Mt. SAC Collects 32nd SCC Men's Track and Field Championship
COMPLETE SCC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Mt. San Antonio College continued its dynasty in winning the program's 32nd South Coast Conference men's track and field championship at the SCC Finals held at Long Beach City College on Saturday.
The Mounties won 12 individual events and scored 392 points to outdistance second-place Cerritos with 224. It was the school's fourth straight conference team title.
While 10 different athletes scored gold medals, the only double event champion was Toni Babatunde, who won the shot put (46 feet, 3.5 inches) and discus (144-8). The team's most points in any event was the pole vault as Mt. SAC tallied 36 out of a possible 39 points led by event champion Quintin Dukes (15-5).
Dukes and Jordan Berkley (1,500 meters, 4:08.79) each are 2-time conference champions in their events.
Mt. San Antonio also took the top three places in five different events, one of those the top five and two others that were the top four.
Dukes, javelin champ Taiyo Ishiguro (192-6), and triple jump winner Brandon Wetherspoon (45-4.25) all are second in the state in their respective events with better marks at earlier meets.
FINAL SCC STANDINGS: 1. Mt. San Antonio 392, 2. Cerritos 224, 3. Long Beach 69, 4. El Camino 60, 5. East Los Angeles 47, 6. Pasadena City 21, 7. Compton 4.
Cerritos had six event wins, led by Joshua Melendez who won the 5,000. Melendez owns the state's fastest 1,500 (did not race at SCC) and third fastest 5,000 times.
Long Beach's Marques Guzman won the 200 in an impressive 20.98 seconds, the second fastest in the state this year while ELAC's Fernando Valenzuela captured the 400 title in 47.73 (he too has the second fastest state mark at 47.71).
Next up for all qualifying competitors is the SoCal Prelims/Championships at Saddleback College with the Prelims on May 3 and Finals on May 10.
This year's 3C2A State Championships take place at College of San Mateo on May 16-17.
Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID