M. Track & Field: Relay team and six athletes advance to finals

Cerritos will be sending five athletes and a relay team to the SoCal Finals
Cerritos will be sending five athletes and a relay team to the SoCal Finals

At the Southern California Prelims on Friday, the Cerritos College men's track and field team will send six athletes and a relay team, to the Southern California Championships, which will take place next Friday at Cerritos College. The top nine in lane events, as well as the top 12 in distance races and field events, advance to the SoCal Championships. The only event that was scored was the 10,000 meters, with the top eight scoring team points.

The best finish on the day for the Falcons was the 4x400-meter relay team, as they finished fourth place with a time of 3:17.98. That quartet consisted of Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS), Caleb Dunomes (Long Beach Poly HS), George Flores (Downey HS) and Elijah Jones (Long Beach Jordan HS). Of that group, Jones has also qualified in the 400-meter IH, as his time of 55.81 put him in eighth place. In the 110-meter HH, sophomore Juan Ward (Paramount HS) placed fifth with a time of 14.59.

Thrower Daniel Chavez (Los Alamitos HS) qualified in both the hammer (41.42 meters; ninth place) and shot put (13.12 meters; 10th place).

Below is a list of all the Cerritos College entries, with those on BOLD advancing to the SoCal Finals.

NAME EVENT TIME/DISTANCE PLACE
Sebastian Lopez 100 Meters 10.79 6th Place
Te'Quan Chatman 100 Meters 10.97 12th Place
Sebastian Lopez 200 Meters 22.32 13th Place
Jordan Crowdus 400 Meters 49.44 11th Place
Tyler Villanueva 800 Meters 1:58.71 14th Place
Joshua Melendez 1500 Meters 4:03.89 8th Place
Robert Guerrero 10,000 Meters 33:54.44 15th Place
Juan Ward 110-Meter HH 14.59 5th Place
Anthony Hines 110-Meter HH 16.75 20th Place
Elijah Jones 400-Meter IH 55.51 8th Place
Te'Quan Chatman, Sebastian Lopez, Elijah Jones, Ahmad Diouf 4x100-Meter Relay 42.36 11th Place
Jordan Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes, George Flores, Elijah Jones 4x400-Meter Relay 3:17.98 4th Place
Luke Johnson High Jump 1.75 Meters Tied 18th Place
Dy'mere Burrell High Jump 1.70 Meters Tied 21st Place
Daniel Chavez Hammer 41.42 Meters 9th Place
Daniel Chavez Shot Put 13.21 Meters 10th Place
Anthony Hines Shot Put 10.65 Meters 24th Place
Luke Johnson Javelin 43.02 Meters 16th Place
Jacob Begay Javelin 36.11 Meters 23rd Place