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2008 STATE CHAMPIONS
05.17.08 - Falcons win
second state title in three years
The Cerritos College women's
track and field team captured their second California
Community College Athletic Association state
championship on Saturday afternoon by using their depth
to pull away from their competition. The host Falcons,
who also won the state title in 2006, finished the
championships with 101 team points, which beat out
second place West Los Angeles College, who finished with
92.5 team points...[more]
5.16.08 - Women hold
first day lead
After three events in the
California Community College Athletic Association
Women's Track and Field State Championships, the
Cerritos College women's track and field team is in
first place with 31 team points. The Falcons, who are
considered to be the front-runner for the state title,
have compiled 31 team points, and lead second place
College of the Siskiyous, who have 13 team points. The
state championships, which are taking place at Falcon
Stadium, conclude tomorrow with the first event to begin
at noon...[more]
05.10.08 - Falcons win
Southern California Championship
For the second time in three years, the Cerritos College
women's track and field team captured the Southern
California Championship. When the Falcons won that title
in 2006, they went on to capture the state championship.
The team will be in familiar territory next Friday and
Saturday at the state championships, as it will be held
at Falcon Stadium. On Saturday, Cerritos compiled 143.5
team points and was able to pull away from West Los
Angeles College, who came in second place with 127 team
points...[more]
05.03.08 - Cerritos
loads up on SoCal Finalists
The Cerritos College women's track and field team will
have 20 entries in the field events at the Southern
California Championships, which will take place next
Saturday at Bakersfield College. The Falcons will also
be represented by six entries in running events, while
both relay teams have advanced.
Those listed below in bold are the
qualifiers for the Southern Cal Championships. The state
championships will take place May 16-17 at Falcon
Stadium...[more]
04.27.08 - Cerritos in
good shape for SoCal Prelims
After winning the South Coast Conference championship,
the Cerritos College women's team will have at least one
entry in every event for the upcoming Southern
California Preliminaries, which will be held at
Bakersfield College on Saturday. As a team the Falcons
have 55 entries and six alternates. Where the team is
loaded is in the field events, where they have 30
entries, while eight different athletes have qualified
in three events. Below is a list of
Falcons who have qualified for the Southern California
Preliminaries...[more]
04.25.08 - Falcons win
conference championship
The Cerritos College women's track and
field team pulled away from Mt. San Antonio College on
Friday to win the South Coast Conference Championship.
The Falcons, who had eight individual winners and won
both relay races, finished with 296 team points, while
the Mounties ended up with 215 team points...[more]
04.22.08 - Cerritos
pulls ahead in SCC Prelims
At the South Coast Conference
Preliminaries, which where held at Cerritos College on
Tuesday, the Falcon women's track and field team had
three
individual winners, while five others recorded second
place finishes. The Falcons who lead the team scoring
with 107 points, will also serve as hosts for the
conference finals, while will start at noon on Friday. The top nine
finishers in events that were not finals, advance to the
championships. Five events were finals, which accumulate
points toward the team championship, and the Falcons
lead second place Mt. San Antonio, who has 53 points,
while El Camino College is third with 26. The top six
finishers in the finals events advance to the Southern
California Preliminaries, which will be held at
Bakersfield College...[more]
04.12.08 - Falcons
excel at Mt. SAC Relays
The Cerritos College women's track and
field teams recorded three first place finishes in field
events, while the team had an overall outstanding
showing at the prestigious Mt. San Antonio Relays on
Saturday. The team will now serve as hosts for the Long
Beach Invitational on Saturday, before the host the
South Coast Conference Preliminaries and the Finals the
next two weekends. Below is a complete list of the
Falcons who competed at the Mt. SAC Relays...[more]
04.04.08 - Cerritos
continues their dominance
On the strength of their field
events depth, the Cerritos College women's track and
field team swept through all six teams in their South
Coast Conference meet at Long Beach City College on
Friday. The Falcons outdistanced all of their
competition with 273 team points, with El Camino College
in a distant second place with 134 points. They were
followed by Long Beach City (45), Pasadena City College
(18), Los Angeles Trade-Tech College (12), Los Angeles
Southwest College (10) and Los Angeles City College (2).
Cerritos will now enter the prestigious Mt. San Antonio
Relays, which will start at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday...[more]
03.28.08 - Falcons win
five-way conference meet
The Cerritos College women's
track and field team showed just how strong and deep
they are during their South Coast Conference five-way
meet on Friday. The Falcons posted wins over Mt. San
Antonio College (219.5-196.5), El Camino College
(219.5-145), Los Angeles Southwest College (219.5-20)
and Pasadena City College (219.5-10) to improve their
conference record to 4-0, while they are now 6-0 in dual
meets. Cerritos will finish off their conference dual
meet season on Friday when they travel to Long Beach
City College...[more]
03.26.08 - Pair misses
out on advancing in heptathlon
Freshmen Jessica
Barfield (Lynwood HS) and
Karen
Guravska (El Dorado HS)
both competed for the Cerritos College women's track and
field team at the Southern California Heptathlon
Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday at Moorpark
College. Although she tied for first in one event and
placed second in another,
Guravska did not receive a total score because
she didn't complete two of the events. As for Barfield,
she came in 10th place overall with 3726 points. Neither
will advance to the state championships...[more]
03.22.08 - Cerritos
showcases talent at California Relays
With some of the best athletes in the
state visiting Falcon Stadium, the Cerritos College
women's track and field team did their best to put on a
good show. The Falcons, who will be hosting the state
championships this season, showed why they just might be
able too win their second stats title in the last three
years with their overall performance. The team will now
see their decathletes compete at Moorpark College on
Tuesday and Wednesday, while the entire team will travel
to Mt. San Antonio College on Friday to face the
Mounties, El Camino College and Pasadena City
College...[more]
03.15.08 - Falcons
pull away for Bakersfield Relays title
The Cerritos College women's track and
field team won six events and easily pulled away from
the other 16 teams to win the Bakersfield Relays title
over the weekend. The Falcons, who will serve as host of
the California Relays this weekend, compiled 178.83 team
points and beat second place Mt. San Antonio College by
42 points. the next closest team was Glendale College,
who had 96 team points. Cerritos used their incredible
team depth to stack up points, especially in the field
events, where they won two and had seven top three
finishes...[more]
03.10.08 - School
record falls at Ben Brown Invite
Sophomore
Yasmin Webb
(Buena Park HS) broke a 27-year old record in the
400-meter hurdles on Saturday, when she posted a time of
61.15 at the Ben Brown Invitational, which was held at
Mt. San Antonio College. Webb, who posted the second
fastest time in the meet, broke the old record of 61.40, set in 1981
by Sonya Briscoe. In addition to the record set by Webb,
freshman Sade Williams (Long Beach Poly HS) registered
the second-fastest time in the state this year in the
400 meters, with her time of 56.25. The time won the
invitational and is also the
fourth fastest in school history. Freshman thrower
Whitney Ashley
(J.W. North HS) also took first place in the shot
put invitational with a distance of 39' 1", which was
the only throw she was able to register, as she fouled
on the other three...[more]
03.01.08 - Throwing
events dominated by Cerritos
Below is a complete list of the Cerritos
College women's track and field finishers at the USC Invitational, held over the
weekend. The Falcons will now compete in the Benny
Barnes
Invitational at Cal State Fullerton over the weekend...[more]
02.23.08 - Falcons
excel in several events
Below is a complete list of the Cerritos
College women's track and field finishers at the
Cerritos Invitational, held over the weekend. The
Falcons will now compete in the USC Invitational on
Saturday...[more]
02.14.08 - Cerritos
sweeps field events in non-conference meet
The Cerritos College women’s
track and field team took first place in seven of the
eight field events in their three-team non-conference
meet on Thursday, as they defeated Orange Coast College
(111-65) and Saddleback College (111-20) to put their
season record at 2-0. The team will now host the
Cerritos Invitational this Friday and Saturday...[more]
02.04.08 - Sophomores
do well against four-year schools
Sophomore runners
Marie Leroux
(Fountain Valley HS) and
Yasmin Webb
(Buena Park HS) showed that they were not out of
their element when lining up against athletes from
four-year universities at the Mountain T’s Invitational
over the weekend at Northern Arizona University. The
Falcons, who came in 11th place with 18 team
points, saw Leroux come in second place in the 800
meters with a time of 2:37.41, while Webb was clocked in
2:55.69, which put her in fifth place...[more]
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