(Norwalk, CA) Mt. SAC's men's track and field team finished third at the South Coast Conference Championships held at Cerritos College on Saturday. Cerritos captured the conference title with 250.3 points, followed by El Camino at 223, and Mt. SAC at 206.3.
Seven Mounties took first in their respective events, while six finished second, and four placed third. Next up for the Mounties are the Southern California Prelims at Riverside City College on Saturday, May 4.
Here's a brief look at Mt. SAC athletes who had notable finishes at the SCC Championships:
TRACK EVENTS
400-meter run:
4th Gregory Hennes (50.27 seconds)
800-meter run:
1st Phillip Rocha (1:54.51)
2nd Adan Castellanos (1:54.79)
4th Isaiah Wilson (1:56.46)
1,500-meter run:
4th Wilson (4:03.72)
6th Bryce Butler (4:03.93)
5,000-meter run:
2nd Jose Melchor (15:43.32)
4th Luis Huerta (15:50.19)
5th Colby Penn (15:54.41)
10,000-meter run:
1st Huerta (32:17.39)
110-meter hurdles:
1st Leroy Williams IV (14.30 seconds)
5th Justin Minor (15.27 seconds)
6th Isaiah Mitchell (15.33 seconds)
400-meter hurdles:
3rd Robert Taft (56.24 seconds)
5th Phillip Ulloa (56.81 seconds)
3,000-meter steeplechase:
3rd Joseluis Pluma (9:45.16)
5th Nicholas Dorsett (10:04.00)
6th Adrian Hernandez, Jr. (10:07.69)
4x400 relay:
2nd Hennes, Taft, Rocha, Travion Phillips (3:19.93)
FIELD EVENTS
High jump:
1st Shallamar Poole (2.00 meters)
2nd Phillips (1.90 meters)
Pole vault:
1st Nathaniel Carranza (4.60 meters)
2nd Ryan Lopez (4.45 meters)
T-4th Calvin Oury (4.15 meters)
T-4th Daniel Starkey (4.15 meters)
Long jump:
2nd Phillips (7.09 meters)
Triple jump:
3rd Mitchell (14.01 meters)
5th Jarrod Sanchez (13.17 meters)
Discus:
3rd Andrew Aguilar (35.34 meters)
Hammer:
1st Javier Sandoval Guzman (39.28 meters)
Decathlon:
1st Aguilar (5,909 points)
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