3C2A's best converge on Modesto for Track and Field State Championship

3C2A MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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MODESTO - Long-time previous host Modesto JC is staging the 2023 California Community College Athletic Association track and field championships on Friday and Saturday, May  19-20.

FRIDAY SCHEDULE: Combined events athletes get the competition underway Friday with the men’s decathlon 100 meters, at 11 a.m. and the women’s heptathlon 100 hurdles, at 11:30 a.m.. There are also field event finals Friday in the women’s and men’s hammer throw (11 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively), the triple jump (women at 1:30 p.m., men at 3:30 p.m.) and discus throw (women at 3 p.m., men at 6:30 p.m.).

Two distance race finals will be contested Friday, in the 10,000 meters -- starting at 7 p.m.

--OPENING CEREMONIES take place on Friday at 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY competition gets underway with the decathlon 110 hurdles and the heptathlon long jump, both at 10 a.m.

Field event finals begin at 12 noon with the women’s shot put at 12 noon and both the men’s javelin throw and long jump at 1 p.m.

Saturday running finals start at 3:45 p.m. (3,000 meter steeplechase) and conclude at 8:15 p.m. (4 x 400 relays).

This Is an all-finals competition, with qualifying from May 12 region meets held at Yuba College and San Diego Mesa  College.

MODESTO HISTORY: The California JC State Championships were held in conjunction with the California Relays at Modesto JC  from 1955 to 1972. During the 67-year “Relays” run 30 world records were set. CBS began its pioneer weekly series of track and field telecasts at the 1969 California Relays and that series continued from worldwide locations. 

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS

NOR CAL WOMEN: Hartnell College repeated as NorCal women’s champions, rolling up 167 1/2 points to outdistance San Joaquin Delta (92), De Anza (80), Diablo Valley (66), Modesto (62 1/2), College of the Redwoods (58), Butte (44), College of the Sequoias (37), Shasta (34), and Merritt (28) – with 18 college scoring.

NORCAL MEN: Modesto JC won the 101st year NorCal men’s title with 121 1/2 points, followed by Hartnell with 77, and defending chcampion American River (60); then De Anza (59), Sequoias (52), Merritt (51), Chabot (49), Delta (44), Redwoods (42), and Fresno CC (37) – among 22 scoring teams.

NOTEWORTHY: Modesto JC hosted the first Northern Calif. JC  championships (men) on April 28, 1923. The Pirates won to begin the second century of meets.

SOCAL WOMEN: Mt. San Antonio successfully defended it SoCal women’s crown, scoring 196 points to outdistance Cerritos (144). Host San Diego Mesa was third (72), followed by Riverside CC (51), Bakersfield (44), West Los Angeles (32), Moorpark (30, Golden West (29), El Camino (28), and Long Beach CC (26), with 22 college teams scoring.

SOCAL MEN: Mt. SAC completed a second straight sweep of titles with 223 points, aheadof San Diego Mesa (170) and Riverside (142). Others in the top ten: El Camino (45), Moorpark (34), West Los Angeles (33), Cerritos (30), Bakersfield (22), Glendale (19), Orange Coast (14) – as 22 teams scored. 

Several 2022 champions will be defending their titles this weekend at Modesto.
Alejandra Rosales of Riverside is listed to defend her women’s discus crown on Friday.\
Champions in Saturday events include:
Women’s field: Shot put -- Casey Davis, Long Beach;  Pole Vault – Madison Rauch, San Diego Mesa.
Women’s track: 100 – Zoe Ewell, Riverside;  800 – Sofia Camacho, Hartnell;  5,000 – Hannah Hartwell, Redwoods;  400 Hurdles – Isela Ochoa, Merritt.
Men’s field: Shot Put – Donal Aluesi, Riverside.
Men’s track: 110 Hurdles --  Joshua Hornsby, Riverside;  400 Hurdles – Josh Marlin, San Joaquin Delta;  
Steeplechase --  Bryce Kueker, San Diego Mesa. 

CCCAA State and (opposite) region leaders in each event (through May 14, 2023);
US Community College Track Coaches Association (USCCTCA) best national mark added, if different.  s (See directathletics.com performance lists for best marks on all athletes.):
w = wind aided mark (in excess of 2.0 meters per second). @ = mark set at altitude (aided). nwi = no wind info. 

