CCC Alums Shine
Again!....North American, Central American-Under 23 Championships
(held in Florida 7/9-11)
Curtis
Mitchell (Southwestern/Texas A&M) 200m-1st 20.06 windaided (semis
19.99-2.0w)
Mitchell ran on winning USA 400 relay-38.96
Lauryn
Newson (Laney)...Long Jump-4th 20-9
Josh Como
(Riverside)...Triple Jump-2nd 52-4
Cooper Thompson
(Bakersfield/USC)...javelin-2nd 228-01
Ebony Collins
(West LA CC)...400-2nd 53.31; 1600 relay-1st 3:29.80
(Complete
results on: halfmiletiming.com)
CCC alums-USA Nationals
This past weekend at the USA Nationals (Des Moines, Iowa) the following CCC T&F alumni competed:
Women:
Long Jump-Lauryn Newson (led Laney to 2010 state title) …6th 21-7¼ (6.58m)
Javelin-Randi Hicks (Ventura/CS Long Beach; ’09 State CC JV title) …9th 157-6 (48.02m)
200-Charonda Williams (Laney/Arizona State; 2007 Athlete of CCC meet)… 200m-8th 23.15
400IH-Ebony Collins (West LA CC; 2008 400IH State Champ)… 400-13th 53.33
Discus-Linda Rueff -Mt. SAC…17th 146-03 (44.57m)
Men:
Steeplechase-Ben Bruce (SD Mesa/Cal Poly SLO)… 2nd 8:30.87
HJ-Jamie Nieto (Sacramento CC/Eastern Michigan; ’04 Olympics-4th) …3rd 7-3¾ (2.23m)
Steeplechase-Jacque Sallberg (Glendale CC; ’06 USA Nationals SC-4th 8:28.18)… 8th 8:38.76
10k-Jimmy Grabow (San Bernardino Valley)…10th 29:33.47
10k-Sergio Reyes (Cuesta)…12th 29:50.76
HT-Lucais MacKay ( Moorpark ’01 state triple winner: SP, HT, Disc)…13th 221-09 (67.58m)
TJ-Keinan Briggs (Orange Coast/CS LA; OCC TJ record)…13th 51-6 (15.71m)
10k-Jesse Armijo (Saddleback)…21st 30:51.95
JV-Cooper Thompson (Bakersfield/USC; 2009 State JV title*meet record) 16th 213-11 (65.20
Dead or Alive?… Ruth Wysocki, 1984 US Olympic Trials 1500 Champion and multi- NJCRs/state titles at Citrus College (coached by Vince O'Boyle, present UC Irvine head coach), reflected on her relationship with the Brooks footwear company: “In 1984 my shoe sponsor said it would take care of me for life. I guess I died in 1988.”
–Scorecard, Sports Illustrated, December 18, 1995
CCC alums own still-standing Calif. HS state meet records
1986-Marcus Hooks (Lakewood HS/LBCC/) TJ 52-5¾…less than 5 inches shy of NHSR
1992-Calvin Harrison (North Salinas HS/Hartnell /USA Olympian)
400-45.25*MR /NHSR
1981 State CC Meet: Quality!
The 1981 CCC meet was hosted by Cerritos-the quantity of quality probably stands up against any past or present day state meet.
National JC Records Set-4: Cerritos women 1600 relay-3:46.30; Valerie Brisco-Long Beach 200m-23.49; Rene Felton-Santa Monica 100m hurdles 13.72; Milt Goode-Alameda HJ 7-5¼… *Brisco: only athlete-female or male-to win 400-200 Olympic gold medals in same Games (1984);also two-time (’84,’88) 1600 relay gold medalist; Goode-1984 USA Olympian
State Meet Records Set-11…In addition to the four listed above the following meet records were also set: HJ-Kathy Raugust-Hartnell 5-10; SP-Vicki Gagne-LA Harbor 46-7½; PV-Dell Miller-Cerritos 17-1*also stadium record; 400m relay-PCC-39.56; 400-Valerie Brisco-Long Beach 53.53; 100m-Ada Hay-Santa Monica 11.83; 400IH-Bernie Holloway-Long Beach 50.28;
Quality Depth:
Women: javelin…three throwers over 145; 1500…4:30.82, 4:33.71, 4:36.16, 4:38.36, 4:39.29, 4:39.71; 400 meters…four under 54.91
Men: HJ…7-5 ¼, 7-4 ¼, 7-2 ¼, 7-2 ¼, 7-0, 6-10; Steeplechase…8:56.68, 8:58.58, 9:00.30, 9:01.21, 9:03.80, 9:08.86; 400 Relay…PCC 39.56, SAC City 39.96, LBCC 40.11, San Joaquin Delta 40.44; 800…1:49.61 won followed by four under 1:51; 400IH…50.28 won followed by three under 52.0; 5000…14:21.94 won followed by five under 14:42;
1600 relay…SAC City 3:07.94, Mt. SAC 3:08.99, PCC 3:09.58, LBCC 3:09.69; 10,000…30:35.51 followed by three under 31:04; Javelin…1st Jason Bender (Santa Rosa) 224-0 (old javelin) Bender went on to UCLA and competed in five USA Olympic Trials-he is present Glendale CC throws coach.