Highlighting a day where the Cerritos College men's track and field team took second place at the Coast Classic at Orange Coast College was the performance of sophomore Matthew Seawright (Long Beach Millikan HS). The sophomore thrower recorded a first place distance of 54.40 meters to easily win the event, while his toss eclipsed the old school record of 54.30 meters, which was set by Miguel Lopez in 2011. The team recorded 194 team points and trailed only the host Pirates. Seawright and the rest of the team will now take a week off before they host the Cal State Long Beach Invitational, which will take place on April 18.

Seawright was a two-time first place finisher in the Coast Classic, while the Falcons won five total events. He recorded a distance of 14.37 meters to win the shot put, while teammaate Andrew Prieto (El Rancho HS) finished in fourth place at 13.07 meters. Prieto also placed third in the hammer with a throw of 43.50 meters, while Seawright finished in second place in the discus with a toss that traveled 39.83 meters.

Also winning an event was sophomore Francisco Ortiz (Katella HS), who posted a time of 3:58.63 in the 1500 meters and held off the rest of the competition. Cerritos dominated the 110-meter HH, as sophomore Mackenzi Rickman (Carson HS) won the event in 14.87. Taking second place was freshman Dario Robinson (Schurr HS) in 15.14, with Tyler Rios (Los Alamitos HS) posted a third place time of 15.57. Rios also ran the 400-meter IH and his time of 56.15 was good for second place. The team also won the 1600-meter relay race in a time of 3:19.88.

Freshman sprinter Clifford Scott (Carson HS) earned a second place finish in the 100 meters in a time of 11.05, while Isaiah Marshall (Carson HS) took third in the 800 meters in 1:56.74, with teammate Jorge Puga (Downey HS) finishing in 1:57.02 to take fourth place. Freshman high jumper Christopher Rodriguez (California HS) cleared 1.85 meters to place second, with freshman jumper Myles Davis (Hickman) recording a distance of 14.03 meters to come in second place in the triple jump.