100 meters:
Women: Amari Weatherford, Mt. SAC, 11.58 seconds (+1.7 mps legal wind); Aaliyah Carreras, Hartnell, 11.82w (+2.8) .
USCCTCA: Oarabile Tshosa, Barton County, Kan., 11.26w (+3.7 mps)
Men: Murray Steward, SD Mesa, 10.38  (+1.9 ); Cornell Davis, Diablo Valley, 10.49 (+1.5)
USCCTCA: James Dadzie, Western Texas, 9.92w @ (+3.2 mps).

200 meters: Women: Weatherford, 23.73w (+2.1); Deserey Bryant, Diablo Valley, 24.60 (+1.2).
USCCTCA:  Damazvia Dames, Ft. Scott, Kan., 22.94 (+1.3).
Men: Colin Quinn, Moorpark, 21.16 (+1.9) ; Kwaku Owusu, Merritt, 21.35 (+0.7).
USCCTCA: Dadzie, 19 86 a (+1.3)

400 meters: Women: Jaiden Hill, Mt. SAC, 54.43; Ejaiya Burton, Sequoias, 55.77.
USCCTCA: Grace Obour, Western Texas, 52.82 @.
Men: Kerry Smith, Mt. SAC, 47.03; Johnny Goode, San Mateo, 48.05.
USCCTCA: Chris Giles, Indian Hills CC, Iowa, 45.34.

800 meters: Women: Hannah Hartwell, Redwoods, 2:12.86; Trista Michael, Mt. SAC, 2:15.42.
USCCTCA: Lethogonolo Magoro, New Mexico JC, 2:08.78\
Men: Kyle Reden, Riverside, 1:51.03; Vincent Corday, Diablo Valley, 1:54.63.
USCCTCA: Rivaldo Marshall, Indian Hills CC, Iowa, 1:47.35

1,500 meters: Women: Hannah Hartwell, Redwoods, 4:29.63 (US Ldr);   Destiny Lopez, Glendale, 4:37.36.
Men: Julius Largaespada, Glendale, 3:51.78.  USCCTCA: Devan Crow, Allen CC, Kan., 3:45.63

5,000 meters: Women: Hartwell, 16:28.00 (US Ldr.);  Hannah Brown, Mt. SAC, 16:59.11 (No. 2 USA).
Men: Jesus Alvarado, Mt. SAC, 14:00.98 (US Ldr.); Marco Perez, San Joaquin Delta, 14:38.20

10,000 meters: Women: Brown, 37:22.41; Hartwell, 37:58.68.
USCCTCA: Damaris Chewon, New Mexico JC, 37:13.21.
Men: Alvarado, 29:46.42 (#2 USA);  Muhammed Ahmed, Chabot, 30;24.34.
USCCTCA: Jacinto Gaspar, Iowa Western CC, 29:29.29.

3,000 steeple: Women: Crystal Raya, Bakersfield, 11:28.43; Ashley Ochoa, Hartnell, 12:18.92.
USCCTCA: Taylor McCreedy, Iowa Central CC, 11:1745.
Men: Bryce Kueker, SD Mesa, 8:53.13;  Byron Chadwick, American River, 9:36.55.
USCCTCA: Ricardo Barbosa, Colby CC, Kan., 8:42.77, 

100 Hurdles: Women: Jazzmine Davis, Cerritos, 13.92 (+1.3); Isela Ochoa, Merritt, 14.14 (+1.0).
USCCTCA: Miracle Thompson, Cloud County CC, Kan., 13.25w {+4.0).

110 Hurdles: Men: Joshua Hornsby, Riverside, 13.87w (+2.7); Donovan Garcia, San Mateo, 14.82 (+0.4).
USCCTCA: Justin Guy, South Plains, Tex., 13.61w @ (+2.7).

400 Hurdles: Women:  Davis, 1:02.71; Ochoa, 1:03.16.   USCCTCA: Calisha Taylor, New Mexico JC, 57.95 a.
Men: Ethan Derke, Santa Rosa JC, 51.31; Lincoln Marshall, El Camino, 52.40.

USCCTCA: Caio Almeida, South Plains, Tex., 50.91.

