
3000 meter races.
In the field events, Canyon's Chris Powell
took both the high jump and triple jump and also placed third in the long jump
which was enough to give Canyons the edge in the men's competition.
On the women's side, Glendale's outstanding
duo of Vivien Wadeck and Tove Berg gave them a big boost as Wadeck took the
800 and 1500, while Berg won the 3000. Glendale also received big help
from their sprinter Melani Artoun-Livaskan as she won both the 100 and 200.
However, Canyons complete dominance in the
long and triple jump in which they received sweeps in both events, led by
Brittany Uhl gave Canyons enough points to win with a 76-68 margin over
Glendale.
Results
Golden West and Santa Ana Tie in the Men's Competition, But GW
Takes the Women's Victory
4/4/08
In a rarity in track competitions, Golden
West and Santa Ana managed to tie in the men's competition of their dual meet
that took place this past Friday at Santa Ana College, with a 65-65 deadlock.
In what seemed to the pattern of the meet,
Santa Ana athletes took most of the running events, yet, Golden West fought
back in the field events.
Standout performances included Jersain
Torres' victory in the the 3000 with a state leading time of 8:33 and Joshua
Brown's victory in both the 100 and 200 meter races.
Golden West fought back with wins by Eric
Gonzalez and Johnny Ho in the triple and long jump. Santa Ana's Ryan
Gleason dominated the throwing events, winning the hammer, discus and shot
put. Yet, after all the smoke had cleared their was still a tie at the top of
standings.
On the women's side, GW's Klarissa Stovall
won the 100 and teammate Maria Kaupa won both the 200 and 400. Santa
Ana's Belen Cervantes took the 1500 meters.
In the field events Santa Ana's Sandy
Gonzalez won the high jump and long jump as well as placing second in the
triple jump. In the end, however, it was not enough to offset Golden
West's team victory as they beat Santa Ana by a score of 70.5 - 42.
Results
The Riverside
Community College Open has Impressive Performances 3/28/08
The RCC Open had
some impressive performances that were turned in during all facets of the
competition which took place on the Tigers home track.
In the women's
competition, San Bernardino's Ebony James ran a very good 400, clocking a
57.87. Riversides Ariana Celis took the 1500 meter victory and
Riverside's women took both relay events.
In the field events
Shalissa Harris of Bakersfield won the high jump with a leap of 5' 3" and then
came back and took the long jump with a 17' 9.25" effort.
In the men's
competition, Leve Ross of Antelope Valley had the top community college mark
in the 100 with a 10.74. Mitchell Harris of Victor Valley won the 400 in
a time of 48.74, securing a place in the top 5 So Cal Marks list in that event
and San Bernardino's Jared Bain won the 800 in a time of 1:56.30.
In the field events,
Long Beach's Vannie Prudhomme continued to improve in the high jump winning
another invitational title with a leap of 6' 9.75". Shawn DeHorney won
the pole vault and Riverside's Kevin Rodgers won the long jump with an
outstanding leap of 24' 11".
Results
Cerritos Takes
Women's Competition, While El Camino Grabs the Men's Victory in Key SCC
Match-Up.
3/28/08
The South Coast
Conference inter-league competition is heating up. This was no more
apparent then when some of the biggest teams of that conference squared off
including, Mt. SAC, Cerritos, El Camino and LA Southwest.
In the women's
competition, Cerritos' Sade Williams took the 100, 200 and anchored their
winning 4 x 100 team to victory. Pasadena' An'nisa Faquir won the long jump
with a fine leap of 18' 1". El Camino's Na'i Leni won the shot put with
a throw of 47' 1.75" and Mt. SAC's Megan Hill set a school record in winning
the pole vault with a 11' 9" effort.
When the final
scores were tallied though, Cerritos demonstrated enough depth to capture the
team victory with a 23 point margin over nearest rival Mt. SAC.
On the men' s side,
Pasadena's Isaiah Sims took the 100 in 10.7 as well as the 200 in 21.46.
Cerritos' Marlon Austin won the 400 in 49.2 and teammate Daniel
Clifford-Sorenson won the 2 mile in 9:27. El Camino's Jacob Yowell took
first place honors in the 400 hurdles and was runner-up in the 110 high
hurdles. El Camino also won both relays as well.
In the field events
Mt. SAC's Matt Todd won the pole vault while El Camino's Jacob Weintraub won
the shot put. Cerritos' Nicholas Armstrong took the high jump with a
6'8" effort. In the end, El Camino's success in the relays as well as
a
strong showing in the field and distance events led to a 12 point victory over
closest rival Mt. SAC.
Results
The Southern
California Heptathlon/Decathlon Championships are Big for Jackson and Koch 3/23/08
The Southern Cal Hep/Dec
Championships took place today at Moorpark College. The championships
would also serve as the qualifying section for the state championships with
the top six finishers in each event going onto the big dance.
On the women's side
Bakersfield's Anikia Jackson had best performances in the javelin. 100 hurdles
and had a third best in the shot put. This coupled with strong
performances in the other events, gave Jackson a 113 point edge over runner-up
Ashley Fletcher of Fullerton.
On the men's spot,
Mt. SAC's Nate Koch had a second best in the long jump, the top performance in
the pole vault and had the fastest time in the 100, which gave him the edge
over Riverside's Lance Gonzalez to take the So Cal title.
Results
California
Relays Proves to be a Big Winner for the Community Colleges
3/22/08
With a unique
format that has the community colleges sharing the stage with some of the
best open/club teams and the high schools, the California Relays proved to be
a tremendous success. Over 2200 total entrants in the days events
attracted large crowds, and the community colleges impressed the
spectators as well as the high school programs that were in attendance.
West LA's Ebony Collins showcased
her talents as she won the women's 200 meters in an impressive time of 23.64,
defeating South Bay Track athlete and former Cerritos College star April Brown
in the process. Vivien Wadeck of Glendale improved her state leading
1500 meter time to 4:38 and Cerritos' Whitney Ashley won the shot with a throw
of 42' 02".
On the men's side, Sacramento's
Pierien ran a fine time of 47.88 placing him third overall in the men's 400
invitational section. Daniel Clifford-Sorenson of Cerritos won the men's
invitational 1500 running a 4:01.60 moving him into the top three on the So
Cal list. Matthew Prentice of San Bernardino won the men's 5000 in a
time of 15:02, also moving him into the top three on the So Cal marks list and
Long Beach City's Marquan Jackson won the 110 high hurdles in a time of 14.78.
In the field events, Moorpark's
Jimmie Pacifico won the shot put with a throw of 57'2" and West LA's Joel
Childress won the javelin with a throw of 180' 10".
Results
Fresno State and Mt. SAC Continue Their Rivalry
3/20/08
For the past several
years, one of the most unique meets that has taken place on the community
college/university scene has been the annual dual meet between Fresno State
and Mt. SAC. This year's competition was held on the Mounties home turf.
In the sprints,
Fresno State took the 100 and 200, yet Mt. SAC's Javier Ceja won the men's
3000 in an excellent time of 8:44. Mt. SAC was also able to pick up
points with a second and third finish in the men's shot put by Josh Morcilio
and Franklin Robinson. The Mounties were also able to grab points in the
pole vault with a second and third finish by Matt Todd and Andrew County.
However, it was not enough as Fresno State won the men's competition with a
118-70 victory.
On the women's side,
Fresno State swept both the 100 and 200 meters with victories by Rayna White
and Tierra Hillard. Christine Cortez helped the Mounties fight back as
she took the 800 in an excellent time of 2:16. Cortez would come back in
the 1500 to place second in a outstanding time of 4:36. The Mounties
also received help from their shot putter Danilea Corea who placed 2nd overall
and in the long jump with a victory by Adrienne Lewis. Yet, as in the
men's competition, Fresno State was able to continue to the victory winning
with a final score of 123-67.
Results
Golden West and Fullerton Split the Difference
3/20/08
Golden West took on
conference rival Fullerton College at the Hornet's home track and came home
with a split in the men's and women's competition with Golden West taking the
men's division while Fullerton took the women's competition.
Notable performances
on the men's side included the Hornet's Ronnie Norman winning the 800 in 2:03
and Golden West's Danny Gonzalez winning the 3000.
