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MEN'S TRACK AND
FIELD
SECOND PLACE IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
12.09.09 - Doug Wells named State Track Coach of the
Year
 Cerritos College Director of Track
and Field
Doug Wells
has been named the 2009 California Community College
Cross Country & Track Coaches Association (5CTCA) Men's
Track and Field Coach of the Year. Wells helped lead the
Falcons to a share of second place finish at the state
championships this past season. Along with his duties
with the men's team, he helped lead the women's team to
their second state title in a row and third in four
years, while both won the South Coast Conference
championship.
Wells, who will be starting his 20th season as the
Falcons director, will be honored at the Annual 5CTCA
meeting, which will be held on December 12, 2009 in Las
Vegas, NV.
Over the years, Wells has been honored to serve as a
coach at the national level and as recently as 2006, he
was chosen
as the Head Manager for the U.S. National Track and
Field Team and guided them at the NACAC Under-23
Team, which was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic. Wells was also selected by a special staff
selection meeting of the International Competition
Committee at the USA Track and Field National
Convention...[more]
05.16.09 - Tremendous second day leads
to second place
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...[more]
05.09.09 - Cerritos places fourth in
Southern Cal finals
The Cerritos
College men's track and field had one Southern
California champion on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio
College, as the team finished in fourth place. The
Falcons, who won their first South Coast Conference
championship in school history two weeks ago, compiled
65 team points to place fourth. Sophomore sprinter
Kelsey Caesar
(Klein Forest (TX) HS/Cal State Long Beach) was
the lone champion, as he won the 400 meters in a time of
47.21. Caesar also qualified in the 200 meters by coming
in fourth place. Freshman thrower
Jeramey Cutler
(Lakewood HS) is the only other two-event
qualifier...[more]
05.02.09 - Falcons have 22 entries in
SoCal Finals
Coming off
their first South Coast Conference championship in
school history, the Cerritos College men's track and
field team have qualified 22 entries for the Southern
California Championships, which will be held next
Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. The top eight
finishers in lane events and top 12 in field advance
from the Southern California Preliminaries, which were
held on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College...[more]
04.24.09 - Cerritos wins conference
championship
For the first
time in the last 13 years, a school other than Mt. San
Antonio College has won the South Coast Conference Men's
Track and Field Championship. The Cerritos College men's
track team, winners of five events, dethroned the
Mounties, while compiling 247 team points, with Mt.
SAC a distant second place with 180.5 team points. The
Falcon qualifiers will now advance to the Southern
California Preliminaries, which will be held next
Saturday at Mt. San Antonio. The top six from each event
advance to the prelims, while there will be a selection
of automatic qualifiers that will be decided at a
seeding meeting...[more]
04.18.09 - Small squad competes in
tune-up meet
The Cerritos College men's
track and field team is preparing for the South Coast
Conference Preliminaries, which start Tuesday at Mt. San
Antonio. In their final meet prior to the prelims, a
small contingent of Falcons competed in the VS Athletics
Beach Invitational, which took place at Cerritos
College, but was hosted by Cal State Long Beach...[more]
04.11.09 - Falcons tuning up for
conference prelims
With the South Coast
Conference Preliminaries just two weeks away, the
Cerritos College men's track and field team continues to
tune up for the most important meets of the season. They
sent a partial squad to the Mt. San Antonio Relays over
the weekend and had very promising results. The Falcons
will now compete in the Long Beach Relays at Cerritos
this Friday and Saturday in their final meet before the
conference prelims...[more]
04.04.09 - Cerritos does well up north
Led by a pair of first place
finishes, the Cerritos College men's track and field
team did very well at the 1st Annual American River
Invitational in Sacramento on Saturday. In addition to
the two first place finishes, the Falcons also had three
second place and one third place finish. The team will
now compete in the prestigious Mt. San Antonio Relays on
Saturday...[more]
03.27.09 - Falcons win conference meet
The Cerritos College men's
track and field team outscored all the other eight teams
at the South Coast Conference Preview Meet to come in
first place on Friday at Compton College. The Falcons
compiled 191.5 team points to pull away from second
place finisher Mt. San Antonio College, who finished
with 170 team points. Cerritos will now travel north to
compete in the Nike Invitational in Sacramento on
Saturday...[more]
03.25.09 - Nicholas Armstrong wins
SoCal decathlon championship
 Cerritos College sophomore
decathlete
Nicholas
Armstrong (Long Beach Poly HS)
compiled 6479 points at the Southern California
decathlon Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday at
Cerritos College to win the championship. His point
total is also the third-highest in school history.
Sophomore teammate
David Thomas
(Cerritos HS) finished sixth out of the 32
entries with 5595 points. The two athletes collected 13
team points toward the Southern California
Championships, which will take place at Mt. San Antonio
College on May 9. They have both also advanced to the
state championships, as the top six finishers qualified.
Prior to that, the Falcon track team will compete in the
SCC Preview Meet this Friday at Compton College at
noon...[more]
03.21.09 - Cerritos does well with
small squad
Although they entered a
smaller team than usual, the Cerritos College men's
track and field still did well at the California Relays,
which the school hosted over the weekend. The Falcons,
who will also host the Southern California Decathlon
Championships this Tuesday and Wednesday, won one event
and placed second in two others over the weekend...[more]
03.14.09 - Last event wins meet for
Falcons
The Cerritos College men's
track team did exactly what they needed to do in order
to hold off host Moorpark College in a four-way meet
hosted by the Raiders on Saturday. The Falcons held a
slim margin prior to the final event of the day - the
1600-meter relay race. On the strength of their third
place finish time of 3:20.46, Cerritos scored six team
points, while Moorpark came in fourth place, good for
five team points. The final tally of the meet had the
Falcons pulling out a 177-176.5 team score victory over
the Raiders, while they also defeated West Los Angeles
College (177-136.5) and El Camino College, 177-130.
Cerritos will now host the California Relays this
weekend, starting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and concluding
on Saturday...[more]
03.01.09 - Cerritos wins pair of
events at USC Invitational
Facing both four-year
universities and community colleges, the Cerritos
College men's track and field team captured first place
in two events, while they came in second place in three
other events at the USC Invitational, which was held at
Loker Stadium-Cormwell Field on Sunday. After such a
strong performance, the Falcons will now return home for
a four-team meet on Friday at noon. Joining Cerritos
will be Saddleback College, El Camino College and Orange
Coast College...[more]
02.21.09 - Falcons put on good showing
at invitational
 Freshman sprinter
Kelsey Caesar
(Klein Forest, TX HS) captured both the 200
meters and 400 meters as the Cerritos College men's
track and field team turned in a good all-around showing
at the Cerritos Invitational over the weekend. In
addition to the two wins by Caesar, sophomore
Qualaun Reed
(Cabrillo HS) won the 3000-meter steeplechase
event. The Falcons will now travel to the USC
Invitational, which will start at 9:00 a.m. on
Friday.
Caesar posted a time of 21.58 in the 200
meters, while his time of 47.56 beat everyone in the 400
meters. Joining Caear in the 200 meters were freshman
William
English (Montebello HS) and sophomore
Kristen Joseph
(Canyon Springs, NV HS), who finished fifth and
sixth, respectively. As for Reed, his time of 9:52.25
was good enough to win the race. Over the weekend, there
was one school record broken, as freshman thrower
Vincent Huitt
(Downey HS) set a new record in the weight throw
with a distance of 42' 3"...[more] |
