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Long Beach City College

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.

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)
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)
Results
April 11, 2015
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.
 
Manuel, originally out of Long Beach Wilson High School, edged El Camino's Chris Graham (14.49) by one-tenth of a second to take first. Manuel's time of 14.39 is second best in Southern California this season.

Sophomore Justin Weaver also had a season-bes time of 1:56.86 in the 800 meters to take third while the 4x400 relay squad of Damond Burns, Jordan Noble, Travis Thomas, and Kendrick Miller were second in their section with a season-best time of 3:19.80.

Leading the LBCC women was the 4x100 relay team of Danasia Richards, Chantel Dunson, Deborahnay Love, and Maryeh Goins. They took first in their section with a time of 50.24.

Complete LBCC results below:
Women
Danasia Richards, 100 meters, 5th, 12.16
Chantel Dunson, 200 meters, 6th, 25.80
Deborahnay Love, 400 meters, 6th, 1:01.04
Malika Spencer, 800 meters, 4th, 2:29.82
4x100 Relay (Danasia Richards, Chantel Dunson, Deborahnay Love, Maryeh Goins), 1st, 50.24
4x400 Relay (Malika Spencer, Chantel Dunson, Danasia Richards, Deborahnay Love), 7th, 4:11.31

Men
Damond Burns, 100 meters, 3rd, 10.96
Jordan Noble, 100 meters, 4th, 11.00
Justin Weaver, 800 meters, 3rd, 1:56.86*
Phillip Powell, 800 meters, 8th, 1:59.39
Omar Torres, 5000 meters, 9th, 15:44.48
Bayron Manuel, 110 hurdles, 1st, 14.39*
Travis Thomas, 400 hurdles, 3rd, 54.99
Kendrick Miller, 400 hurdles, 6th, 56.41
4x100 Relay (Damond Burns, Jordan Noble, Jacob Thorton, Travis Thomas), 4th, 42.48
4x400 Relay (Damond Burns, Jordan Noble, Travis Thomas, Kendrick Miller), 2nd, 3:19.80*

Long Beach is back in action on Thursday (Apr. 16) when the Vikings will compete at the Cal State LA Twilight Open.