W. Track & Field: Signings and awards for the Falcons

Three-time All-American signs with UC Riverside
Three-time All-American signs with UC Riverside

In a season where the Cerritos College women's track and field team came in second place at the 3C2A State Championships, eight members of the team were named All-American, while three sophomore have also made their four-year college decisions.

Sophomore Elena Mack (El Camino Real Charter HS), who signed with UC Riverside, earned All-American honors in the 400 meters, as well as a member of the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay teams. She placed second at the state championships in the 400 meters (55.80), while running the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed third, as well as the lead-off runner for the fourth place 4x400-meter relay team.

Megan Feitz has committed to Pacific (OR) University) Also earning All-American recognition in three events was sophomore Zharia Taylor (Long Beach Poly HS/Southern Mississippi University), who was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team, while also coming in second place in the high jump (1.65 meters) and in the heptathlon (4528 points). Sophomore Crystal Nguyen (Fountain Valley HS) and freshman Jasmine Soto-Castro (Schurr HS), who ran on both of the relay teams, earned All-American honors in each of the events.

Sophomore Alona Davis (Bellflower HS), the fourth member of the 4x100-meter relay team, received All-American honors in the event, as well as in the 200 meters (24.22), where she came in third place.

State champion in the discus (44.79 meters), sophomore Dimitra Vitogiannis (Downey HS) was named All-American, as was sophomore Milika Burdett (Cypress HS) in the hammer (4th place at 47.91 meters) and third place finisher Andrea Villalta (Norwalk HS) in the javelin (38.70 meters). Villalta has also committed Concordia University, while sophomore distance runner Megan Feitz (Fountain Valley HS) has committed to Pacific (OR) University. She finished in seventh place at the state championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase.