Led by a quartet of champions, the Cerritos College men's track and field team compiled 83 team points at the Southern California Championships to finish in fourth place. The Falcons will be advancing athletes in nine events at the 3C2A State Championships, which will take place at San Mateo College next weekend.
The team will be represented in both relay races, as the 4x400-meter quartet finished in first place and the 4x100-meter team placed third. The winning time of 3:13.42 was a season best for the foursome of Konnor Handy (St. John Bosco HS), Sebastian Lopez (Downey HS), Elijah Porras and Terrance Williams, as they beat second place Riverside City College by nearly a second. Always one of the most exciting races of every track meet, the 4x100-meter quartet of Xavier Williams (Paramount HS), Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman (Bishop Verot, FL HS) and Ethan Rosborough (Narbonne HS) posted a time of 41.32.
The best 1500 meter runner in the state, sophomore Joshua Melendez (St. John Bosco HS) was able to win the race in spite of being eight seconds off his personal best time of the year, as he checked in with a time of 3:59.13, while Terrence Williams secured the 400-meter championship with a time of 46.96, which was also off his state-best time of 46.68
Earlier in the year, Luke Johnson (Paramount HS) won the decathlon championship with 6199 points, which carried over to the SoCal Championships. He will compete in the 10-event championships over the two days next weekend.
Here is a list of what it takes to qualify to the state championships:
Lane races – Each region gets four spots if they met the State A Standards. (Regional Champion of the event plus next best times). The 9th spot goes to the region with the fastest 5th place finisher.
1500, 5K, 10K, Steeplechase – Each region gets six spots (Regional Champion of the event plus next best times).
Jumps and Throws – Each region gets six spots (Regional Champion of the event plus next best times).
Decathlon and Heptathlon – Each region gets six spots (Regional Champion of the event plus next best point totals).
| NAME | EVENT | TIME/DISTANCE | PLACE |
| Sebastian Lopez | 100 Meters | 10.67 | 2nd Place |
| Ethan Rosborough | 100 Meters | 10.80 | 6th Place |
| Ethan Rosborough | 200 Meters | 22.26 | 9th Place |
| Terrance Williams | 400 Meters | 46.96 | 1st Place |
| Konnor Handy | 400 Meters | 47.93 | 5th Place |
| Aiden Vigil | 800 Meters | 1:55.76 | 5th Place |
| Nikolas Dominguez | 800 Meters | 1:57.94 | 7th Place |
| Joshua Melendez | 1500 Meters | 3:59.13 | 1st Place |
| Robert Guerrero | 5000 Meters | 15:28.60 | 4th Place |
| Joshua Melendez | 5000 Meters | 16:14.16 | 13th Place |
| Juan Flores | 5000 Meters | 16:53.79 | 22nd Place |
| Robert Guerrero | 10,000 Meters | 33:13.52 | 16th Place |
| Jacob Cosio | 10,000 Meters | 33:22.04 | 17th Place |
| Juan Flores | 3000 Meter SC | 9:46.04 | 4th Place |
| Xavier Williams, Sebastian Lopez, Te'Quan Chatman, Ethan Rosborough | 4x100-Meter Relay | 41.32 | 3rd Place |
| Konnor Handy, Sebastian Lopez, Elijah Porras, Terrance Williams | 4x400-Meter Relay | 3:13.42 | 1st Place |
| Ethan Rosborough | Long Jump | 6.53 Meters | 8th Place |
| Francisco Arechiga | Shot Put | 13.53 Meters | 11th Place |
| Francisco Arechiga | Hammer | 46.26 Meters | 7th Place |
| Luke Johnson | Javelin | 50.24 Meters | 7th Place |
| Luke Johnson | Decathlon | 6199 Points | 1st Place |
| Roman Sanson | Decathlon | 5239 Points | 8th Place |
| Jacob Begay | Decathlon | 4740 Points | 12th Place |
| Logan Smith | Decathlon | 3125 Points | 16th Place |
