Results
On the strength of four first place finishes, the Cerritos College men's track and field team finished in second place at the South Coast Conference Championships on Saturday. The Falcons finished with 142 team points, and matched their second place finish from last season. Next up will be the Southern California Prelims, which will take place next Friday at San Diego Mesa College.
Sophomore Colby Owens (Milford Mill Academy, MD HS) won the conference championship in the 400 meters with a time of 48.32, while his clocking of 21.63 earned him a second place result in the 200 meters. Owens also ran a leg in both relay races. The 4x100-meter relay team of Dylan Dominguez (El Rancho HS), LaVelle Sowell (Carson HS), Owens and Jaheim Williams (Compton HS) finished in third place with a time of 41.47 and were edged out of second place by El Camino College, who crossed the finish line in 41.46.
In the 4x400-meter relay, the quartet of Jacob Jimenez (El Rancho HS), Owens, Dominguez and Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS) recorded a second place time of 3:19.27 and were able to hold off the Warriors this time.
In the field events, throwers Micah Norfles (Marina HS) and Nasser Brown (Long Beach Millikan HS) each won conference titles. For Norfles, it was in the hammer, where is distance of 50.92 meters defeated the rest of the field, while Brown picked up his first place finish in the discus. His best throw of 43.29 meters was a good four meters ahead of his closest competition. The fourth conference title came in the decathlon, which was won by Javone Brown (Long Beach Jordan HS) and took place back on April 4-5.
Below is a list of the Falcons that took part in the conference championships.
NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
LaVelle Sowell | 100 Meters | 11.19 | 6th Place |
Jaheim Williams | 100 Meters | 11.23 | 8th Place |
Colby Owens | 200 Meters | 21.63 | 2nd Place |
Colby Owens | 400 Meters | 48.32 | 1st Place |
Joe Munoz | 1500 Meters | 4:09.38 | 5th Place |
Jose Garcia Chavez | 1500 Meters | 4:09.89 | 6th Place |
Marcus Hughes | 1500 Meters | 4:11.42 | 7th Place |
Jose Garcia Chavez | 5000 Meters | 16:47.39 | 11th Place |
Rogelio Garcia | 5000 Meters | 17:56.22 | 13th Place |
Daniel Gomez | 5000 Meters | 21:04.60 | 23rd Place |
Javone Brown | 110-Meter HH | 16.97 | 5th Place |
Bryce Pearson | 400-Meter IH | 55.93 | 5th Place |
Maurice Jackson | 400-Meter IH | 56.65 | 6th Place |
Jose Ortiz | 3000 Meter SC | 11:28.27 | 9th Place |
Jeffrey Chmiel | 3000 Meter SC | 12:38.84 | 11th Place |
Dylan Dominguez, LaVelle Sowell, Colby Owens, Jaheim Williams | 4x100-Meter Relay | 41.47 | 3rd Place |
Jacob Jimenez, Colby Owens, Dylan Dominguez, Jordan Crowdus | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:19.27 | 2nd Place |
Javone Brown | High Jump | 1.85 Meters | 2nd Place |
Bryce Pearson | High Jump | 1.85 Meters | 3rd Place |
Jacob Jimenez | Long Jump | 6.41 Meters | 9th Place |
Jemar Armstrong | Long Jump | 5.55 Meters | 18th Place |
Christian Macale | Long Jump | 5.29 Meters | 20th Place |
Javone Brown | Long Jump | 5.14 Meters | 21st Place |
Javone Brown | Triple Jump | 13.43 Meters | 6th Place |
Christian Macale | Triple Jump | 11.46 Meters | 10th Place |
Daniel Chavez | Shot Put | 13.31 Meters | 2nd Place |
Micah Norfles | Shot Put | 13.02 Meters | 3rd Place |
Nasser Brown | Shot Put | 11.91 Meters | 10th Place |
Joseph Medina | Shot Put | 10.44 Meters | 14th Place |
Steven Snyder | Shot Put | 6.93 Meters | 20th Place |
Nasser Brown | Discus | 43.29 Meters | 1st Place |
Joseph Medina | Discus | 36.31 Meters | 6th Place |
Daniel Chavez | Discus | 31.93 Meters | 12th Place |
Bryce Pearson | Discus | 30.60 Meters | 14th Place |
Micah Norfles | Discus | 27.34 Meters | 16th Place |
Micah Norfles | Hammer | 50.92 Meters | 1st Place |
Daniel Chavez | Hammer | 37.84 Meters | 5th Place |
Nasser Brown | Hammer | 35.33 Meters | 7th Place |
Joseph Medina | Hammer | 34.49 Meters | 8th Place |
Nasser Brown | Javelin | 40.43 Meters | 6th Place |
Bryce Pearson | Javelin | 39.63 Meters | 8th Place |
Javone Brown | Javelin | 38.00 Meters | 10th Place |
Javone Brown | Decathlon | 4626 Points | 1st Place |
Bryce Pearson | Decathlon | 4359 Points | 3rd Place |