Posted: Apr 25, 2022

Mounties Dominate 29th SCC Men's Track and Field Title

Mt. SAC's Myles Massie made the longest triple jump leap in the state this year in winning the event at the SCC Track and Field Championships (Photo courtesy of Mt. SAC Athletics).

When Cerritos won the SCC men's track and field title in 2019, then third-place Mt. San Antonio College was itching to bring the first-place trophy back to Walnut in 2020. But the COVID-19 pandemic cut short the 2020 season and the 2021 conference meet was cancelled as well while Mt. SAC participated in a few invitationals. On April 19 and 23 at El Camino College, Mt. SAC turned the 2022 South Coast Conference Men's Track and Field Championships into a virtual Mounties-only show in returning to the winner's circle.

Mt. SAC scored a conference-record 470.5 points, outdistancing second-place Cerritos by 356.5 points in easily capturing the college's 29th SCC team title in the sport. The previous high for team scoring was performed by Mt. SAC in 2017 when it scored 431 points.

Standings: 1. Mt. San Antonio 470.5, 2. Cerritos 114, 3. Long Beach City 106, 4. El Camino 80.5, 5. East Los Angeles 13, 6. Pasadena City 11

Complete Results, click here

Mt. SAC athletes won 15 of the 21 events as Zack Alexander was the lone double-event champ among the bunch by winning the 5,000 meters (15:37.67) and 10,000 (32:12.52). Long Beach's Azjani McGill also scored two titles, winning the 200 (21.27) and long jump (22-9.25).

The Mounties scored 20 or more team points in 12 of the events, and 30 or more in four events. Mt. SAC completely dominated the pole vault with 35.5 of a possible 39 points and 400 meters with 35 of 39 scored. In the pole vault, 400, and 10,000 meters, a Mt. San Antonio athlete occupied each of the top five places.

Mt. San Antonino's Myles Massie's 51-2.25 foot leap to win the triple jump title is the current longest leap this season in the state.

Here is the list of the SCC champions

100 meters--Chase Williams, Mt. San Antonio, 10.48
200 meters--Azjani McGill, Long Beach, 21.27
400 meters--Joey Fox, Mt. San Antonio, 48.34
800 meters--James Neely, El Camino, 1:55.96
1,500 meters--John Martinez-Vasquez, Mt. San Antonio, 4:18.03
5,000 meters--Zack Alexander, Mt. San Antonio, 15:37.67
10,000 meters--Alexander, Mt. San Antonio, 32:12.52
110 hurdles--Dominic Britton, El Camino, 14.75
400 hurdles--Giovany Cuevas, Mt. San Antonio, 55.23
3,000 steeplechase--Isaiah Wilson, Mt. San Antonio, 9:52.89
4x100 relay--Mt. San Antonio, 40.56 (Namir Hemphil, Chase Williams, Joey Fox, Asani Hampton)
4x400 relay--Mt. San Antonio, 3:16.45 (Jaylend Howard, Jesus Chavez, Donovan Stewart, Gregory Hennes)
High Jump--Max Castin, Mt. San Antonio, 6-5
Pole Vault--Ethan Amata, Mt. San Antonio, 15-9
Long Jump--McGill, Long Beach, 22-9.25
Triple Jump--Myles Massie, Mt. San Antonio, 51-2.25
Shot Put--Tyler Connelly, Mt. San Antonio, 42-9
Discus--Casanova Ah-Fook, Cerritos, 142-0
Hammer Throw--Micah Norfles, Cerritos, 142-2
Javelin--Matthew Mannino, Mt. San Antonio, 157-11
Decathlon--Max Daniels, Mt. San Antonio, 6,138

Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID