Competing in the South Coast Conference Championships at El Camino College on Friday, the Cerritos College men's track and field team finished in second place. The Falcons, who won one event and had four second place finishers, compiled 133 team points, which was well off the point total put together by Mt. San Antonio College, who finished with 422 points. Cerritos held off the third place host Warriors, who ended up with 126 team points. The Falcons will now send those who qualified to the Southern California Prelims, which will take place at San Diego Mesa College next Saturday. The top six automatically advance to the SoCal Prelims if they have the SoCal minimum marks.
The Falcons, who took the top two spots in the hammer, were led by freshman Mason Crane (Corona Del Mar HS), who easily won the event. His throw of 52.49 meters also placed him third on the college's all-time top five list, and outdistanced second place finisher Jorge Bergara (Salesian HS), who recorded a distance of 46.96 meters. Bergara also took second place in the shot put at 14.17 meters.
Also earning a second place finish was sophomore Cristhian Macias (Gardena HS) in the 1500 meters with his time of 4:04.50, while the 4x100-meter relay team of Saadiq Jennings (Martin Luther King, Jr. HS) Micqwaun Wright, Jacob Garrett (Fountain Valley HS) and Ezra Bray (South Gate HS), who recorded a time of 42.54.
Below are the awards that were announced at the coach's meeting:
- Men's Coach of the Year: Ron Kamaka (Mt. SAC)
- Women's Coach of the Year: Christopher Richardson (Cerritos)
- Assistant Coach of the Year (Field): Chucky Hampton and Lloyd Higgins (Cerritos)
- Assistant Coach of the Year (Track): Jenna Bird (Mt. SAC)
- Male Track Athlete of the Year: Manuel Fernandez (Mt. SAC) & Jasher Foster (El Camino)
- Male Track Athlete of the Meet: Carson Bix (El Camino) & Manuel Fernandez (Mt. SAC)
- Male Field Athlete of the Year: Tate Curran (El Camino)
- Male Field Athlete of the Meet: Joshua Taylor (East LA)
- Female Track Athlete of the Year: Brittany Mitchell (Mt. SAC)
- Female Track Athlete of the Meet: Kierra King (Cerritos)
- Female Field Athlete of the Year: Amber Hart (Cerritos)
- Female Field Athlete of the Meet: Amber Hart (Cerritos)
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
Tayric Elliott | 200 Meters | 22.29 | 6th Place |
Cristhian Macias | 800 Meters | 1:58.78 | 4th Place |
Angel Chavarria | 800 Meters | 1:59.51 | 5th Place |
Clay Green | 800 Meters | 1:59.90 | 6th Place |
Darion Blanding | 800 Meters | 2:06.97 | 8th Place |
Abraxaz Sanchez | 800 Meters | 2:07.68 | 9th Place |
Cristhian Macias | 1500 Meters | 4:04.50 | 2nd Place |
Walter Ramirez | 1500 Meters | 4:33.35 | 10th Place |
Jesus Ramos | 1500 Meters | 4:40.43 | 12th Place |
Kenneth Jones | 1500 Meters | 4:42.04 | 13th Place |
Rafael Nieto | 1500 Meters | 4:44.61 | 14th Place |
Luis Munoz | 5000 Meters | 16:22.26 | 9th Place |
Alberto Cano | 5000 Meters | 16:46.67 | 11th Place |
Adrian Casas | 5000 Meters | 17:23.19 | 13th Place |
Daniel Ramos | 5000 Meters | 17:30.58 | 14th Place |
Rafael Nieto | 5000 Meters | 18:38.88 | 17th Place |
Jesus Ramos | 5000 Meters | 19:41.03 | 19th Place |
Moises Rodriguez | 5000 Meters | 19:46.31 | 20th Place |
Daniel Ramos | 10000 Meters | 34:27.19 | 7th Place |
Adrian Casas | 10000 Meters | 35:06/38 | 9th Place |
Eugene Leduc | 400-Meter IH | 58.84 | 8th Place |
Jamal Awad | 3000 Meter SC | 10:36.00 | 8th Place |
Jennings, Wright, Garrett, Bray | 4x100 Meter Relay | 42.54 | 3rd Place |
Santifer, Elliott, Green, Wright | 4x400 Meter Relay | 3:27.49 | 4th Place |
Ike Agubata | High Jump | 1.80 Meters | 4th Place |
Armando Tabales | High Jump | 1.75 Meters | 5th Place |
Andrew Fowler | High Jump | 1.75 Meters | 7th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Pole Vault | 4.20 Meters | 9th Place |
Brian Castillo | Pole Vault | 3.90 Meters | 10th Place |
Ike Agubata | Long Jump | 6.55 Meters | 7th Place |
Tayric Elliott | Long Jump | 6.32 Meters | 10th Place |
Micqwaun Wright | Long Jump | 6.14 Meters | 12th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Long Jump | 5.99 Meters | 14th Place |
Micqwaun Wright | Triple Jump | 13.81 Meters | 3rd Place |
Armando Tabales | Triple Jump | ND | |
Jorge Bergara | Shot Put | 14.17 Meters | 2nd Place |
Bedeiah Togafau | Shot Put | 13.05 Meters | 6th Place |
Mason Crane | Shot Put | 12.27 Meters | 7th Place |
Raymond Bagley | Shot Put | 10.48 Meters | 12th Place |
Kevin Puertas | Shot Put | 9.66 Meters | 15th Place |
Jorge Bergara | Discus | 44.18 Meters | 3rd Place |
Mason Crane | Discus | 39.83 Meters | 6th Place |
Bedeiah Togafau | Discus | 38.24 Meters | 7th Place |
Kevin Puertas | Discus | 34.84 Meters | 8th Place |
Raymond Bagley | Discus | 31.81 Meters | 9th Place |
Mason Crane | Hammer | 52.49 Meters | 1st Place |
Jorge Bergara | Hammer | 46.96 Meters | 2nd Place |
Bedeiah Togafau | Hammer | 37.27 Meters | 5th Place |
Kevin Puertas | Hammer | 37.15 Meters | 6th Place |
Raymond Bagley | Hammer | 26.12 Meters | 7th Place |
Ike Agubata | Javelin | 41.34 Meters | 4th Place |
Eugene Leduc | Javelin | 32.98 Meters | Tied 10th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Javelin | 32.98 Meters | Tied 10th Place |
Chris Oviedo | Javelin | 30.15 Meters | 12th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Decathlon | 5560 Points | 2nd Place |
Ike Agubata | Decathlon | 5469 Points | 3rd Place |
Chris Oviedo | Decathlon | 3659 Points | 5th Place |
Photos by Daryl Peterson