Had the Cerritos College women's track and field team not been beset by injuries to the core of their runners, they would have been the odds on favorite to win the California Community College Athletic Association championship, which was held at Falcon Stadium on Friday and Saturday. With the loss of freshman sprinter Ariana Wright (Westminster HS), sophomore sprinter Vernasha Poole (Cheyenne, NV HS) - who were also members of relay teams - sophomore hurdler Lily Trinh (Fountain Valley HS) and sophomore distance runner Tracy Bowling (Taft HS/Sacramento State University), who could have netted the Falcons an estimated 40 more team points, the team still compiled 50 points from their field events and came in a tie for second place. Laney College, who benefitted the most from the Cerritos injuries to Wright and Poole, won the championship with 78 team points, while the Falcons tied with Riverside College for second place.

But Cerritos did celebrate sophomore thrower Priscilla Gardner (Mission Viejo HS), who won the discus with a state championship and school record toss that traveled 52.20 meters (171' 3"). It broke the state championship mark of 168' 3", which was set by Samantha Gutierrez of Riverside College in 2010, as well as her own school record of 50.36 meters from last year. Gardner, who accumulated 19 points on her own, finished in third place in the shot put at 13.11 meters (40' 1/2") and sixth in the javelin with a throw of 33.79 meters (110' 11"), but did not score any points in the hammer with her 10th place finish. As a freshman, Gardner came in second place at the state championships in the discus.

Also winning a state championship was freshman javelin thrower Angel Sifuentes (Central Union HS), who tied the school record with her throw of 42.27 meters (138' 8"), which earned the Falcons 10 team points. Sifuentes, who never threw the javelin before entering college, tied Karen Guravska, who recorded the same distance in 2009. Also scoring points in the javelin was freshman Tuki Sauvao (Artesia HS), who came in third place at 38.19 meters (125' 3), while she also placed ninth in the discus with a distance of 38.79 meters (127' 3"). Freshman high jumper Mariah Harris (Leuzinger HS) posted a personal best height of 1.65 meters (5' 5") to come in third place and earned Cerritos six team points. The Falcons had four entries in the discus, with freshman Larrisha Fields (Lakewood HS) finishing strong fourth place with a throw of 42.59 meters (1239' 9"), while freshman Tiffany Gray (El Dorado HS) earned a seventh place with her toss of 39.04 meters (128' 1"). Gray also came in seventh place in the shot put with a throw of 12.37 meters (40' 7"), while freshman Carissa English (Marina HS) came in ninth place in the hammer throw with a distance of 42.91 meters (140' 9").