Posted: May 08, 2019

Cerritos Stops 5-Year Mt. SAC Streak of SCC Men's Track/Field Titles

Cerritos thrower Jorge Gonzalez was a double SCC champion at the South Coast Conference Men's Track and Field Prelims/Finals held April 23 and 27 at Cerritos College.

Ten years ago, Cerritos College put an end to a then Mt. San Antonio streak of 12 straight South Coast Conference men's track and field team championships. Six years ago, Cerritos stopped a 3-year string of Mounties titles. And this year, it was the Falcons again snapping yet another Mt. SAC streak of five in a row. Cerritos captured the 2019 title with 250.33 points while El Camino also surprised Mt. SAC with 223 points for second place at the SCC Prelims/Championships held April 23 and 27 at Cerritos College.

All the more remarkable that Mt. SAC finished third is that in its South Coast Conference men's track/field history going back to 1970, it matched the Mounties lowest finish at the conference finals ever. The only other time that Mt. SAC didn't finish first or second was in 1977 when Fullerton scored 155 points, Grossmont 150.25 and Mt. SAC placed third with 111.25.

Alternately, El Camino's second place finish matched its highest placing at the SCC Finals since 2008, the only other time the Warriors placed as high going back to when it entered the SCC in 1987.

Cerritos picked up its third-ever South Coast men's track and field championship since it was a sport member going back to 1970. The Falcons won seven events overall in a clean split of champions with both El Camino and Mt. San Antonio, who each also had seven event winners.

SCC 2019 Final Men's Track and Field Standings: 1. Cerritos 250.33, 2. El Camino 223, 3. Mt. San Antonio 206.33, 4. Long Beach City 78.33, 5. Pasadena City 34, 6. East Los Angeles 10

List of SCC Individual Champions

100 Meters--Trevor Reid, Cerritos, 10.77
200 Meters--Kendall Turner, Cerritos, 21.64
400 Meters--Christopher Pitts, El Camino, 47.68
800 Meters--Phillip Rocha, Mt. San Antonio, 1:54.51
1,500 Meters--Carson Bix, El Camino, 4:01.81
5,000 Meters--Matt Arruda, El Camino, 15:35.59
10,000 Meters--Luis Huerta, Mt. San Antonio, 32:17.39
110 Hurdles--Leroy Williams IV, Mt. San Antonio, 14.30
400 Hurdles--Qwintin Workman, El Camino, 53.45
3,000 Steeplchase--Caleb Ko, El Camino, 9:31
4x100 Relay--Cerritos (Daniel Stokes, Trevor Reid, Kawika Jones, Kendall Turner), 40.89
4x400 Relay--Cerritos (Rodrick Mahoney, Stokes, Christian Santifer, Jones), 3:17.59
High Jump--Shallamar Poole, Mt. San Antonio, 2 meters
Pole Vault--Nathaniel Carranza, Mt. San Antonio, 4.60 meters
Long Jump--Workman, El Camino, 7.16 meters
Triple Jump--Titus Houston, Cerritos, 14.25 meters
Shot Put--Jorge Gonzalez, Cerritos, 15.60 meters
Discus--Gonzalez, Cerritos, 45.21 meters
Hammer Throw--Javier Sandoval Guzman, Mt. San Antonio, 39.28 meters
Javelin--Shea Wissler, El Camino, 51.07 meters
Decathlon--Andrew Aguilar, Mt. San Antonio, 5,909 points

SCC 2019 Men's Track and Field Awards

Men's Coach of the Year: Chris Richardson, Cerritos
Assistant Coach of the Year (Field): Carl Hampton, Cerritos
Assistant Coach of the Year (Track): John Bolton, Cerritos
Men's Track Athlete of the Year: Daniel Stokes, Cerritos
Men's Track Athlete of the Meet: Matt Arruda, El Camino
Men's Field Athlete of the Year: Jorge Gonzalez, Cerritos
Men's Field Athlete of the Meet: Andrew Aguilar, Mt. SAC