At the Southern California Championships in Saturday, the Cerritos College men's track and field team finished in a fifth place tie with 28 team points. The Falcons will now send nine athletes to the CCCAA State Championships, which will take place at Bakersfield College next weekend.
The 4x100-meter relay team of Saadiq Jennings (Martin Luther Kings HS), Micqwaun Wright (Paramount HS), Jacob Garrett (Fountain Valley HS) and Tayric Elliott (Long Beach Poly HS) posted a fourth place time of 42.33, while Jennings and Elliott were joined by Darion Blanding (Narbonne HS) and Clay Green (Los Alamitos HS) in the 4x400-meter relay to record a fifth place time of 3:22.22.
In the field events, Bedeiah Togafau (Warren HS) finished fifth in the shot put with a distance of 14.47 meters, with teammate Jorge Bergara (Salesian HS) taking seventh place. Freshman hammer thrower Mason Crane (Corona del Mar HS) earned fourth place in the hammer with a toss of 50.74 meters.
Below is a list of Falcons who competed at the Southern California Championships.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
Cristhian Macias | 1500 Meters | 4:04.65 | 10th Place |
Jennings, Wright, Garrett, Elliott | 4x100-Meter Relays | 42.33 | 4th Place |
Elliott, Jennings, Blanding. Green | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:22.22 | 5th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Pole Vault | 4.35 Meters | 13th Place |
Bedeiah Togafau | Shot Put | 14.47 Meters | 5th Place |
Jorge Bergara | Shot Put | 13.88 Meters | 7th Place |
Jorge Bergara | Discus | 43.17 Meters | 7th Place |
Mason Crane | Discus | 38.79 Meters | 18th Place |
Mason Crane | Hammer | 50.74 Meters | 4th Place |
Bedeiah Togafau | Hammer | 41.65 Meters | 13th Place |
Kevin Puertas | Hammer | 41.55 Meters | 14th Place |
Ike Agubata | Javelin | 41.12 Meters | 18th Place |
Andrew Fowler | Decathlon | 5560 Points | 5th Place |
Ike Agubata | Decathlon | 5469 Points | 7th Place |
Chris Oviedo | Decathlon | 3659 Points | 15th Place |