In the field events,
GW's Dannie Savoie took the triple jump and Adam Pierce led a 1-4 sweep in the
hammer throw.
The final score for
the men's competition was a 88-65 victory for Golden West.
In the women's
competition, standout performance were turned in by Renne Aguilar who won the
3000 meters in 12:16 and her teammate April Harris who took the 1500 in 5:02.
In the field events,
Ashley Fletcher jumped to a victory in the long jump, triple jump and the high
jump.
Fullerton went onto
win 97-42.
Results
Riverside Wins
Both Men's and Women's Contest Against Santa Ana
3/20/08
The Riverside Tigers
kept their strong season going as they continued to roll through their
conference schedule with victories over both the Santa Ana men's and women's
teams in a meet held at Riverside Community College.
On the men's side,
standout performances were turned in by the
4x100 squad (Duke Greer,
Ennis Jones, Kevin Rodgers, and Daniel Auberry) which ran a state best 41.09.
In the 110 HH Sammy Jeter (14.88) and Kenny King (15.06) went 1-2, and now
rank 3rd and 5th in the state respectively.
Santa Ana had an excellent performance turned in by their distance star
Jersain Torres who won the 1500 in 4:07. Torres returned in the 3000 to
win that in a time of 9:11.
The Riverside women were led by Sharayza Jackson who won the 100 in a time of
12.88 and Djquara Jackson who won the 200 in a time of 25.23.
Santa Ana' Belen Cervantes was victorious in the women's 1500 and her
teammate, Sandy Gonzalez took top honors in the high jump.
Riverside received powerful performances in the hammer throw by Ashley Mercado
and in the triple jump by Jasmine Seymour.
Results
The California
Relays Announces Entries!!! 3/19/08
The California
Relays, which will take place this Friday and Saturday (March 21st and 22nd)
at Cerritos College heat sheets are now posted
(click here for
heat sheets). College/Open athletes who have been selected for the invitational
sections that are scheduled to compete on Saturday will be listed.
Selections for the invitational sections for all laned races (this excludes
all races using qualifying rounds on Friday), were selected by taking the top
9 marks that were submitted by coaches and verified by the California Relays
Selection Committee. For additional information on the California
Relays, including schedules, meet times, directions and stadium information,
please visit
www.californiarelays.net.
The Bakersfield
Invitational has a Big Meet Atmosphere!
3/15/08
Bakersfield College
will be the host site for this years Southern California Championships.
This gave this years Bakersfield Invitational special importance as many of
the top community colleges in the southern region were in attendance.
Glendale's Viven
Wadeck won the 800 in 2:22.74 and Wadeck doubled her victory total by winning
the 5000 as well in a time of 17:27. Another double winner was Cerritos'
Yasmin Webb as she took both hurdle races in 14.91 and 1:01.75 and Mt. SAC
women's 4 x 100 team was victorious with a 49.18 effort.
In the field events,
Santa Ana's Sandy Gonzales won with a leap of 5'4". Mt. SAC's Megan Hill
won the pole vault with a 10'4" performance and El Camino's Na'i Leni won the
shot put in 43'8".
The men's
performances were equal to the task. Santa Ana's Joshua Brown won the
100 meters in a time of 10.74. El Camino's Brent Marcelis won the 200 in
22.05. On the distance side, Oxnard's Miguel Cisneros won the 5000
meters in 15:18 and in the men's 10,000 meters, Mt. SAC's Javier Ceja set a
state leading mark with a top performance of 31:06.
In the field events,
Santa Ana's Matthew Carter cleared 7'0" for the victory. Saddleback's
Andy Miller won the pole vault with a 15'0" effort and El Camino's Jacob
Weintraub won the shot put in 52'7".
Results
Aztec
Invitational at San Diego State has Fast Times!
3/15/08
Several community
colleges took part in the Aztec Invitational held at San Diego State this past
Saturday. The unusual top of the line track & field facility that was
built on top of a parking structure proved to be a fine stage for competition.
