SCC's Falcons Soar To State Women's Track and Field Crown
The South Coast Conference all but owns the world of women's track and field. For the seventh consecutive year and 27th time in the 43-year history of the CCCAA State Championship meet, a member of the SCC won the state title as Cerritos College captured the 2019 crown at San Mateo College May 17-18.
The Falcons scored 111 points to win their ninth all-time state women's track title, fourth in the past five years and fifth in last seven. Mt. San Antonio has the other state titles in the current South Coast streak performed last year and 2014.
Cerritos won four individual events, including the 4x100 meter relay by Kenyla Miles, Kierra King, Mahlaya Salter, and Alona Davis in a time of 46.63 seconds. Alia Scott won the 400 hurdles (60.66 seconds), Imani Jones took first in the long jump at 19 feet, 2.75 inches while Justice Smith was the champion of the triple jump in 40-4.25. Jones was second in the TJ after winning that event in 2018. King scored silver medals in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Daila Bell was third in the heptathlon. Cerritos was directed by head coach Christopher Richardson.
Mt. San Antonio's Rebecca Ruiz became a 2-time state champ in the 10,000 meters race in 38:13.41 while the Mounties went 1-2-3 in the pole vault with Darla Gonzalez taking gold on a vault of 12-3.50. Mt. SAC placed fourth in the team standings, totaling 59 points.
Although she ran as a member of the West Los Angeles track and field team, a familiar SCC face from LA Harbor College--Brenda Rosales-Coria won three distance events, the 800, 1,500, and 5,000 races and was named the State Women's Track Athlete of the Meet. Rosales-Coria was the 2018 state cross country individual champion to help Harbor win the state team championship. Harbor does not host a track and field team thus allowing her to run for another Los Angeles Community College. She collected five state titles in her two track seasons.