Although they have depth at just about every event, the Cerritos College women's track and field team continues to be strongest in the throwing events. The Falcons, who were competing at the American River Invitational on Saturday, won a pair of throwing events and added a pair of fourth place finishes in the other two. This Tuesday and Wednesday, Cerritos will host the Southern California Heptathlon Championships.

In the shot put, sophomore Tiffany Gray (El Dorado HS) placed first out of 25 competitors with a distance of 13.24 meters, while sophomore teammates Larrisha Fields (Lakewood HS) came in sixth place at 11.75 meters and Tuki Sauvao (Artesia HS) was seventh at 11.73 meters. It was Fields who won the discus with a throw of 44.67 meters, with Gray in seventh place (37.65 meters) and Sauvao (33.95 meters) in 11th place. Although a Falcon didn't win the javelin, Sauvao was a fourth place finisher with a throw that went 118' 11", while freshman Kelly Magana (Cantwell HS) recorded a toss of 117' that put her in sixth place. Freshman Dorienne Ordaz (Bravo HS) took fourth place in the hammer at 46.16 meters, with Fields in seventh place at 43.84 meters.

The 1500 meters had freshman Kathia Avila (Cerritos HS) turn in a time of 4:51.75 to come in eighth place, with freshman Karina Sanchez (Warren HS) posting a clocking of 18:52.39 for a fifth place finish in the 5000 meters. The 10,000 meters had a pair of Falcons finish 1-2, with freshman Isabel Medina (Paramount HS) easily winning the race in 39:45.26 with freshman Kaela Crone (Kennedy HS) taking second place in 41:00.89. In the 400-meter IH, sophomore Amber Greer (Palisades HS/ECC Compton Center) finished fourth in 1:04.78, while sophomore La China Bellamy (Narbonne HS) turned in a time of 1:08.43 to finish in seventh place.

The quartet of sophomore Khadijah Hall (Gahr HS), freshman Kierra Miller (Carson HS), sophomore Justina Cummings (Westchester HS) and sophomore Erin Reid (Long Beach Poly HS) competed in the 400-meter relay and posted a time of 48.92, which put them in fourth place. The 1600-meter relay team also came in fourth place with a time of 4:03.80 and it consisted of Miller, Hall, Cummings and Greer.

Photo by Daryl Peterson