M Track & Field: Cerritos continues their season at four-year meet

Falcons did well in the running events at UC Irvine
Falcons did well in the running events at UC Irvine

As the season continues to progress, the Cerritos College men's track and field team continues to go up against four-year colleges at invitationals. The latest was the Vince O'Boyle Invitational at UC Irvine on Friday. The Falcons will now send their decathletes to the Southern California Decathlon Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday at Mt. San Antonio College.

In the 5000 meters, freshman Joshua Melendez (St. Paul HS) recorded a personal best time of 15:07.38, which put him in fourth place out of 21 entries on the day, while the 4x100-meter relay team recorded one of their better times of the year. The quartet of Elijah Jones (Long Beach Jordan HS), Sebastian Lopez (Downey HS), Te'Quan Chatman (Fort Myers, FL HS) and Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS) finished in second place with a time of 42.15.

The 4x400-meter relay team also had a good day, as the foursome of Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes (Long Beach Poly HS), Konnor Handy (St. John Bosco HS) and Jones turned in a time of 3:18.28, which put them in fourth place.

Below is a list of all the Falcons who competed in the Vince O'Boyle Invitational at UC Irvine.

NAME EVENT TIME/DISTANCE PLACE
Te'Quan Chatman 100 Meters 11.05 16th Place
Kal-El Osbey 100 Meters 11.29 25th Place
Nicholas Magdaleno 100 Meters 12.97 30th Place
Elijah Jones 200 Meters 23.27 16th Place
Ahmad Diouf 200 Meters 23.74 18th Place
Kal-El Osbey 200 Meters 23.90 20th Place
Jordan Crowdus 400 Meters 49.91 9th Place
Sebastian Lopez 400 Meters 51.25 14th Place
Ahmad Diouf 400 Meters 53.03 19th Place
Caleb Dunomes 800 Meters 2:03.06 9th Place
Noah Addison 800 Meters 2:04.32 10th Place
Justin Smith 800 Meters 2:06.13 11th Place
Aiden House-Ortiz 800 Meters 2:06.51 12th Place
Luke Dias 800 Meters 2:07.92 13th Place
Shanal De Silva 800 Meters 2:14.35 15th Place
Kyle Nelms 800 Meters 2:14.87 16th Place
Angel Serrano 800 Meters 2:15.46 17th Place
Noah Addison 1500 Meters 4:17.40 12th Place
Angel Serrano 1500 Meters 4:49.07 15th Place
Joshua Melendez 5000 Meters 15:07.38 4th Place
Robert Guerrero 5000 Meters 15:26.64 9th Place
Jacob Cosio 5000 Meters 15:50.75 13th Place
Matthew Alvarez 5000 Meters 17.02.06 21st Place
Elijah Jones, Sebastian Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman, Jordan Crowdus 4x100-Meter Relay 42.15 2nd Place
Ahmad Diouf, Kal-El Osbey, Konnor Handy, Dy'mere Burrell 4x100-Meter Relay 44.14 5th Place
Jordan Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes, Konnor Handy, Elijah Jones 4x400-Meter Relay 3:18.28 4th Place
Ahmad Diouf, Sebastian Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman, Dy'mere Burrell 4x400-Meter Relay 3:33.82 6th Place
Justin Smith, Luke Dias, Tyler Villanueva, Aiden House-Ortiz 4x400-Meter Relay 3:44.14 7th Place
Te'Quan Chatman Long Jump 6.20 Meters 8th Place
Daniel Chavez Shot Put 11.84 Meters 12th Place
Damian Salas Shot Put 10.81 Meters 14th Place
Luke Johnson Shot Put 8.23 Meters 15th Place
Steven Snyder Shot Put 6.87 Meters 16th Place
Daniel Chavez Discus 33.54 Meters 13th Place
Damian Salas Discus 33.21 Meters 14th Place
Anthony Hines Discus 31.98 Meters 15th Place
Luke Johnson Discus 27.24 Meters 17th Place
Jacob Begay Discus 25.94 Meters 18th Place
George Flores Discus 25.65 Meters 19th Place
Nicholas Magdaleno Discus 21.47 Meters 20th Place
Steven Snyder Discus 19.59 Meters 21st Place
Daniel Chavez Hammer 40.04 Meters 10th Place
Damian Salas Hammer 39.07 Meters 12th Place
Nicholas Magdaleno Javelin 26.06 Meters 4th Place
Steven Snyder Javelin 23.57 Meters 5th Place