In the men's 100,
Riverside's Daniel Auberry and Duke Greer placed first and 2nd overall in the
men's open 100 meters with times of 10.77 and 10.81 respectively and their
teammate Ennis Jones placed third in the invitational section of the 200
meters in 21.14. The success of Riverside's sprinters trickled over to
the relays as well as they won the men's 4 x 100 in 41.70.
In the field events,
Cuyamaca's Thahn Ly won the men's open pole vault with a 14'8" effort.
Riverside's Joshua Como won the men's invite triple jump with a leap of 47'3".
Fullerton's Albert Toriz placed 4th overall in the men's shot put invite with
a throw of 45'8" and Southwestern's Jason Baldwin won the javelin in 189'11".
On the women's side,
Long Beach City's Sayoka Daley placed 7th in the women's open 100 in a time of
12.54 and 6th in the women's open 200 in 25.53. Fullerton's April Harris
was the first community college athlete to finish in the open 1500 meters
placing 7th overall in a time of 5:02.19.
In the women's field
events, Riverside Jasmine Seymour 5th in the women's open long jump with a
leap of 16'00.5". Cuyumaca's Leslie Noiseaux placed 2nd overall in the
women's invitational a jump of 5'5" and San Diego Mesa's Danielle Thu placed
9th overall in the invite discus with a throw of 129'11".
Results --
Men
Women
Occidental
Distance Carnival has Great Performances Turned in by the Community Colleges!
3/14/08
The Occidental
Distance Carnival proved to be an excellent place for the local colleges to
showcase their paces. Some of the highlights of the day included Long
Beach City's Reyna Montano running 18:43 in the 5000, as she was the first
community college athlete to cross the line. In the women's 10,000
meters, Cerritos' Shannon Simpson ran a state leading mark of 38:46.
In the men's races,
Cerritos' Daniel Clifford-Sorenson was the first community college runner to
cross the line besting his state leading mark to 9:28.47. San Diego
Mesa's Daniel Gonia continued his rise among the states elite as he placed 2nd
overall in the men's 5000 running a state leading mark of 14:29.06 and LBCC's
Alberto Espinoza placed 8th overall in the men's 10,000 in 32:23.50.
Results
Big Time Marks
Posted at the Ben Brown Invite
3/8/08
One of the largest
track and field invitationals in Southern California, the Ben Brown
Invitational was held at Mt. SAC this weekend. Along with several
universities in attendance, the California Community Colleges were well
represented and turned out some impressive marks which created movement on the top
performance lists.
In the women's
sprints, Cerritos' Sade Williams ran the second fastest 400 in the state,
clocking 56.25. West LA's Alysha Turner ran a solid 2:20 in the 800
meters to win her heat. Mt. SAC Christine Cortez continues to impress as
she won her section of the 1500 in a time of 4:47 and Cerritos's Yasmin Webb
ran the top 400 hurdles time in the state with an impressive effort 61.5.
In the women's field
events, Pasadena's Anissa Faquir had the top community college mark in the
invitational long jump with a leap of 18'1", while Cerritos's Whitney Ashley
won the invitational shot put with a throw of 39'1". Leslie Noiseaux of
Cuyamaca was the top community college high jumper, finishing in a three way
tie for first with a 5'5" mark.
On the men's side,
Isiah Sims of Pasadena ran a solid 100 meters in 10.7. Duke Greer of
Riverside continued his impressive set of marks with a 21.46 effort in the
200. Canyons, Alfredo Coronado dominated the field in the 1500 meter
invite with a 3:54 mark and Long Beach City College's Vannie Prudhomme ran a
very fast 14.11 in the men's 110 high hurdles.
In the field events,
Pasadena Lamar Oliphant placed second in the high jump with a 6'8" mark.
Mt. SAC's Matt Tod placed third in the pole vault with a good effort of 15'7"
and Cerritos's Kristen Joseph won the long jump with a outstanding mark
23'6.75".
Results --
Men
Women
West LA Wins
Handily While Santa Barbara's Men Gets Victory with Paper Thin Margin 3/7/08
West LA's sprint
corp turned out to be the story for the women as they dominated the days short
races at the meet held at LA Valley this past Friday.
