Competing in their first meet of the season, the Cerritos College men's track team took part in the Mt. San Antonio Conference opener on Friday. The Falcons will take a week off before they compete in both the Mt. San Antonio Combined events and Crosstown Relays, while serving as the host.

At the season opener, Cerritos won three events and placed second in four other events. The field events led the way, as sophomore Jamie Vega (Downey HS) won the triple jump and took second in the long jump. Sophomore Matthew Seawright (Long Beach Millikan HS) also won the hammer and earned a second place finish in the discus. Also winning an event was sophomore Anthony Lozano (La Serna HS) in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Vega earned his first place result in the tiple jump with a leap of 13.68 meters, with freshmen teammates Myles Davis and Eric Knowles (Long Beach Millikan HS) placing third and fourth, respectively. In the long jump, Vega's distance of 6.58 on his first attempt was edged by Mt. SAC's Andrew Guerra, who jumped 6.71 meters on his final attempt. Seawright easily won the hammer throw with a distance of 48.29, while he was beaten by Cuyamaca College's Jovan Letuli in the discus on his last throw. Seawright posted a throw of 43.75 on his second attempt and passed on the remainder of his turns, with Letuli registering a 45.30 on his final attempt.

Lozano ran the steeplechase race in 8:42.49, which was six seconds ahead of the second place finisher. In the 400 meters, freshman Virjilio Griggs (Warren, TX HS) turned in a time of 49.54 and was barely edged for first place by .08 second, while freshman Isaiah Marshall (Carson HS) took second place in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:12.64. Freshman Justin Reid (Lakewood HS) posted a fifth place time of 2:03.57 in the 800 meters.

In other field events, freshman Joseph Carter came in third place with a height of 1.98 meters, with sophomore Raymond Price (El Dorado HS) turning in a fourth place javelin throw of 49.69 meters.