M. Track & Field: Team places fifth at meet; school record falls

Cerritos took fifth at the Gaucho Relays
Cerritos took fifth at the Gaucho Relays

Competing in the Gaucho Relays at UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, the Cerritos College men's track and field team finished in fifth place with 74 team points. In addition to their point total, the Falcons also saw a new school record set in the 3000 meters. Not included as an event in the 3C2A State Championships, the new record of 8:32.67 was set by Joshua Melendez (St. Paul HS) and eclispes the previous best recorded time of 8:42.49, which was extablished by Anthony Lozano in 2015.

The team will split their squad next Saturday, with part of the team competing at the Oxy Distance Carnival and Spring Break Classic at Occidental College, while another group will go to the Cal State Los Angeles Invitational.

Below is a list of Cerritos athletes at competed at the Gaucho Relays.

NAME EVENT TIME/DISTANCE PLACE
Benjamin Cao 100 Meters 13.12 30th Place
Joshua Melendez 1500 Meters 3:59.69 3rd Place
Aiden Vigil 1500 Meters 4:03.21 7th Place
Noah Addison 1500 Meters 4:03.88 8th Place
Robert Guerrero 1500 Meters 4:05.39 9th Place
Axel Rebolledo-Ynostros 1500 Meters 4:07.64 10th Place
Joshua Morales 1500 Meters 4:08.35 11th Place
Nikolas Dominguez 1500 Meters 4:09.42 12th Place
Mikel Bautista 1500 Meters 4:18.18 14th Place
Johan Perez 1500 Meters 4:18.26 15th Place
Louis Santebanez 1500 Meters 4:19.06 16th Place
Jacob Cosio 1500 Meters 4:23.07 18th Place
Joshua Chazari 1500 Meters 4:24.72 19th Place
Preston Yi 1500 Meters 4:27.04 20th Place
Giovanni Guadado 1500 Meters 4:27.46 21st Place
Yasiru De Silva 1500 Meters 4:50.91 24th Place
Victor Anguiano 1500 Meters 5:14.56 26th Place
Joshua Melendez 3000 Meters 8:32.67 2nd Place
Robert Guerrero 3000 Meters 8:45.47 4th Place
Joshua Morales 3000 Meters 8:50.48 5th Place
Louis Santebanez 3000 Meters 9:17.54 11th Place
Jacob Cosio 3000 Meters 9:20.30 12th Place
Mikel Bautista 3000 Meters 9:33.93 13th Place
Victor Anguiano 3000 Meters 10:01.31 15th Place
Logan Smith 110-Meter HH 15.49 6th Place
Luke Johnson 110-Meter HH 16.62 9th Place
Jacob Begay 110-Meter HH 18.33 16th Place
Juan Flores 2000-Meter SC 6:22.38 3rd Place
Daniel Gonzalez 2000-Meter SC 6:54.43 5th Place
Te'Quan Chatman, Ethan Rosborough, Jeremy Ramirez, Daniel Lopez 4x100-Meter Relay 42.04 3rd Place
Xavier Williams, Tyler Robinson, Sy Van Clief, Roman Sanson 4x100-Meter Relay 43.66 6th Place
Juan Flores, Elijah Porras, Konnor Handy, Xavier Williams 4x400-Meter Relay 3:18.97 2nd Place
Elijah Jones, Jeremy Ramirez, Keyonte Smith, Ethan Rosborough 4x400-Meter Relay 3:25.00 4th Place
Terrance Williams, Sebastian Lopez, Luke Dias, Anthony Ruiz 4x400-Meter Relay 3:31.49 7th Place
Sy Van Clief, McCullough, Elijah Jones, Guillermo Ramos 1600 Sprint Medley Relay 3:50.70 4th Place
Francisco Arechiga Shot Put 12.18 Meters 8th Place
Matthew Bautista Shot Put 10.90 Meter 9th Place
Logan Smith Shot Put 9.54 Meters 12th Place
Jacob Begay Shot Put 9.44 Meters 13th Place
Luke Johnson Shot Put 9.33 Meters 14th Place
Alonzo Diaz Shot Put 8.44 Meters 15th Place
Roman Sanson Shot Put 8.26 Meters 16th Place
Francisco Arechiga Discus 40.10 Meters 7th Place
Luke Johnson Discus 29.37 Meters 15th Place
Roman Sanson Discus 28.71 Meters 16th Place
Jacob Begay Discus 27.23 Meters 17th Place
Logan Smith Discus 25.85 Meters 19th Place
Alonzo Diaz Discus 22.28 Meters 20th Place
Francisco Arechiga Hammer 41.49 Meters 12th Place
Matthew Bautista Hammer 29.84 Meters 14th Place
Alonzo Diaz Hammer 27.34 Meters 15th Place