Competing in their final invitational before the start of the South Coast Conference Prelims, the Cerritos College men's track & field team won a pair of events at their own invitational.The SCC Prelims are scheduled for April 23 at El Camino College.
In the 4x400-meter relay, the foursome of Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS), Caleb Dunomes (Long Beach Poly HS), Konnor Handy (St. John Bosco HS) and Elijah Jones (Long Beach Jordan HS) turned in a time of 3:21.70 to outrun the field, while the 4x100-meter relay team turned in the fastest community college time of the day. In coming in third place overall, the quartet of Jones, Sebastian Lopez (Downey HS), Te'Quan Chatman (Fort Myers, FL HS) and Crowdus registered a time of 42.46. They were only bested by the Calgary International Track Club and Cal State Stanislaus, which included former Falcons Jaheim Williams and Jemar Armstrong.
In the 5000 meters, Robert Guerrero (Long Beach Poly HS) finished in first place with a clicking of 15:25.33, which was over six seconds faster than the second place finisher. The field included 33 total runners, with three from four-year colleges.
Special note: Former three-time Cerritos College state champion Ameer Webb (2010-11) competed in the 100 meters and finished in first place out of 102 entries with a time of 10.35. Webb was the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA National Champion in the 200 meters at Texas A&M University in 2013. Prior to transferring, Webb won the state championship in the 200 meters as a freshman (2010) and the 100 meters and 200 meters for the Falcons in 2011. He still holds the school record for Cerritos in the 100 meters (10.16) and 200 meters (20.33). He also competed in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics in the 200 Meters and placed sixth.
Below is a list of all the Cerritos College competitors at the Cerritos Invitational.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
Sebastian Lopez | 100 Meters | 10.79 | 8th Place |
Te'Quan Chatman | 100 Meters | 10.86 | 10th Place |
Kal-El Osbey | 100 Meters | 11.37 | 42nd Place |
Nicholas Magdaleno | 100 Meters | 12.92 | 99th Place |
George Flores | 200 Meters | 23.19 | 32nd Place |
Marco Sandoval | 200 Meters | 24.70 | 59th Place |
Jordan Crowdus | 400 Meters | 49.95 | 6th Place |
Konnor Handy | 400 Meters | 50.63 | 8th Place |
George Flores | 400 Meters | 51.89 | 17th Place |
Dion Taylor | 400 Meters | 55.01 | 34th Place |
Marco Sandoval | 400 Meters | 55.61 | 36th Place |
Tyler Villanueva | 800 Meters | 1:56.57 | 3rd Place |
Caleb Dunomes | 800 Meters | 1:57.74 | 7th Place |
Joshua Melendez | 800 Meters | 1:58.31 | 8th Place |
Noah Addison | 800 Meters | 2:01.13 | 15th Place |
Justin Smith | 800 Meters | 2:02.67 | 16th Place |
Luke Dias | 800 Meters | 2:06.61 | 30th Place |
Aiden House-Ortiz | 800 Meters | 2:07.76 | 33rd Place |
Angel Serrano | 800 Meters | 2:08.97 | 35th Place |
Kyle Nelms | 800 Meters | 2:11.64 | 43rd Place |
Shanal De Silva | 800 Meters | 2:11.82 | 45th Place |
Steven Snyder | 800 Meters | 2:29.92 | 61st Place |
Joshua Melendez | 1500 Meters | 4:05.39 | 5th Place |
Angel Serrano | 1500 Meters | 4:34.37 | 43rd Place |
Robert Guerrero | 5000 Meters | 15:25.33 | 1st Place |
Jacob Cosio | 5000 Meters | 16:05.94 | 13th Place |
Matthew Alvarez | 5000 Meters | 16:45.06 | 20th Place |
Edwin Matias | 5000 Meters | 17:00.64 | 24th Place |
Juan Ward | 110-Meter HH | 15.45 | 7th Place |
Anthony Hines | 110-Meter HH | 17.10 | 11th Place |
Luke Johnson | 110-Meter HH | 18.02 | 13th Place |
Jacob Begay | 110-Meter HH | 18.24 | 15th Place |
Elijah Jones | 400-Meter IH | 57.60 | 2nd Place |
Jacob Begay | 400-Meter IH | 1:01.93 | 12th Place |
Jeffrey Chmiel | 3000 Meter SC | 10:47.75 | 6th Place |
Jose Ortiz | 3000 Meter SC | 12:05.70 | 14th Place |
Elijah Jones, Sebastian Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman, Jordan Crowdus | 4x100-Meter Relay | 42.46 | 3rd Place |
Ahmad Diouf, Dy'mere Burrell, Konnor Handy, Kal-El Osbey | 4x100-Meter Relay | 45.45 | 13th Place |
Jordan Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes, Konnor Handy, Elijah Jones | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:21.70 | 1st Place |
Tyler Villanueva, Justin Smith, Luke Dias, Noah Addison | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:30.19 | 6th Place |
Ahmad Diouf, Marco Sandoval, Dion Tyler, Dy'mere Burrell | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:35.00 | 8th Place |
Dy'mere Burrell | High Jump | 1.70 Meters | 3rd Place |
Luke Johnson | High Jump | 1.60 Meters | 11th Place |
Te'Quan Chatman | Long Jump | 6.71 Meters | 4th Place |
Dy'mere Burrell | Long Jump | 5.78 Meters | 23rd Place |
Daniel Chavez | Shot Put | 11.90 Meters | 12th Place |
Anthony Hines | Shot Put | 10.82 Meters | 19th Place |
Steven Snyder | Shot Put | 7.06 Meters | 42nd Place |
Steven Snyder | Discus | 20.11 Meters | 51st Place |
Luke Johnson | Javelin | 43.66 Meters | 10th Place |
Jacob Begay | Javelin | 33.02 Meters | 29th Place |
Nicholas Magdaleno | Javelin | 25.32 Meters | 33rd Place |
Steven Snyder | Javelin | 23.89 Meters | 34th Place |