2015 LBCC Track and Field News

Season
Long Beach City College Football's Anterio Bateman and Track & Field's Chantel Dunson are the 2014-15 LBCC Athletes of the Year (Photos by John Fajardo & Dean Lofgren)
  • Athletics
  • May 29, 2015
Athletics: Football’s Bateman, Track and Field’s Dunson named 2014-15 LBCC Athletes of the Year

Anterio “Taz” Bateman (Football) and Chantel Dunson (Track and Field) have been named the Long Beach City College Male and Female Athletes of the Year for the 2014-15 sports season. LBCC head coaches along with a panel of local media selected this season’s winners.

  • May 29, 2015
Freshman Chantel Dunson became LBCC's first female track and field state champion since 2006 (Photo by Dean Lofgren)
  • Track & Field
  • May 16, 2015
Track and Field: Long Beach’s Dunson is state champion in triple jump, Jones fifth in steeplechase

Long Beach City College freshman Chantel Dunson closed out the 2015 with her best jump of the season. Her mark of 11.59 meters (38-0 1/4) earned her a first-place finish in the triple jump at the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Track and Field State Championship at College of San Mateo on Saturday.

  • May 16, 2015
Freshman Chantel Dunson finished second in the triple jump at the SoCal Finals and qualified for the State Championships (Photo by Chris Ruiz)
  • Track & Field
  • May 09, 2015
Track and Field: Vikings qualify three for State Championships; men 13th, women 18th at SoCal Finals

Long Beach City College will send two individuals and one relay team to the upcoming California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Track and Field State Championship meet scheduled May 15-16 at College of San Mateo.

  • May 09, 2015
Freshman Jared Jones ran the ninth fastest steeplechase time in LBCC history at the SoCal Preliminaries (Photo by Dean Lofgren)
  • Track & Field
  • May 02, 2015
Track and Field: Long Beach advances 14 to Southern California Championship Finals

Long Beach City College Track and Field will send 14 on to the 2015 Southern California Championship Finals following some impressive finishes at the SoCal Prelims meet on Saturday at Cerritos College.

  • May 02, 2015
Sophomore Omar Torres advanced to the SoCal Championships in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters while sophomore Danasia Richard will compete in a total of five events (Photos by Dean Lofgren)
  • Track & Field
  • April 25, 2015
Track and Field: Viking men fourth, women fifth at SCC Finals; advance 24 to SoCal Championships

The Long Beach City College track and field program will be well represented at the Southern California Championships after the Viking men finished fourth while the women were fifth at the 2015 South Coast Conference Championship finals on Saturday at Cerritos College.

  • April 25, 2015
Freshmen Bayron Manuel (left) and Malika Spencer (center) both qualified for the South Coast Conference Finals (Photo by Julio Jimenez)
  • Track & Field
  • April 21, 2015
Track and Field: Long Beach qualifies 22 to South Coast Conference Championship Finals

Long Beach City College will be well represented at the South Coast Conference Track and Field Championship Finals as the Vikings have qualified for 22 events for Saturday’s event. Also at Tuesday’s SCC Prelims meet, LBCC already earned three top-10 finishes.

  • April 21, 2015
Freshman Bayron Manuel (right) edged Chris Graham (left) of El Camino for first place in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Mt. SAC Invitational Relays (Photo by Dean Lofgren)
  • Track & Field
  • April 11, 2015
Track and Field: Manuel's first-place finish in 110 hurdles leads Vikings at Mt. SAC Relays

Competing at one of the biggest track and field meets of the season, Long Beach City College freshman Bayron Manuel put together his finest effort of the year. At the prestigous Mt. SAC Relays, Manuel cruised to first-place overall in the 110-meter high hurdles with a season-best time of 14.39 to lead a group of 14 Vikings at the invitational meet on Saturday.

  • April 11, 2015
Freshman Jared Jones time of 9:41.78 at the SF State Distance Carnival in the 3000-meter steeplechase ranks No. 10 all-time on the LBCC performance list (Photo by Julio Jimenez)
  • Track & Field
  • April 04, 2015
Track and Field: Vikings compile three PRs, one season best mark at SF State Distance Carnival

Four members of the Long Beach City College track and field team went long distance to compete at the SF State Distance Carnival on April 4 in San Francisco. The group put together a great effort, compiling three personal best marks as well as one season best.

  • April 04, 2015
Freshman Jared Jones finished second in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:08.38 at the Pasadena Relays (Photo by Julio Jimenez)
  • Track & Field
  • March 27, 2015
Track and Field: Long Beach racks up 29 top-10 finishes at Pasadena Relays

The Long Beach City College track and field team put together an impressive effort to total 29 top-10 finishes at the 2015 Pasadena Relays at Pasadena City College’s Robinson Stadium on Saturday.

  • March 27, 2015
Track and Field: LBCC head coach Karen Vigilant Goodman to be inducted into Wilson High School Hall of Fame
  • Track & Field
  • February 03, 2015
Track and Field: LBCC head coach Karen Vigilant Goodman to be inducted into Wilson High School Hall of Fame

Current Long Beach City College head coach of women’s track and field and cross country Karen Vigilant will be inducted in the Wilson High School on Wednesday, February 4.

  • February 03, 2015