Sophomore
hurdler
Anthony Harbor
(Bellflower
HS)
concluded his
Cerritos College
track and field
career by
placing third in
the state
championships in
both the
110-meter high
hurdles and the
400-meter
hurdles on
Saturday at San
Mateo College.
Harbor was one
of three Falcon
representatives
at the state
championships,
as Cerritos
finished with 17
team points and
came in 16th
place. South
Coast Conference
foe Pasadena
City College won
the state title
with 75 teams
points, while
Moorpark College
(70 points) came
in a close
second.
Joining
Harbor in the
championships
was freshman
distance runner
Daniel
Clifford-Sorenson
(Lakewood HS),
who competed in
three events,
while sophomore
Benjamin Smith
(Cypress HS)
competed in the
hammer throw.
As for
Harbor, he
registered a
time of 14.91 in
the 110-meter
high hurdles and
was just edged
out by J.T.
Leggin
(Sacramento
City), who won
the event in a
time of 14.65,
while College of
the Sequoias
runner Robert
Skipper came in
second place at
14.71. In the
400-meter
hurdles, Harbor
was beat out by
two Southern
California
runners, as his
time of 53.82
was just shy of
Kenneth Medwood
(East Los
Angeles), who
was clocked in
52.78 to win the
event, with
Moorpark's Danny
Scharf coming in
second place at
53.37.
In the
distance races,
Clifford-Sorenson
was unable to
come close to
any of his
school-record
times, while his
best finish was
a sixth place
showing in the
3000 meter
steeplechase.
His time of
9:46.44 was 26
seconds slower
than his
school-record
time and would
have been enough
to come in
second place. He
was 2:30 off his
school-record
time in the
10,000 meters
and placed ninth
with a showing
if 33:50.41. Had
be been able to
match that time,
it would have
been enough to
win the race. In
the 5000 meters,
Clifford-Sorenson
placed 11th out
of 12 runners
with a time of
16:13.23, which
was 1:05 off his
best time and
would have also
been good enough
to win the title
in that event.
With Smith,
he recorded a
personal best
throw of 157' 5
3/4", which not
only earned him
a seventh place
finish in the
state
championships,
it was also the
second best
throw in school
history. He
owned the
previous second
best throw of
151' 7", which
he recorded at
the Southern
California
Championships.
