Led by several outstanding performances,
including eight first place finishes, the
Cerritos College men's track and field team
compiled 189 team points to come in first place
at the South Coast Conference Mini-Meet on
Friday. The Falcons edged past second place Mt.
San Antonio College, who finished with 172.5
team points. The team will now compete in the
Benny Brown Invitational on Thursday and
Saturday at Cal State Fullerton, while also
squeezing in another conference mini-meet, held
at Cerritos on Friday.
In the hammer throw, sophomore
Vincent Huitt (Downey HS)
recorded the second-best throw in school
history, as he won the event with a distance of
162' 3". The school record of 163' 5" was set by
Armando Ramirez in 2005. Also
in that event, sophomore Noe
Sosa (Downey HS)
registered the fourth-best hammer throw in
school history, as he went 156' 9" to come in
second place in the event. Freshmen teammates
Samuel Carrington (Fort
Lauderdale, FL HS) and
Sony Theodate (Fort Lauderdale,
FL HS) finished fourth (130') and fifth
(129'), respectively in the event.
In the 1500 meters, freshman
Gabriel Hilbert (Kennedy HS)
posted the fourth fastest time in school
history, when he was clocked in 4:02.28 to win
the event. Sophomore Torion
Bailey (Mayfair HS) placed
fifth at 4:15.63.
Other individual winners included sophomore
Kevin
Avery (Washington Prep HS/El
Camino College), who won the 200 meters in
21.95, while Hilbert also won the 800 meters
(1:57.03), with freshman
Daniel
King (El Rancho HS) a
close second at 1:57.35. Freshman DeMarshay Luckett
won the triple jump at 22' 5", with freshman
Aaron Burke in third place (21'
11"), while Burke won the triple jump at 43' 6".
Sophomore
Sweeney Williams (North
Torrance HS) threw the javelin 175' 6" to
win the event, and also placed second in the
triple jump at 42' 6".
The 400-meter relay team of Avery, freshman Ameer
Webb (Tustin HS), Taylor
and Williams came in first place at 41.84, while
teammates Enis Gilbeau
(Bellflower HS),
Shawn
McCoy (Washington Prep HS),
Juan
Tapia (Long Beach Millikan HS)
and
Carl
Houston (Cerritos HS) came
in second place.
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