Track & Field: Vikings total 13 top-10 finishes at Cerritos Opener meet

The Long Beach City College track and field team competed in its second meet of the season, heading across town to nearby Cerritos College for the Cerritos Opener on Friday and Saturday. LBCC brought home 13 top-10 finishes from the non-scoring meet.

The Long Beach men had four top-10 showings in Cerritos. Freshman Amari Howland had the Viking men's top individual performance in the 400-meter hurdles. He won his heat with a time of 59.24 to finish in seventh place overall.

On the women's side, LBCC totaled nine top-10 finishes. Freshman Sherrice Pelle had an impressive day in hurdles. She won her heat of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.66 to finish fourth overall. She was also fourth in her heat and fourth overall in the 400 hurdles, clocking in at 1:13.73.

Shavone Nora was also a fourth-place finisher in the 400 meters as she ran 1:02.10.

Long Beach returns to action next Saturday (Mar. 5) when the Vikings will compete at the Cal State LA Invitational.

Complete LBCC results from the Cerritos Opener below:

MEN'S RESULTS
Tyrone Carroll, 400m, 56.71 (7^th heat, 35^th overall)
Ivan Saladay, 400m, 54.20 (5^th heat, 29^th overall)
Phillip Powell, 400m, 50.51 (1^st heat, 11^th overall)
Shawn Woodstock, 400m, 52.66 (2^nd heat, 22^nd overall)
Akiem Brown, 400m, 54.67 (3^rd heat, 32^nd overall)
Elias Galvan, 3000m, 9:40.25 (9^th heat, 36^th overall)
Willie Jenkins, 3000m, 9:53.81 (12^th heat, 39^th overall)
Alex Hoskins, 3000m, 10:22.52 (19^th heat, 47^th overall)
Amari Howland, 400m Hurdles, 59.24 (1^st heat, 7^th overall)
4x200m Relay, 1:34.33 (3^rd overall)
4x400m Relay, 3:24.51 (2^nd overall)
4x800m Relay, 8:39.02 (5^th overall)
Aaron Ecesedy, Shot Put, 10.82m (16^th overall)
Aaron Ecesedy, Discus, 35.88m (13^th overall)
Aaron Ecesedy, Hammer, 28.51m (15^th overall)
Aaron Ecesedy, Javelin, 29.09m (16^th overall)

WOMEN'S RESULTS
Breonna James, 100m, 13.19 (7^th heat, 13^th overall)
Delorian Hooper, 100m, 5^th heat, 19^th overall)
Shavone Nora, 400m, 1:02.10 (4^th heat, 4^th overall)
Lyanna Clement, 400m, 1:05.46 (2^nd heat, 6^th overall)
Asia Muldrow, 3000m, 12:10.49 (16^th overall)
Melissa Higeuros, 3000m, 12:30.20 (20^th overall)
Deniera Camargo, 13:50.70 (24^th overall)
Sherrice Pelle, 100m Hurdles, 15.66 (1^st heat, 4^th overall)
Sherrice Pelle, 400m Hurdles, 1:13.73 (4^th heat, 4^th overall)
Seayanna Crawford, 400m Hurdles, 1:15.15 (6^th heat, 6^th overall)
Alexandra Moen-Sanders ,400m Hurdles, 1:18.91 (2^nd heat, 9^th overall)
4x100 Relay, 51.07 (2^nd overall)
4x400 Relay, 4:12.23 (2^nd overall)
4x800 Relay, 11:10.95 (6^th overall)
Marlene Contreras, Shot Put, 7.71m (12^th overall)
Discus, 21.76m (13^th)
Hammer, 22.20m (13^th)
Javelin, 18.84m (12^th)
Jordyn Thomas, Shot Put, 7.68m (13^th overall)
Discus, 20.51m (14^th)
Hammer, 19.02m, (16^th)
Javelin, 15.79m (14^th)
Francine Contreras, Shot Put, 7.50 (14^th overall)
Discus, 22.08m (12^th)
Hammer, 21.83m (14^th)
Javelin, 8.95m (19^th)
Jacqueline Samson, Shot Put, 7.26m (15^th overall)
Discus, 19.85m (16^th)
Hammer, 16.62m (17^th)
Javelin, 15.15m (15^th)
Ebony Washington, Shot Put, 6.93m (16^th overall)
Discus, 17.80m (17^th)
Hammer, 20.21m (15^th)
Javelin, 17.64m (13^th)
Linda Izabal, Shot Put, 6.35m, (17^th overall)
Discus, 16.96m (18^th)
Hammer, 26.56m (11^th)
Javelin, 13.36m (16^th)
Alvinisha Johnson, Shot Put, 6.28m (18^th overall)
Discus, 15.45m (19^th)
Hammer, 15.02m (18^th)
Javelin, 13.36m (17^th)