11.07.08 - Cerritos advances to state championships
Sophomore Sarah Muniz (Santa Fe HS) placed 11th out of 196 runners at the Southern California Regional Championships on Friday afternoon at Kern County Soccer Park in Bakersfield to lead the Cerritos College women's cross country team to a sixth place finish. The Falcons, who have now advanced to the State Championships, will get two weeks to prepare before heading to Fresno for the November 22 meet at Woodward Park...[more]

10.31.08 - Team wins third SCC title in five years
For the third time in the last five years, the Cerritos College women's cross country team captured the South Coast Conference championship. With their tremendous performance on Friday at Columbia Park in Torrance, the Falcons will now compete in the Southern California Championship, which will be held in Bakersfield next Saturday...[more]

10.18.08 - Falcons finish strong at Santa Barbara Invitational
After giving the majority of the team the week off, Cerritos College women's cross country coach John Goldman saw his team close the gap with two of the top teams in Southern California at the Santa Barbara Invitational, which took place at Leadbetter Beach on Saturday. The Falcons, ranked #3 in Southern California, had their five runners finish in the top 17 and finished in third place out of the 17 teams that competed. Cerritos compiled 62 team points and trailed just Orange Coast College (45 team points) and Glendale College (54). The five runners in the top 17 finishers was the best team finish of any school in the invitational. Cerritos will now take a week off before competing in the South Coast Conference Championships on October 31 at El Camino College...[more]

10.11.08 - Cerritos sends only four runners to race
For the first time all season, the Cerritos College women's cross country team did not factor in the team scoring of an invitational. With two second place and two fourth place finishes under their belt this season, the Falcons sent just four freshman runners to the Brubaker Invitational at Irvine Regional Park on Saturday. The team's top runners took the week off in preparation for the Santa Barbara Invitational this Saturday...[more]

10.03.08 - Falcons use consistency to place fourth
While most of the 29 teams had their runners spread out all over the course, the Cerritos College women's cross country team continued to pack their runners at the Southern California Preview Meet in Bakersfield on Saturday  and it paid off. The Falcons placed fourth with 136 team points with Orange Coast College and Southwestern College sharing the meet championship with 48 team points each, while Glendale College placed third with 93 team points. Cerritos will now head south to run in the UC San Diego Invitational at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday...[more]

09.20.08 - Cerritos takes second place at OCC Classic
With one of the best groups of runners in school history, the Cerritos College women's cross country team continues to improve with every meet. On Saturday, the Falcons placed four of their runners in the top 12 and parlayed that into a second place finish at the Orange Coast Classic at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa. The team finished with 62 team points and held off South Coast Conference rival Mt. San Antonio College (67 points), while host Orange Coast won the invitational with 49 team points. The team will get a week off at the midway point in the season before heading to Bakersfield for the Southern California Preview Meet on October 3rd...[more]

09.13.08 - Falcons hold off Mt. San Antonio for 2nd place
Getting their first look at the location for the state championships, the Cerritos College women's cross country team not only showed how strong and deep their team is, they did so by holding off several other very good teams. Aside from Orange Coast College, who won the Fresno Invitational with 35 teams points, the second place Falcons (75 points) fought off South Coast Conference rival Mt. San Antonio College, who came in third place with 86 team points. Cerritos will now get another shot at knocking off Orange Coast when they travel to the Orange Coast Classic, which will be held at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday...[more]

09.06.08 - Women come in fourth place at Irvine
The Cerritos College women's cross country team, ranked #4 in Southern California, had several outstanding performances this past weekend at the Irvine Invitational. The Falcons, who came in fourth place as a team with 105 team points, saw eight of their 11 runners finish in the top 43, while only one community college team had a better team score. Southwestern College, who won the meet with 52 team points, saw the Falcons have six of their runners finish before their first five, but the Jaguars had three runners finish in the top six. Cerritos will now travel north and compete in the Fresno Invitational on Saturday...[more]

09.01.08 - Team excels in first meet of the season
Heading into their first invitational of the season, the Cerritos College women's cross country team knew they had a solid nucleus of returning runners coupled with several good incoming freshmen. The Falcons, who placed fourth at the state championships last year, competed in the Fullerton Invitational on Monday against eight four-year schools, several club teams and four community college teams. Cerritos placed ninth out of the 15 teams, but trailed only Orange Coast College at the community college level. The Pirates finished with 176 teams points, while the Falcons had 217 points. Cal State Long Beach won the meet with 82 team points. This Saturday, the team will compete in the Irvine Invitational...[more]