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| 05.16.09 -
TREMENDOUS SECOND DAY LEADS TO SECOND PLACE
FOR MEN'S TRACK |
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Men's Track & Field. Second
place in State Championships. |
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Photo by Juan Velez. |
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After a slow start on the
first day of the California Community
College men's track and field state
championships at College of San Mateo,
the Cerritos College men's track and
field team picked up huge results to
finish in a tie for second place. The
Falcons, who finished with 58 team
points, joined Moorpark College for
second place, while Riverside College
won the title with 68 team points. Along
the way, the Falcons set a new school
record, as they finished in first and
second place in the decathlon, while
freshman
Torion Bailey (Mayfair
HS) won the 800 meters.
Sophomore
Nicholas Armstrong (Long
Beach Poly HS) scored the second
most points in school history (6867) to
become the third athlete (fourth
overall) to win the state decathlon
championship. In addition to Armstrong
winning the state title, sophomore
David Thomas (Cerritos
HS) placed second with 6110 points.
Armstrong joins Christopher
Richardson (2004 & 2005) and
Andrew Phillips (2001)
to win the state title. Richardson is
now the head coach at Moorpark, the team
the Falcons tied with for second place
in the team championship. Armstrong also
won the Southern California decathlon
championship.
As for
Bailey, he is the first Cerritos athlete
to win the state title in the 800
meters, as he narrowly edged AJ Mitchell
of El Camino College. Bailey finished
with a time of 1:53.49, while Mitchell
finished in 1:53.75. The Falcons also
won the 400-meter relay in a time of
40.20 and edged second place Riverside.
Sophomore
Kelsey Caesar (Forest
Klein, TX HS/Cal State Long Beach)
turned in a second place finish in the
400 meters (46.89) and placed fifth in
the 200 meters with a time of 21.26.
Also placing in two events was freshman
Jeramey Cutler (Lakewood
HS), who placed fifth in both the
discus (48.49 meters) and shot put
(15.58 meters).
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NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/DISTANCE |
PLACE |
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Kelsey Caesar |
200 Meters |
21.26 |
5th Place |
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Kelsey Caesar |
400 Meters |
46.89 |
2nd Place |
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Torion Bailey |
800 Meters |
1:53.49 |
1st Place |
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4x100 Meter Relay |
40.20 |
1st Place |
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Jeramey Cutler |
Discus |
48.49 meters |
5th Place |
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Jeramey Cutler |
Shot Put |
15.58 meters |
5th Place |
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Nicholas Armstrong |
High Jump |
1.95 meters |
Tied 9th Place |
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Nicholas Armstrong |
Decathlon |
6867 Points |
1st Place |
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David Thomas |
Decathlon |
6110 Points |
2nd Place |
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