West LA's Deresha
Harrison was victorious in the 100 meters while teammate Dominique Sterling
took the 200 honors. Maybe the most notable performance of the meet went
to freshman standout Ebony Collins who won the 400 in an outstanding time of
55.06 giving her the fastest time in the state this year.
These performances
couple with a 1-2-3 sweep in the 800 led by West LA's Shayna Parker and a
victory in the 4 x 100 left little doubt which team would come up victorious
as West LA went onto a 117.5 -65.5 over nearest rival LA Valley.
The men's
competition proved to be a contest that would not be decided until every event
had been completed. Santa Barbara's Matt Crego ran a fine 49.85 to win
the men's 400 while teammate Juan Velasquez won the discus with a throw of
131'9".
West LA fought back
with by winning the the 4 x 400 and placing second in the 4 x 100. The
two teams continued to battle back and forth, yet, it was Santa Barbara who
was able to grab the victory by only a two point margin winning with a score
0f 89-7 over West LA.
Other notable
performances of the meet came from Jeffrey Monteleone of Alan Hancock who won
the 1500 in a time of 4:13 and Andrew Salg of LA Valley who took the honors in
the 3000 meters with a time of 9:18.
Results
Moorpark Earns
Men's Victory While Glendale Squeaks By on the Women's Side
3/7/08
The Moorpark men's
team earned a solid victory in the WSC meet that was held on their home turf
this past Friday. Receiving solid performances from their sprinter
Daniel Wolverton, who took both the 100 and 200 meter races as well as their
dominance in the throwing events, gave them enough for a comfortable victory
over Glendale and Ventura. Notable performances came from Moorpark's
Jimmie Pacifico who won the shot put and the hammer and teammate Karl Gehrke
who won the discus.
Other standout
performances came from Glendale's Michael Flowers who won both the 1500 and
3000 meter races.
The women's
competition proved to be as close as they come as Glendale dominated the
running events, yet, Moorpark scoring enough in the field events to make it a
nail biter.
Glendale's Melani
Artoun-Livaskan won both the 100 and 200 meter competitions while her
teammates Viven Wadeck and Tove Berg split up the 1500 and 3000.
Brigette Fernandez also added her 400 hurdles victory to bolster Glendale's
point total.
Moorpark countered
with a 1-2 finish in the 100 hurdles with the victory going to Amber Noyer.
This coupled with a victory in the women's long jump by Elizabeth Wigton, kept
Moorpark in it, however, Glendale was able to hold them off by a score of
68-61.
Results
Canyons Takes
Men's Competition While Bakersfield Takes the Women's in Western States
Conference Showdown.
3/7/08
In a meet important
to the conference make-up, College of the Canyons gained a solid victory for
the men, while the Bakersfield women were able hold off Canyons for the
women's victory.
On the men's side,
Bakersfield's sprinter Attrail Snipes won the 100 and the 200 meter races and
teammate Cesar Mireles won the 800 and the 1500 to give Bakersfield much
needed points. However, Canyons won both relays. They also
received key points in the high jump and triple jump by Chris Powell.
This coupled with key placing points gained in the throwing events gave enough
of a boost to give Canyons the victory.
The women's
competition was a closely fought battle through much of the competition.
Bakersfield's Kimberly Jones won both the 100 and 200 and Emnet Habebo, in a
true showing of endurance won the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter races.
Canyons Brittany Uhl won the 400 hurdles and the schools split the relays.
Yet, with a 1-2 finish in the shot put led by Bakersfield's Haylee Varner, who
also went on to win the discus gave Bakersfield the edge for the victory.
Results
California
Community Colleges Have Standout Performances at Trojan Relays 3/1/08
The Trojan
Relays took place at USC today with the California Community Colleges well
represented in the days results.
The day started with
the men's steeplechase. Cerritos' Daniel Clifford-Sorenson ran away with
first place honors in a state leading time of 9:30.41.
In the 4 x 100 meter
relay, the Cerritos women won their heat in a time of 49.19, however, they
were bested by Mt. SAC's time of 49.11, which was done in the first heat.
In the women's 400
meter hurdles, LA Valley's Sylvia Alboniga was the top community college
finisher placing third in a time of 1:05.74, almost matching her state leading
time.
