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Posted: May 12, 2020

2020 Season Interrupted: Highlights From South Coast Conference Women's Track and Field

Cerritos hurdler Dalia Bell in action at a 2020 meet.
Cerritos hurdler Dalia Bell in action at a 2020 meet.

No conference has challenged the South Coast Conference in women's track and field. SCC member teams had won 22 of the last 36 state titles and the last seven straight from 2013-2019.

Cerritos College had won five of those recent titles, including last year's crown. The Falcons also had a stranglehold on the SCC titles, winning the last seven South Coast Finals meets. 

With both Cerritos and Mt. San Antonio ready to battle it out again for both the SCC championship and a potential CCCAA state first-place trophy, the conference was also proud to have Mt. SAC and its brand new track at completely renovated Hilmer Lodge Stadium be the host of the 2020 state meet. But only some five meets into the season, everything came to a screeching stop due to the worldwide health crisis. The cancellation in March of the rest of the '20 season meant no conference team or individual champions and no potential addition of another state trophy by either SCC contenders Mt. SAC and Cerritos.

Despite the abrupt end of the season, here are some of the highlights of the women's track and field season:

Mt. San Antonio had the top conference marks/times in 10 events with Cerritos occupying the SCC highs in seven events. Long Beach looked good as well with top marks in three events.

Mt. SAC had the state's top times in the 400 meters, 800, 400 hurdles, and 4x400 relay thanks in part to the talented Alia Scott. Meanwhile, Cerritos thrower Tanya Reyes had the top SCC mark in three throwing events, leading the state in both the discus and hammer throw. She made noise at the Falcons very last meet on March 7 when her mighty toss of 176 feet, 6 inches was so good it would have put her #2 in the state in the men's hammer throw. 

The following were the SCC's top performers in every event and if applicable those that also were in the state's top 5:

100m--Alona Davis, Cerritos, 12.17 (Tied #2), Jada Reese, Long Beach, 12.19, Aja Hill, Mt. San Antonio, 12.23

200m--Reese, Long Beach, 24.74 (#2), Davis, Cerritos, 24.98 (#3), Aazalet Danage, Long Beach, 25.0 (#4)

400m--Alia Scott, Mt. SAC, 56.67 (#1), Danage, Long Beach, 59.69, Bobbi Hill, Mt. SAC, 59.96

800m--Janiah Brown, Mt. SAC, 2:15.01 (#1), Olivia Ruiz, Pasadena, 2:22.94 (#3), Laurel Shepherd, Mt. SAC, 2:26.98

1,500m--Brown, Mt. SAC, 4:55.61 (#3), Grace Ellis, Long Beach, 4:56.75, Daniela De La Torre Garcia, Mt. SAC, 5:07.68

Mile--Yesenia Flores, Mt. SAC, 5:43.67 (#3), Garcia, Mt. SAC, 5:47.50 (#4), Kaitlyn Atkinson, Mt. SAC, 5:58.75

3,000m--Sadie Encinas, Mt. SAC, 10:49.98 (#5), Flores, Mt. SAC, 10:53.60, Ellis, Long Beach, 11:11.83

5,000 and 10,000 meters, no SCC athletes competed or reached top 50 in state in meet events to that point

100 Hurdles--Dalia Bell, Cerritos, 15.38 (#3), Alicia Victoria, Mt. SAC, 15.93, Elizabeth Chidester, Mt. SAC, 17.33

400 Hurdles--Scott, Mt. SAC, 1:01.14 (#1), Victoria, Mt. SAC, 1:05.12 (#2), Lizette Manese, Mt. SAC, 1:08.93

3,000 Steeplechase--Victoria Rae Chandler, Pasadena, 15:45.29 (note: only SCC athlete to have competed in event)

4x100 Relay--Long Beach, 48.51 (#3), El Camino, 50.26, Cerritos, 50.89

4x400 Relay--Mt. San Antonio, 3:53.41 (#1), Cerritos, 4:12.60, Long Beach, 4:16.04

High Jump--Chidester, Mt. SAC, 4-10.5, Celestina Craft, El Camino, 4-10, Keana Daramola, Cerritos, 4-8.25, Delailah Semas, Cerritos, 4-8.25

Pole Vault--Carly Ewing, Mt. SAC, 10-7, Sophie Abe, El Camino, 9-5.25, Cecilia Lara, Long Beach, 7-2.5

Long Jump--Danage, Long Beach, 17-7 (#5), Justice Smith, Cerritos, 17-5.5, Bell, Cerritos, 17-0.5, Aaliyah Graves, El Camino, 17-0.5

Triple Jump--Smith, Cerritos, 37-9.25 (#2), Samantha Ealy, El Camino, 35-0.25, Graves, El Camino, 34-6.75

Shot Put--Tanya Reyes, Cerritos, 39-6.5, Chidester, Mt. SAC, 35-3.25, Jocelyn Galloway, Long Beach, 33-11.5

Discus--Reyes, Cerritos, 138-3 (#1), Angelina Escobar, Cerritos, 127-1 (#5), Necole Ellis, El Camino, 120-6

Hammer Throw--Reyes, Cerritos, 176-6 (#1), Escobar, Cerritos, 129-2, Natalie Espana, Cerritos, 125-1

Javelin--Escobar, Cerritos, 97-3, Chidester, Mt. SAC, 96-5, Daramola, Cerritos, 89-3

Heptathlon--Chidester, Mt. SAC, 3,979 points (#2), Bell, Cerritos, 3,624, Daramola, Cerritos, 2,806