As one of only two community colleges competing in the Stanislaus State Invitational on Saturday, the Cerritos College men's track and field team finished in fourth place. The Falcons, who finished with 70 team points, placed ahead of Fresno City College, who came in fifth place with 52 team points. The team will now compete in the Cal State Los Angeles Invitational on Thursday.
Making his season debut, sophomore LaVelle Sowell (Carson HS) placed second in the 100 meters with a time of 10.85. He was beat out only by an unattached runner. Sophomore Jaheim Williams (Compton HS) was right behind in fourth place at 10.89. As for sophomore Colby Owens (Milford Mill Academy, MD HS), he turned in the fastest time of the day in the 200 meters at 21.65.
Both relay teams did fairly well, as the 400-meter relay quartet of Dylan Dominguez (El Rancho HS), Jemar Armstrong (Rancho Dominguez Prep HS), Maurice Jackson (Long Beach Jordan HS) and Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS) took fifth place in a time of 43.70, with the 1600-meter relay foursome of Owens, Jacob Jimenez (El Rancho HS), Crowdus and Armstrong finished with a third place time of 3:24.12.
In the throwing events, freshman Nasser Brown (Long Beach Millikan HS) recorded a pair of fourth place results. His distance of 12.31 meters in the shot put put him in fourth place, while he matched that result with a discus throw of 39.62 meters.
Below is a list of Falcons that competed in the meet.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
LaVelle Sowell | 100 Meters | 10.85 | 2nd Place |
Jaheim Williams | 100 Meters | 10.89 | 4th Place |
Jacob Jimenez | 100 Meters | 11.05 | 8th Place |
Jordan Crowdus | 100 Meters | 11.51 | 23rd Place |
Colby Owens | 200 Meters | 21.65 | 1st Place |
Jaheim Williams | 200 Meters | 22.11 | 5th Place |
Dylan Dominguez | 200 Meters | 22.19 | 6th Place |
Jemar Armstrong | 200 Meters | 22.70 | 15th Place |
Jordan Crowdus | 200 Meters | 22.93 | 19th Place |
Aiden House-Ortiz | 800 Meters | 2:05.16 | 16th Place |
Marcus Hughes | 800 Meters | 2:06.44 | 17th Place |
Joe Munoz | 800 Meters | 2:09.52 | 21st Place |
Joe Munoz | 1500 Meters | 4:20.87 | 19th Place |
Marcus Hughes | 1500 Meters | 4:21.39 | 21st Place |
Jose Garcia Chavez | 5000 Meters | 16:08.61 | 3rd Place |
Maurice Jackson | 400-Meter IH | 57.89 | 4th Place |
Dylan Dominguez, Jemar Armstrong, Maurice Jackson, Jordan Crowdus | 4x100-Meter Relay | 43.70 | 5th Place |
Colby Owens, Jacob Jimenez, Jordan Crowdus, Jemar Armstrong | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:24.12 | 3rd Place |
Jacob Jimenez | Long Jump | 5.98 Meters | 17th Place |
Jemar Armstrong | Long Jump | 5.92 Meters | 20th Place |
Nasser Brown | Shot Put | 12.31 Meters | 4th Place |
Daniel Chavez | Shot Put | 11.86 Meters | 5th Place |
Joseph Medina | Shot Put | 10.39 Meters | 9th Place |
Nasser Brown | Discus | 39.62 Meters | 4th Place |
Joseph Medina | Discus | 34.88 Meters | 8th Place |
Daniel Chavez | Hammer | 37.04 Meters | 9th Place |
Joseph Medina | Hammer | 35.26 Meters | 12th Place |