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Sophomore jumper
Joshua
Muwwakkil (Warren HS) captured the
championship in the long jump and placed second in the
triple jump at the Southern California Track
Championships on Friday at Mt. San Antonio. In addition
to the two events, the Falcons will be sending five
other athletes to the state championships, which will
take place this Friday and Saturday at Bakersfield
College. As a team, Cerritos came in fifth place with 51
team points, with conference rival Long Beach City
College coming in first place with 117 team points,
followed by Moorpark College (99 team points), Mt. San
Antonio College (91) and East Los Angeles College
(54.50), who all finished ahead of the Falcons. The
third place Mounties and fourth place Huskies are also
members of the South Coast Conference.
Muwwakkil won the long jump with a
leap of 23' 9" while his high jump of 6' 10", was just
short of the winning height of 7', set by Long Beach
City's Vannie Prudhomme. Also qualifying for Cerritos
are sophomore Rafer Weaver (Banning HS),
who came in fifth place in the 800 meters at 1:55.49;
sophomore
Vincent Rojas (Long Beach Millikan HS),
who placed sixth in the 10,000 meters at 32:14.84;
sophomore
Antoine Revell (Serra HS), a fifth place
finisher in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 54.61;
and sophomore triple jumper
Lyndon Wyse
(Dorsey HS), who placed fifth with a 45' 11 1/2"
leap.
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD PERFORMERS AT SOCAL FINALS
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NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/DISTANCE |
PLACE |
POINTS |
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Deangelo Mingo |
100 Meters |
10.67 |
5th |
4 Team Points |
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*Kenyon Stewart |
400 Meters |
47.37 |
2nd |
8 Team Points |
|
*Rafer Weaver |
800 Meters |
1:55.49 |
5th |
4 Team Points |
|
Carlos Santamaria |
800 Meters |
2:07.92 |
8th |
1 Team Point |
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Vincent Rojas |
5000 Meters |
15:30.85 |
9th |
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*Vincent Rojas |
10,000 Meters |
32:14.84 |
6th |
3 Team Points |
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Ramon White |
110-Meter HH |
15.41 |
7th |
2 Team Points |
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*Antoine Revell |
400-Meter IH |
54.61 |
5th |
4 Team Points |
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|
400-Meter Relay |
42.23 |
9th |
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|
1600-Meter Relay |
3:19.55 |
6th |
3 Team Points |
|
*Joshua Muwwakkil |
High Jump |
6' 10" |
2nd |
8 Team Points |
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Anthony Harbor |
High Jump |
6' 0" |
11th |
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*Joshua Muwwakkil |
Long Jump |
23' 9" |
1st |
10 Team Points |
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*Lyndon Wyse |
Triple Jump |
45' 11 1/2" |
5th |
4 Team Points |
|
Chris Cerda |
Hammer |
138' 1" |
10th |
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*Qualifies for State Championships |
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