4 x 100 Relay: Women: Cerritos, 45.34; Diablo Valley, 46.72.  USCCTCA: Hinds, Miss., 44.71
Men: Mt. SAC, 40.34; Modesto JC, 40.95.  USCCTCA: Butler CC, Kan., 39.33.

4 x 400 Relay: Women: Mt. SAC, 3:52.58; Diablo Valley, 3:53.74. USCCTCA: New Mexico JC, 3:35.95.
Men: Mt. SAC, 3:14.46; Merritt, 3:16.45.  USCCTCA: New Mexico JC, 3:02.68. 

High Jump: Women: Alyssa Burke, Shasta, 5-6 1/2; Aaliyah Mendoza, Mt. SAC, 5-3 1/4.
USCCTCA: Miracle Ailes, Iowa Western CC, 5-10
Men: Darius Hill, Riverside, 6-11; Ray Oldharn, Sacramento, 6-8 3/4.
USCCTCA:  Kudakwashe Chadenga, South Plains, Tex., 7-4 1/2.

Pole Vault: Women: Madison Rauch, SD Mesa, 11-9 3/4; Lorraine Mankins, Hartnell, 11-7 3/4.
USCCTCA: Peterson Brooke, Pima CC, Ariz., 12-4.
Men: Shane Bagley, Sequoias, 17-0 (US Ldr.); Ethan Amata, Mt. SAC, 16-4 3/4 (#2 US).

Long Jump: Women: Jazzmine Davis, Cerritos, 19-2 1/2 (+1.0); Desie Armstrong, Diablo Valley, 18-10 3/4w (+3.0).
USCCTCA: Miracle Ailes, Iowa Western CC, 20-9 (+0.7).Men: Darius Hill, Riverside, 25-1 3/4w (+2.1) (US Ldr.); Rahsaan Dozier, Modesto, 24-3 (nwi).

Triple Jump: Women: Ahnyx Bush, Mt. SAC, 40-11w (+2.2); Alyssa Burke, Shasta, 38-9 1/2 (nwi).
Men: Namir Hemphil, Mt. SAC, 50-2 1/2  (+1.2); Michael Greco, Fresno, 47-7 3/4 (nwi).
USCCTCA: Kelsey Daniel, New Mexico JC, 52-5 1/4 (+2.0).

Shot Put: Women: Amani Britton, San Joaquin Delta, 43-9 3/4;  Casey Davis, Long Beach, 43-7.
USCCTCA: Kelsie Murrell-Ross, Barton County, Kan., 52-9 3/4.
Men: Donal Aluesi, Riverside, 53-5 3/4; Chance Hefter, Redwoods, 51-9.
USCCTCA: Trevor Gunzell, Coffeyville CC, Kan., 61-4 1/4.

Discus Throw: Women: Tearra Haney, Bakersfield, 154-3; Isabella Reimann, Hartnell, 139-2.
USCCTCA: Tamara Thommpson, Cloud County CC, Kan., 166-10.
Men: Canaan Wharry, Yuba, 167-9; Edward Ta’amilo, Riverside, 166-0. USCCTCA:  
USCCTCA: Trevor Gunzell, Coffeyville CC, Kan. 197-5.

Hammer Throw: Women: Isabella Reimann, Hartnell, 168-6;  Faitalia Ah-Fook, Cerritos, 158-11.
USCCTCA: Audrey Armstrong, Paradise Valley, Ariz., 179-9.
Men: Martin Travis, De Anza, 202-4; Donal Aluesi, Riverside, 181-5.
USCCTCA: Mohamed Ahmed, Cloud County CC, Kan., 210-10.

Javelin Throw: Women: : Tearra Haney, Bakersfield, 125-9; Camrenne Genilla, Modesto, 124-4.
USCCTCA: Anisha Gibbons, New Mexico JC, 168-2.
Men: Brandon Smith, Butte, 196-3; Matthew Mannino, Mt. SAC, 195-2.
USCCTCA: Christopher Young, Barton County CC, Kan., 219-9. 

Heptathlon: Jazzmine Davis, Cerritos, 4599 points; Ashlyn Jory, San Joaquin Delta, 3933.
USCCTCA: Anna Couto, Barton County CC, Kan., 5117.

Decathlon: Jeramiah Havens, SD Mesa, 6618; Aaron Wood, Modesto, 6617.
USCCTCA: Nelvin Appiah-Konadu, South Plains, Texas, 6697.