The Cerritos College women's
track and field team competed in
the Pacific Coast Invitational
at The Home Depot Center on
Friday and had one relay team
come in first place, while the
team also had another place
first in an individual event. Of
the 11 events that were held,
Cerritos competed in eight of
them. It served as a final
tune-up, as the team will now
host the South Coast Conference
Prelims, which will be held on
Saturday, with the first event
slated to begin at 10:00 a.m.
In the
1600-meter relay race, the team
of freshman
Marie Leroux (Fountain
Valley HS), sophomore
Amanda Rosencrantz
(Kennedy HS), freshman
Khandie Brooks (Dorsey
HS) and freshman
Angela Negrete (Western
HS) beat the other four
teams by posting a time of
3:59.82. As for sophomore jumper
Portia Ford (Long
Beach Poly HS), she won the
triple jump with a leap of 34' 1
1/4", while sophomore teammate
Le'Sauna Johnson (Long
Beach Poly HS) was right
behind in second place with a
jump of 33' 3 1/4". In addition,
Ford also competed in the long
jump and placed fourth with a
distance of 16' 3".
Rosencrantz
and Negrete also ran the 800
meters and did very well, as
Rosencrantz placed second in a
time of 2:21.63, while Negrete
was a close third with a time of
2:23.56. In the 100-meter low
hurdles, freshman
Christina Griffis (Kennedy
HS) placed fifth with a
time of 16.26, while she came in
fourth place in the 400-meter
hurdles with a clocking of
1:16.44.
As for the
400-meter relay team, the
quartet of Ford, Leroux, Brooks
and Rosencrantz came in third
place and finished with a time
of 50.04.
|
NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/DISTANCE |
PLACE |
|
Amanda Rosencrants |
800 Meters |
2:21.63 |
2nd Place |
|
Angela Negrete |
800 Meters |
2:23.56 |
3rd Place |
|
Christina Griffis |
100-Meter LH |
16.26 |
5th Place |
|
Christina Griffis |
400-Meter Hurdles |
1:16.44 |
4th Place |
|
|
4x100-Meter Relay |
50.04 |
3rd Place |
|
|
4x400-Meter Relay |
3:59.82 |
1st Place |
|
Portia Ford |
Long Jump |
16' 3" |
4th Place |
|
Portia Ford |
Triple Jump |
34' 4 1/4" |
1st Place |
|
Le'Sauna Johnson |
Triple Jump |
33' 3 1/4" |
2nd Place |
|
