The Cerritos College
women's track and field team made a great first
impression at the 1st Annual American River Invitational
on Saturday. The Falcons won eight events and came in
second place in nine others, as they went up against
both community college and four-year university
competition. The team will now compete in the
prestigious Mt. San Antonio Relays on Saturday.
Heading the list of first place finishers was freshman
Marlene Elizalde (St. Paul HS), who set a new
school-record in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time
of 11.34.88. Her time eclipsed the old record of
11:35.14, set by sophomore teammate
Sarah Muniz (Santa
Fe HS) earlier in the season. In fact, Muniz placed
second in the race with a time of 11:37.07, while
sophomore Tawny Vilchis (Long Beach Poly HS) placed
third.
Sophomores Jessica Barfield (Lynwood HS) and
Karen Guravska
(El Dorado HS) each won two field events, as the Falcons
picked up six of their first place finishes in the field
events. Barfield broke her own school record in winning
the triple jump, while she also won the long jump,
while Guravska was the winner of the high jump and
javelin. Joining Barfield, who posted a leap of 41' 1/4"
to break her old mark of 40' 1 1/2" in the triple jump, was
sophomore Brandi McCall (Norwalk HS), who came in second
place, while Barfield also placed fifth in the 100
meters. In the long jump, Barfield improved on her
personal best distance of 19' 1/2". Freshman
Arianna Lugo (Los Altos HS) led a group
of Falcons in the hammer by coming in first place at
49.41 meters. Sophomore
Whitney Ashley (J.W. North HS)
placed third at 150' 7", which is the fourth-best throw
in school history, with freshman
Stephanie Aliimatafitafi (Paramount HS) finishing in fourth place
at 45.87 meters. As for Aliimatafitafi, she won the shot
put with a throw of 13.05 meters, while Ashley finished
in second place.
Sophomore distance runner
Lucy Beuster (Kennedy HS)
easily beat all other competition in the 5000 meters,
turning in a time of 18:53.91, which was 30 second
faster than the second place finisher. Freshman teammate
Allison
Garcia (Sunny Hills HS) did come in third
place at 19:52.34. In the 1500 meters, freshman
Alison
Bartsoch (Squalicum (WA) HS) posted the
fourth-fastest time in school history at 4:51.64, which
put her in second place in the race. Sophomore
Erin
Straughter (Valencia HS) turned in a pair
of second place finishes, with a 14.96 in the 100-meter
hurdles and 1:04.67 in the 400-meter IH.
Below is a list of the Falcons that finished in the top 10 of
each of the events at the invitational.
|
NAME |
EVENT |
TIME/DISTANCE |
PLACE |
|
Jessica Barfield |
100 Meters |
12.48 |
5th Place |
|
Cyntrail Pierce |
400 Meters |
57.32 |
2nd Place |
|
Alison Bartsoch |
800 Meters |
2:29.38 |
9th Place |
|
Belua Taylor |
800 Meters |
2:30.74 |
10th Place |
|
Alison Bartsoch |
1500 Meters |
4:51.64 |
2nd Place |
|
Lucy Beuster |
5000 Meters |
18:53.91 |
1st Place |
|
Allison Garcia |
5000 Meters |
19:52.34 |
3rd Place |
|
Erin Straughter |
100-Meter Hurdles |
14.96 |
2nd Place |
|
Apryll White |
100-Meter Hurdles |
15.76 |
4th Place |
|
Brandi McCall |
100-Meter Hurdles |
16.22 |
8th Place |
|
Erin Straughter |
400-Meter Hurdles |
1:04.67 |
2nd Place |
|
Apryll White |
400-meter Hurdles |
1:06.46 |
4th Place |
|
Aundrea Stovall |
400-Meter Hurdles |
1:10.77 |
8th Place |
|
Elizabeth Sims |
400-Meter Hurdles |
1:11.35 |
9th Place |
|
Marlene Elizalde |
3000-Meter SC |
11:34.88 |
1st Place |
|
Sarah Muniz |
3000-Meter SC |
11:37.07 |
2nd Place |
|
Tawny Vilchis |
3000-Meter SC |
12:23.21 |
3rd Place |
|
Karen Guravska |
High Jump |
5' 4" |
Tied 1st Place |
|
Aundrea Stovall |
High Jump |
5' 2" |
Tied 3rd Place |
|
Karen Guravska |
Pole Vault |
11' 6" |
3rd Place |
|
Jessica Barfield |
Long Jump |
5.80 meters |
1st Place |
|
Jessica Barfield |
Triple Jump |
12.50 meters |
1st Place |
|
Brandi McCall |
Triple Jump |
10.80 meters |
2nd Place |
|
Stephanie Aliimatafitafi |
Shot Put |
13.05 meters |
1st Place |
|
Whitney Ashley |
Shot Put |
12.91 meters |
2nd Place |
|
Aunjanea Stovall |
Shot Put |
12.50 meters |
6th Place |
|
Rachel Butler |
Shot Put |
11.44 meters |
9th Place |
|
Whitney Ashley |
Discus |
40.11 meters |
Tied 2nd Place |
|
Stephanie Aliimatafitafi |
Discus |
41.11 meters |
Tied 2nd Place |
|
Rachel Butler |
Discus |
38.10 meters |
6th Place |
|
Arianna Lugo |
Hammer |
49.41 meters |
1st Place |
|
Whitney Ashley |
Hammer |
45.91 meters |
3rd Place |
|
Stephanie Aliimatafitafi |
Hammer |
45.87 meters |
4th Place |
|
Rachel Butler |
Hammer |
41.98 meters |
10th Place |
|
Karen Guravska |
Javelin |
42.27 meters |
1st Place |
|
Rachel Butler |
Javelin |
38.88 meters |
3rd Place |
|
Jessica Barfield |
Javelin |
33.10 meters |
6th Place |
|
Aundrea Stovall |
Javelin |
29.90 meters |
8th Place |
|