In the women's
distance events, the highlight performance was turned in by Mt. SAC's Christine Cortez,
who ran an outstanding 3000 meter time of 10:16.54, good
for fourth place overall.
In other men's
events, the El Camino 4 x 800 meter team placed second overall and in the
men's 3000, San Diego Mesa's Daniel Gonia was the outstanding community college representative,
running a very fast 8:38.73, placing him third overall.
In other relay
events, Long Beach City men's 4 x 400 team was the first California Community
College finisher running a 3:18.25, nearly matching their So Cal leading mark.
Results
Orange Coast
Tops Santa Ana in Conference Opener
2/29/08
Orange Coast College
took on rival Santa Ana College on Santa Ana's home turf. In the early
going Santa Ana was able to draw first blood as their men's 4 x 100 relay team
defeated the Pirates in a winning time of 42.60. That was followed by a
1-2 finish by the Dons in the 1500 as Jersain Torres and Irvin Malacara ran
4:13 and 4:15 respectively.
Yet, it was OCC's
strength in the field events that carried them to victory with dominant
showings in the triple jump and pole vault where they swept the top three
places that led them to a team victory of 94-59.
The women's
competition was all Orange Coast as they swept the running events.
Crystal Reed, the Pirates standout star won the 1500 in 4:46 and Cassie
Mitchell, the current state leader in the steeplechase ran away with the 3000
meters. OCC cruised to a team victory over the Dons with a score of
129-18.
Results
Fullerton Defeats Santiago Canyon 2/29/08
Fullerton open its
2008 conference season with a victory over both the men's and women's teams in
their conference opener over Santiago Canyon College.
Highlights of the
day for the men included a victory for sprinter Christopher Jones in both the
100 and 200 meter races. Santiago Canyon fought back with a victory in
the men's 800 by Sam Morales and by David Ferriera in the 1500 and 3000.
Yet, victories in the long and triple jump by Christoper Jones and Kyle Skala
as well as a sweep by the Fullerton throwers in the shot put and discus led
the Hornets to victory with a final team score of 77-58.
On the women's side,
the Hornets dominated in almost every facet, winning each of the running
events. Standout performances included April Harris who won both the
1500 and 3000 meter races. Final team scores were Fullerton 111,
Santiago Canyon 22.
Results
Four Way Meet
Turns into Double Victories for College of the Canyons
2/29/08
At the four-way meet
that included College of the Canyons, Ventura, LA Valley and Oxnard held at
Canyons, the home team proved to be the class of the meet.
On the men's side,
COC dominated in almost every facet of the competition. However, the
real strength of COC's team showed in the distances as the men led a 1-2-3
sweep in the 800 led by their distance standout Alfredo Coronado. His
teammate Matan Mayer won the 1500 and another COC runner, Ismael Samano won
the 3000.
Good performances
were turned in by Ventura athlete, Nicholas Karam in the long jump and triple
jump as he took both events. Yet, Canyons also demonstrated strength in
the throws as David Holmes won the shot and discus and COC athlete Justin
Skinner won the javelin. COC went onto the team victory.
The women's
competition proved to be much closer as Canyons and LA Valley fought a tight
battle. Canyons would eventually take the team victory by a narrow
margin of 74-61 over LA Valley. Sara Shepard of COC took both the 100
and 200. But LA Valley's Mekka White-Edwards took both the 800 and 1500,
and her teammate Elva Lopez won the 3000. Yet, Brittany Uhl's victories
in the long and triple jump helped seal the victory for COC
Results
Riverside Shows
Strength in Conference Opener
2/29/08
Both the Riverside
men's and women's teams showed early season depth and power as they took on
conference rivals, Golden West and Saddleback at Saddleback College today.
In the women's
competition, Riverside was able to load up on points in the sprints and
hurdles. Leading the way were sprinters Djquara Jackson and Brittany
Manuel who won the 100 and 200 meter races respectively.
The field events also
proved to be a strength for RCC as Tiana Wills won the Triple Jump and Brendan
Holmes took first in the Long Jump.
Saddleback, fought back in
the distances with fine performances from their distance star, Ines Flores,
who took both the 1500 and 3000 meter races. However, Riversides depth
proved to be too much as they were able to garner more points in the hurdles
from Shannon Felder and the relays to pull away for the easy victory.
