Mt. SAC Breaks Cerritos 7-Season Streak Of Women's Track and Field Titles
Mt. San Antonio College stopped a streak of seven consecutive titles by Cerritos in winning the 2022 crown at the South Coast Conference Women's Track and Field Championships held at El Camino College April 19 and April 23.
The Mounties won 10 of 21 events and scored a whopping 138 of their 304 total team points in just five events alone. Cerritos finished second with 186 points.
Mt. SAC won its 16th SCC women's track and field title in its history in the conference.
Standings: 1. Mt. San Antonio 304, 2. Cerritos 186, 3. Long Beach City 102, 4. El Camino 93, 5. Pasadena City 38, 6. Compton 24, 7. East Los Angeles 22
Distance racer Hannah Brown was the only double-event winner for the Mounties, who last won the conference title in 2012. Brown won the 5,000 meters in 18:29.62 and the 10,000 meters in 41:24.51. Mt. SAC scored 38 out of possible 39 points by taking the top seven places in the 5,000. The Mounties added 29 points out of 33 awarded in the 3,000 steeplechase, 24 of 33 in the pole vault, 24 of 29 in the 10,000, and 23 of 39 in the 200 meters.
The individual champions were spread out among six out of the seven scoring teams at the meet. Other than Brown, the only other double-event champ was Long Beach's Yukina Hamachi, who won the long jump (18-7.25 feet) and the heptathlon (4,260 points) titles.
Cerritos had the next most individual champs to Mt. SAC with five.
Here is the list of the SCC champions
100 meters--Ashley Miller, Cerritos, 12.28
200 meters--Amari Weatherford, Mt. San Antonio, 24.69
400 meters--Sierra Stokes, El Camino, 57.53
800 meters--Trista Michael, Mt. San Antonio, 2:18.51
1,500 meters--Kimberly Pena, Mt. San Antonio, 4:57.36
5,000 meters--Hannah Brown, Mt. San Antonio, 18:29.62
10,000 meters--Brown, Mt. San Antonio, 41:24.51
100 hurdles--Jazzmine Davis, Cerritos, 14.59
400 hurdles--Tia Spears, Compton, 1:04.75 (her 1:04.60 at Prelims #1 fastest time in state)
3,000 steeplechase--Kaitlyn Atkinson, Mt. San Antonio, 11:56.14
4x100 relay--Mt. San Antonio, 47.33 (Sarah Perez, Amari Weatheford, Jamari Davis, Aalyah Strong)
4x400 relay--Mt. San Antonio, 4:03.35 (Perez, Weatherford, Mahlaya Salter, Davis)
High Jump--Bay Hollinger, Pasadena, 5-3
Pole Vault--Kaitlyn Swenson, Mt. San Antonio, 11-3.75
Long Jump--Yukina Hamachi, El Camino, 18-7.25
Triple Jump--Ahynx Bush, Mt. San Antonio, 39-7.75 (#1 mark in state)
Shot Put--Casey Davis, Long Beach, 40-4.25
Discus--Angelina Escobar, Cerritos, 131-6
Hammer Throw--Faitalia Ah-Fook, Cerritos, 138-6
Javelin--Riyanna Jackson, Cerritos, 105-1
Heptathlon--Hamachi, El Camino, 4,260 points
Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID