For the third year in a row - and fifth time in the last six seasons - the Cerritos College women's track and field team won the Southern California Championship. The Falcons, who were also serving as the host of the event, are now looking for their third CCCAA State Championship in a row, which will take place next weekend at American River College in Sacramento.
As a team, the Falcons collected 195 points and easily outdistanced second place Mt. San Antonio College, who had 117 points, with Riverside City College a distant third place with 99 points. Historically their strength, Cerritos compiled 123 of their points in field events, which included five first place finishes and would still have won them the title.
Winner of three events, sophomore Juanita Webster (Redlands HS) will be defending her heptathlon championship. She posted 5471 points to set a new Southern California record, breaking the old mark of 5448 set in 1984 by Li Jiau Thai of Mt. San Antonio College and is close to setting the state matk of 5500 points. She also won the 100-meter HH with a clocking of 14.19, while her long jump of 6.10 meters ties her personal best.
Freshman Mystasia Alexander (Lynwood HS) improved on her school record javelin throw of 45.42 meters, with freshman Ailinisilose Williams (Paramount HS) winning the discus with a toss of 41.66 meters. In the 400-meter relay, the quartet of Lilian Ebanks (Valencia HS), Kymberlynn Jackson (University Prep HS), Breanna Curry (University HS) and Webster turned in a first place time of 46.27.
Below listed in BOLD are the athletes who have advanced to the state championships. Because if A Standard marks and scratches, those entries could change, while others could be added.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
Meka Story | 100 Meters | 11.93 | 3rd Place |
Lilian Ebanks | 100 Meters | 12.26 | 9th Place |
Kymberlynn Jackson | 200 Meters | 25.24 | 6th Place |
Meka Story | 200 Meters | 26.10 | 9th Place |
Breanna Curry | 400 Meters | 55.99 | 1st Place |
Kymberlynn Jackson | 400 Meters | 57.65 | 5th Place |
Rebecca Harris | 1500 Meters | 5:00.40 | 11th Place |
Adriana Velasco | 5000 Meters | 19:53.39 | 18th Place |
Katherine Batres | 10,000 Meters | 43:03.72 | 19th Place |
Juanita Webster | 100-Meter HH | 14.19 | 1st Place |
Skylin Harbin | 100-Meter HH | 14.78 | 3rd Place |
Michaela Banyi | 100-Meter HH | 15.37 | 6th Place |
Brandy Navarro | 100-Meter HH | 15.74 | 7th Place |
Skylin Harbin | 400-Meter IH | 1:01.87 | 1st Place |
Ebanks, Jackson, Curry, Story | 4x100-Meter Relay | 46.27 | 1st Place |
Curry, Jackson, Webster, Harbin | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:49.62 | 2nd Place |
Juanita Webster | High Jump | 1.65 Meters | Tied 3rd Place |
Breanna Curry | High Jump | 1.65 Meters | Tied 3rd Place |
Jelani Minix | High Jump | 1.60 Meters | 7th Place |
Brandy Navarro | High Jump | 1.50 Meters | 10th Place |
Juanita Webster | Long Jump | 6.10 Meters | 1st Place |
Lilian Ebanks | Long Jump | 5.26 Meters | 6th Place |
Breanna Curry | Long Jump | 5.16 Meters | 7th Place |
Michaela Banyi | Long Jump | 5.14 Meters | 8th Place |
Juanita Webster | Triple Jump | 11.66 Meters | 2nd Place |
Lilian Ebanks | Triple Jump | 11.02 Meters | 4th Place |
Jelani Minix | Triple Jump | 10.35 Meters | 10th Place |
Amber Hart | Shot Put | 13.49 Meters | 1st Place |
Ailinisilose Williams | Shot Put | 11.48 Meters | 7th Place |
Ailinisilose Williams | Discus | 41.66 Meters | 1st Place |
Mystasia Alexander | Discus | 41.61 Meters | 3rd Place |
Amber Hart | Discus | 39.93 Meters | 7th Place |
Crystal Rodriguez | Discus | 38.80 Meters | 8th Place |
Crystal Rodriguez | Hammer | 49.23 Meters | 2nd Place |
Amber Hart | Hammer | 43.20 Meters | 5th Place |
Sela Lotulelei | Hammer | 39.21 Meters | 9th Place |
Ailinisilose Williams | Hammer | 35.34 Meters | 11th Place |
Mystasia Alexander | Javelin | 45.42 Meters | 1st Place |
Juanita Webster | Javelin | 40.21 Meters | 3rd Place |
Crystal Rodriguez | Javelin | 32.75 Meters | 10th Place |
Juanita Webster | Heptathlon | 5471 Points | 1st Place |
Breanna Curry | Heptathlon | 4591 Points | 3rd Place |
Michaela Banyi | Heptathlon | 4415 Points | 4th Place |
Amani Briggs | Heptathlon | 4081 Points | 7th Place |
Suyan Carcedo | Heptathlon | 3745 Points | 10th Place |
Giselle Burgos | Heptathlon | 3692 Points | 11th Place |
Brandy Navarro | Heptathlon | 3495 Points | 14th Place |
Davina Pham | Heptathlon | 3297 Points | 16th Place |
Photos by Daryl Peterson