Scores:
RCC 130 Golden West
22
RCC 123
Saddleback 30
Saddleback 75 Golden
West 65
The men's side
played out in an almost identical way as the Riverside sprinters Duke Greer
and Ennis Jones took the 100 (Greer), 200 (Jones) and 400 (Jones).
The Saddleback
distance runners fought back with a 1-2 finish in the 1500 by Matt Van Dyke
and Bobby Stangl. Yet again, RCC's depth proved too much as they won
both hurdle races, with fine performances by Samuel Jeter.
The Tigers also had a good day in the Field. Dominick Hemphill and David
Girten went 1-2 in the high jump with leaps of 6’8”. Kevin Rodgers and
Dominick Hemphill went 1-2 in the long jump with leaps of 22’2.5” and 22’1”.
Austin Elmore took first in the discus (141’11”), shot put (45’11.75”) and
hammer (138’6”).
Scores:
RCC 123
Saddleback 31
RCC 132.5
Golden West 21.50
Results
The Cerritos
College Invite Has Plenty of Excitement as Hot Performances Burn Up the
Track!!! 2/23/08
The Cerritos College
track was the site of big time performances as practically every major
community college track program in the Southern California region was in
attendance. In every type of event, whether it was a field or running
contest, athletes poured it on.
In the field events,
tremendous performances were turned in by El Camino's Faalelea Leni as she won
the shot put with a throw of 43' 8". Cerritos' Karen Gurauska threw a
state leading mark of 131' 3" in the javelin and Allan Hancock's Kenna Wolter
won the triple jump with a leap of 35' 4".
The women's sprints
were marked by outstanding performances from Antelope Valley's Portia Bell
winning the 100 meters in 12.39. LA Valley's, Mekka White-Edward
led the charge in the middle distances with a 2:19 effort in the 800 as well
as Glendale's Vivien Wadeck running an outstanding 4:43 in the 1500.
In the men's events,
Riverside and Long Beach were the dominant forces in the relays.
Moorpark's Jimmie Pacifico had a remarkable throw in the hammer of 169' 05"
and in the distances, College of the Canyons' Alfredo Coronado ran to a superb early season time in
the 5000 with a 14:50 effort.
Results
Riverside takes
on Long Beach State 2/15/07
This past Saturday,
Riverside took a little different route with their first full team season
opener by taking on Long Beach State. Running some different distances
then what are normally contested in an outdoor meet, strong performances were
turned in by both schools.
In the sprints, Duke
Greer of RCC ran a strong 60 meter dash time of 6.88 to win the race and Ennis
Jones of RCC ran 34.85 to win the 300 meter dash. Hudson Wilvers of CSULB won
the 600 meter run with a time of 1:20.97.
In the middle
distances, Alex
Freitas of CSULB, won the 1000 meter run with a time of 2:33.20. The 49er’s
Jacob Ainsworth won the 3000 meters with a time of 9:11.04.
The hurdles saw some
exciting races as the 60 meter hurdles was closely contested with Lance
Gonzales (RCC) and Sammy Jeter (RCC) running 8.56 and 8.57 respectively. The
4 x 400 relay produced another exciting race with the Tigers barely edging out
the 49ers 3:20.68 to 3:21.4.
The field events saw
strong performances. RCC had led the way with a 1-3 sweep. David Girten
and Dominick Hemphill both jumped 6’8”. David Girten (RCC), also won the long
jump with a 22’10.5” effort, while Donnie Crandall of Long Beach State
won the triple jump (44’4.75”).
The 49ers won the
Shot Put with David Sampson’s throw of 51’9.25”, and the Discus with Robert
Jenning’s throw of 169’9”. The Tigers won the Hammer with Austin Elmore’s
throw of 134’6”. Lance Gonzales tossed the Javelin 171’5” to win the Javelin
for the Tigers.
"Coach Sythe of Long
Beach State has a strong program, and it is a privilege to get to run against
them", said Coach McCarron.
