W. Track & Field: Record-setting points nets third straight state title

The Cerritos women's track and field team celebrates their third straight CCCAA State Championship
The Cerritos women's track and field team celebrates their third straight CCCAA State Championship

Complete Results

Over the course of the two-day CCCAA State Championships, the Cerritos College women's track and field team amassed a record 149.50 team points. Competing at American River College in Sacramento, the Falcons became just the third school to win three straight state titles and join only Mt. San Antonio College and Sacramento City College to accomplish the feat. It was also the eighth state title in school history and seventh in the last 12 years.

In capturing the state championship, the Falcons won eight events, led by sophomore Juanita Webster (Redlands HS), who captured four individual championships and took second in another. For her efforts, Webster was named the Field Event Athlete of the Meet. She set new school records in winning the 100-meter HH with a time of 13.65 and in the triple jump with a distance of 12.96 meters and added titles in the long jump (6.00 meters) and defended her heptathlon title while amassing 5424 points. Adding in the seven events of the heptathlon, Webster competed in 12 events and account for 48 of the Falcons points, which would have put her in six place in the team scoring.

Also winning state titles were sophomores Skylin Harbin (Bishop Alemany/College of the Canyons), who posted the third best time school history in the 400-meter IH (1:01.83); sophomore Breanna Curry (University HS) in the high jump (1.70 meters); freshman Amber Hart (Narbonne HS) in the shot put at 13.55 meters, which tied her personal best and was the top mark in the state; freshman Mystasia Alexander (Lynwood HS), who broke her own school record in the javelin with a state's best mark of 45.61 meters; and the 4x100-meter relay team of sophomore Lilian Ebanks (Valencia HS), freshman Kymberlynn Jackson (University Prep HS), Curry and sophomore Meka Story (Gahr HS), who recorded the second best time in school history at 45.83.

With the championship already cliched, the Falcons changed up their 4x400-meter relay team and still posted a second place time of 3:47.63 using the quartet of Curry, Jackson, Harbin and sophomore Brandy Navarro (Montebello HS).

The eight state championships in one season set a new school record, as did their 149.5 team points. Below is a list of the Falcons who competed in the CCCAA State Championships.

NAME EVENT TIME/DISTANCE/HEIGHT PLACE
Meka Story 100 Meters 12.36 8th Place
Breanna Curry 400 Meters 55.38 (Personal Best) 5th Place
Kymberlynn Jackson 400 Meters 58.09 9th Place
Rebecca Harris 1500 Meters 5:13.08 11th Place
Juanita Webster 100-Meter HH 13.65 (State Best/School Record) 1st Place
Skylin Harbin 100-Meter HH 14.61 5th Place
Skylin Harbin 400-Meter IH 1:01.83 (3rd Best in school history) 1st Place

Ebanks, Jackson, Curry, Story

4x100-Meter Relay 45.83 (2nd best in school history) 1st Place
Curry, Jackson, Harbin, Navarro 4x400-Meter Relay 3:47.63 2nd Place
Breanna Curry High Jump 1.70 Meters (Tied Personal Best) 1st Place
Jelani Minix High Jump 1.55 Meters Tied 7th Place
Juanita Webster Long Jump 6.00 Meters 1st Place
Breanna Curry Long Jump 5.48 Meters 6th Place
Lilian Ebanks Long Jump 5.37 Meters 9th Place
Juanita Webster Triple Jump 12.96 Meters (State Best/School Record) 1st Place
Lilian Ebanks Triple Jump 11.55 Meters (Personal Best) 8th Place
Ailinisilose Williams Discus 45.77 Meters (2nd Best in state/Personal Best) 2nd Place
Mystasia Alexander Discus 41.36 Meters 4th Place
Amber Hart Shot Put 13.55 Meters (State Best) 1st Place
Ailinisilose Williams
Shot Put 12.00 Meters 4th Place
Crystal Rodriguez Hammer 48.43 Meters 3rd Place
Mystasia Alexander Javelin 45.61 Meters (State Best/School Record) 1st Place
Juanita Webster Javelin 42.72 Meters (2nd best in school history) 2nd Place
Juanita Webster Heptathlon 5424 Points 1st Place
Michaela Banyi Heptathlon 4491 Points (Personal Best) 3rd Place
Amani Briggs Heptathon 4176 Points (Personal Best) 6th Place