On Saturday, the Cerritos College women's track and field team competed in their first meet of the season at the Orange Coast Open. The Falcons, who host the South Coast Conference Opener next Saturday, entered most of their athletes in throwing events, although they also did well in several running events.
Freshmen Milika Burdett (Cypress HS) and Dimitra Vitogiannis (Downey HS) finished third and fourth, respectively in the hammer, with Burdett tossing 37.78 meters, with the best throw from Vitogiannis going 35.73 meters. In the shot put, freshman Jessica McLennan (Warren HS) placed fourth with a distance of 10.09 meters, while her discus throw of 28.43 put her in fifth place. Vitogainnis led the Falcons in the discus with a second place toss of 33.11 meters.
In the 60-meter dash, the duo of Rionna Wallace (Lakewood HS) and Aryianna Faircloth (Magnolia HS) finished together, with Wallace earning a second place time of 7.68, with Faircloth finishing in 7.87, good for third place. The 3200-meter relay quartet of Leslie Juarez (Warren HS), Samantha Martinez (Fountain Valley HS), Lauren Berg (Fountain Valley HS) and Delilah Chavez (Lakewood HS) posted a second place time of 10:44.99, while jumper Jourdan Murphy took second place in the long jump at 4.96 meters. She matched that placing in the triple jump with her distance of 10.86 meters.
Below is a list of all the Falcons who competed in the meet.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
Rionna Wallace | 60 Meters | 7.86 | 2nd Place |
Aryianna Faircloth | 60 Meters | 7.87 | 3rd Place |
Alyssa Zabala | 60 Meters | 8.90 | 29th Place |
Jazzmine Davis | 200 Meters | 27.56 | 8th Place |
Jourdan Murphy | 200 Meters | 27.86 | 10th Place |
Andrea Alvarado | 200 Meters | 29.31 | 19th Place |
Jazzmine Davis | 400 Meters | 1:02.45 | 5th Place |
Alyssa Zabala | 400 Meters | 1:07.93 | 10th Place |
Elena Mack | 600 Meters | 1:47.19 | 7th Place |
Delilah Chavez | 1-Mile | 5:59.17 | 9th Place |
Andrea Villalta | 1-Mile | 6:38.85 | 13th Place |
Michelle Campos | 60-Meter HH | 11.70 | 6th Place |
Leslie Juarez, Samantha Martinez, Lauren Berg, Delilah Chavez | 3200-Meter Relay | 10:44.99 | 2nd Place |
Megan Feitz, Aryianna Faircloth, Sophie Lopez, Leslie Juarez | Distance Medley Relay | 13:38.40 | 3rd Place |
Lauren Berg, Elena Mack, Michelle Campos, Samantha Martinez | Distance Medley Relay | 13:48.78 | 7th Place |
Jada Hart | Pole Vault | 2.50 Meters | 7th Place |
Jourdan Murphy | Long Jump | 4.96 Meters | 2nd Place |
Rionna Wallace | Long Jump | 4.86 Meters | 4th Place |
Andrea Alvarado | Long Jump | 4.66 Meters | 6th Place |
Michelle Campos | Long Jump | 4.45 Meters | 9th Place |
Cynthia Lezama | Long Jump | 4.14 Meters | 14th Place |
Jourdan Murphy | Triple Jump | 10.86 Meters | 2nd Place |
Andrea Alvarado | Triple Jump | 9.22 Meters | 7th Place |
Jessica McLennan | Shot Put | 10.09 Meters | 4th Place |
Milika Burdett | Shot Put | 9.92 Meters | 7th Place |
Dimitra Vitogiannis | Shot Put | 9.50 Meters | 10th Place |
Natalie Bailey | Shot Put | 8.93 Meters | 12th Place |
Michelle Campos | Shot Put | 7.94 Meters | 14th Place |
Asha Elam | Shot Put | 6.17 Meters | 23rd Place |
Alyssa Zabala | Shot Put | 5.36 Meters | 24th Place |
Dimitra Vitogiannis | Discus | 33.11 Meters | 2nd Place |
Jessica McLennan | Discus | 28.43 Meters | 5th Place |
Natalie Bailey | Discus | 23.50 Meters | 12th Place |
Milika Burdett | Discus | 19.82 Meters | 13th Place |
Asha Elam | Discus | 13.54 Meters | 16th Place |
Milika Burdett | Hammer | 35.73 Meters | 3rd Place |
Dimitra Vitogiannis | Hammer | 33.69 Meters | 4th Place |