Results
Cerritos has
strong showing against Orange Coast and Saddleback
2/14/08
One of the first
multi-team meets kicked off this past Friday as an inter-conference meet
between Cerritos, Orange Coast and Saddleback took place at Saddleback
College. For most of the meet, the competition was fairly tight, as the
schools fought for points in each event. Highlight performances came in
every aspect of the meet.
On the women's side,
Orange Coast's Crystal Reed, continued to pick up where she left off in cross
country with two outstanding performances in the 800 and 1500, winning both in
2:28 and 4:56 respectively. Cerritos' Sade Williams had an outstanding
early season time of 25.85 in the 200 meters, and in the 5000 meters,
Cerritos' Shannon Simpson won in the chilly night air with a time of 19:06.
However, it was the Cerritos throws contingent that made the biggest impact,
sweeping the first 3 places in the shot, the discus and the hammer.
Jarvina McClain won the the discus with a throw of 131' 03", Maria Rodriguez
won the shot put with a throw of 37' 1/2", Whitney Ashley won the hammer with
a throw of 131' 6 1/2" and Karen Gurauska won the javelin with a throw of 116'
04". The strength of the throwing contigent enabled Cerritos to pull away
with from OCC with a score of 111 to 65.
On the men's side,
there were also many outstanding performances. Cerritos' Austin Marlon
won both the 100 and 200 meters. OCC's Jason Quezada won the men's 800
with a time of 2:03 and Saddelback's Bobby Stangl, won the 1500 in a time 4:13.
In the hurdles,
Saddleback's Victor Sanchez scored a double victory in both the 110HH and the
400IH.
In the field events,
Saddleback's Griffin Simmons won with the pole vault with a vault of 14' 0".
Cerritos' Kirsten Joseph won the long jump with a leap of 21' 11".
In the end, the
Cerritos men were able to pull away to beat OCC and Saddleback with a score of
97 - 57 - 53.
Results
The OEC Relays,
Foothill Conference Preview and SCC "All Comers" meets highlight opening week!
2/8/08
This years
California Community Colleges track and field teams jumped into action on Friday with outstanding
early season performances. At the Orange Empire Relays, the Riverside
sprinters and hurdlers had an outstanding day winning the 4 x 400 and the
400IH. In the distances, the Santa Ana men proved to be on top of their
game in the 4000 Distance Medley Relay. On the women's side Orange Coast
had dominating performances in the 4000 DMR, while the Riverside women turned
in top marks in the throws.
The Foothill
Conference proved to be very tough on the men's distance side as both San
Diego Mesa and San Bernardino Valley as well as Antelope Valley had some great
times in the men's 3000. On the women's side, Cuyamaca had a strong
contingent in the throws with 3 of the top 4 places in the discus.
The South Coast
Conference "All Comers" meet, held at Mt. SAC, also showed strong early
performances. El Camino's Steve Calise ran very well in the 1500 and
5,000. In the women's competition the Cerritos College women's 4 x 400
team had a powerful performance as well as their women's throwing contingent.
Results
OEC Relays
Foothill
Preview SCC (coming soon)
Lance Gonzalez
sets new school record in the Decathlon.
2/1-2/08
Riverside Community
College's Lance Gonzales set a new school record in winning the VS Athletics
Hep/Dec All Comers Meet held at Riverside. To read more please click on
the link below. Official meet results will be posted soon.
Story
Nicholas Armstrong wins at the Mountain T's Indoor Meet.
2/2/08
Cerritos College
spent the weekend in Arizona and got a huge performance from freshmen high
jumper, Nicholas Armstrong. Armstrong outlasted Long Beach State jumper
Alex Black for the victory with a jump of 6' 9".
Results
2007 Track & Field
Results
New Updated State Meet-
Results,
State Championships -
Results Southern
Cal Championships -
Results,
So Cal Prelims -
Results
SCC
Conference Finals
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Results,
SCC
Conference Prelims -
Results, Long Beach Invitational -
Results, APU Invite -
Results,
Orange Coast Invitational - Results, Mt. SAC Relays -
Results,
California Relays
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Results,
Stanford Inv.
-
Results,
USC Invitational
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Results,
Ben Brown Invitational
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Results
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The California Relays and the Easter Relays
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