W. Track & Field: Cerritos wins 14th conference championship in school history

For the 14th time in school history, and first time since 2019, the Cerritos College women's track and field captured the South Coast Conference championship. The Falcons, who finished with 307.5 team points, pulled away from defending champion Mt. San Antonio College, who amassed 207 team points. Next up for Cerritos is the Southern California Prelims, which will take place at San Diego Mesa College next Friday.

Highlighting a championship where the Falcons won nine events, including every throwing event, was the 4x100-meter relay team. The quartet of Jazzmine Davis (El Camino Real Charter HS), Kimora Rogers (Katella HS), Rionna Wallace (Lakewood HS) and Aryianna Faircloth (Magnolia HS) not only won the conference championship, they set a new school record with a time of 45.34. They eclipsed the old mark of 45.67 set in 2019 by Kenyla Miles, Kierra King, Mahlaya Salter and Alona Davis.

Davis won three individual events and ran a leg of the winning 400-meter relay team. She amassed 56 points on her own, which included also running a leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that registered a second place time of 3:54.37. That foursome consisted of Elena Mack (El Camino Real Charter HS), Sophie Lopez (Fountain Valley HS), Wallace and Davis. Davis also won the 400-meter IH (1:03.39), long jump (5.85 meters) and heptathlon with 4599 points.

The duo of Wallace and Faircloth also did well in the sprinting events, as Wallace won the 100 meters in a time of 12.08, while her time of 24.72 was good for third place in the 200 meters. Faircloth earned second place finishes in both the 100 meters (12.12) and 200 meters (24.58).

Cerritos dominated the throwing events, with Angelina Escobar (Bell Gardens HS) winning three conference championships and placed second in another. She won the shot put (11.19 meters), discus (41.54 meters) and javelin (34.05 meters), while her distance of 43.03 meters in the hammer was second only to teammate Faitalia Ah-Fook (Warren HS), who won the event at 46.25 meters. The Falcons took two of the top three places in each of the four events, while they grabbed the top three places in the hammer. 

Below is a list Falcons that competed in the conference championships.