M. Track & Field: Competition against four-year schools helps Falcons

Cerritos men's track & field competed at UCLA over the weekend
Cerritos men's track & field competed at UCLA over the weekend

Over the weekend, the Cerritos College men's track and field team took part in the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner Kersey Invitational at UCLA. The Falcons were the only community college to take part in the meets, which allowed them to improve their performances as the season progresses. Next weekend, Cerritos will competed in the Vince O'Boyle Invitational at UC Irvine.

The top event of the day came from the 4x400-meter relay team, whose time of 3:20.04 put them in second place. Accounting for one of their better times of the season included Jordan Crowdus (Cabrillo HS), Caleb Dunomes (Long Beach Poly HS), Sebastian Lopez (Downey HS) and Elijah Jones (Long Beach Jordan HS).

The Falcons had entries in 14 events at the two meets.

Below is a list of the Cerritos competitors at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner Kersey Invitational.

NAME EVENT TIME/DISTANCE PLACE
Kal-El Osbey 100 Meters 11.26 9th Place
Sebastian Lopez 200 Meters 22.02 14th Place
Jordan Crowdus 200 Meters 22.20 18th Place
Te'Quan Chatman 200 Meters 22.88 22nd Place
Konnor Handy 400 Meters 50.43 13th Place
George Flores 400 Meters 51.67 16th Place
Ahmad Diouf 400 Meters 53.10 17th Place
Anthony Hines 400 Meters 53.69 18th Place
Dion Taylor 400 Meters 54.79 19th Place
Luke Johnson 400 Meters 56.49 20th Place
Caleb Dunomes 800 Meters 2:01.92 13th Place
Justin Smith 800 Meters 2:04.06 15th Place
Luke Dias 800 Meters 2:04.29 16th Place
Aiden House-Ortiz 800 Meters 2:04.67 17th Place
Jeffrey Chmiel 800 Meters 2:07.83 20th Place
Tyler Villanueva 1500 Meters 4:09.74 1st Place
Noah Addison 1500 Meters 4:22.15 2nd Place
Edwin Matias 1500 Meters 4:31.05 3rd Place
Matthew Alvarez 1500 Meters 4:33.17 4th Place
Joshua Melendez 5000 Meters 15:18.72 4th Place
Robert Guerrero 5000 Meters 15:30.91 10th Place
Elijah Jones 110-Meter HH 16.09 6th Place
Jacob Begay 110-Meter HH 17.76 7th Place
Elijah Jones, Sebastian Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman, Kal-El Osbey 4x100-Meter Relay 42.73 3rd Place
Jordan Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes, Sebastian Lopez, Elijah Jones 4x400-Meter Relay 3:20.04 2nd Place
Konnor Handy, Justin Smith, Te'Quan Chatman, George Flores 4x400-Meter Relay 3:27.88 4th Place
Te'Quan Chatman Long Jump 5.66 Meters 3rd Place
Anthony Hines Long Jump 5.58 Meters 4th Place
Jacob Begay Long Jump 5.42 Meters 5th Place
Dy'mere Burrell Long Jump 5.23 Meters 6th Place
George Flores Long Jump 5.19 Meters 7th Place
Luke Johnson Long Jump 4.94 Meters 8th Place
Daniel Chavez Shot Put 12.77 Meters 4th Place
Damian Salas Shot Put 11.55 Meters 5th Place
Damian Salas Discus 29.17 Meters 9th Place
Luke Johnson Discus 28.28 Meters 10th Place
George Flores Discus 26.75 Meters 11th Place
Anthony Hines Discus 26.16 Meters 12th Place
Jacob Begay Discus 21.42 Meters 13th Place
Daniel Chavez Hammer 37.11 Meters 6th Place
Damian Salas Hammer 36.45 Meters 7th Place
Luke Johnson Javelin 45.02 Meters 3rd Place