Cerritos College women's track and field freshman Alexus Dalton (Long Beach Poly HS) won three events at a four-way meet on Friday and along the way set a new school record. The Falcons finished in second place at the meet with 152 team points and trailed only host Mt. San Antonio College, who had 164 team points, with Sacramento City College (112 points) and American River College (82 points) also competing. Cerritos will split their squad this weekend, with the throwers attending the Santa Barbara Invitational on Friday, while the remainder of the squad will be at the Cal State Northridge Invitational.

Dalton set a new school record in winning the 100-meter HH with a time of 14.30, which eclipsed the old mark of 14.37 set by Erin Straughter in 2009. She also beat the field in the high jump with a clearance of 1.60, with sophomore teammate Angel Sifuentes (Central Union HS) in fourth place at 1.45 meters, while Dalton recorded a long jump of 5.47 meters to beat out sophomore teammate Erin Reid (Long Beach Poly HS), who took second place at 5.24 meters.

Sifuentes also won an event, as her throw of 39.67 meters in the javelin marked the first of the top four finishers wearing Cerritos uniforms. In fact, seven of the top eight finishers in the javelin were Falcons. Sophomore Tuki Sauvao (Artesia HS) was in second place at 33.76 meters, while sophomore Tiffany Gray (El Dorado HS) placed third at 32.60 meters. In fourth place was freshman Kelly Magana (Cantwell HS), who turned in a distance of 31.98 meters.

Sophomore Justina Cummings (Westchester HS) was another event winner, as her distance of 10.90 meters won the triple jump, while sophomore Amber Greer (Palisades HS/ECC Compton Center) finished with a leap of 10.31 meters, which put her in fourth place. Gray was one of 11 Falcons to take part in the shot put and came in third place with a distance of 13.11 meters. Cerritos had the fifth through ninth place finishers in the event, as well as the 11th through 14th places. Sauvao came in second place in the discus at 40.75 meters, while sophomore Larrisha Fields (Lakewood HS) claimed fourth place at 34.59 meters.

In running events, Greer captured the 400-meter IH with a time of 1:06.56, while sophomore La China Bellamy (Narbonne HS) and freshman LaKisha McGowen (Lynwood HS) took fourth and fifth places, respectively. Cummings came in second place in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.90, while Reid turned in a time of 12.47 to come in fourth place in the 100 meters. Freshman Kathia Avila (Cerritos HS) was third in the 1500 meters in 5:02.19. The 1600-meter relay team of Cummings, Sifuentes, Greer and Dalton posted a time of 3:59.36 to come in second place.