The San Diego Mesa College men’s track and field team captured its third straight Pacific Coast Athletic Conference title on Saturday with an overall score of 298 points. Cuyamaca College placed second with 152 points and Southwestern College finished in third place with 104.
“We performed well today, but our goals do not stop here. We have regionals in two-weeks and we start focusing on that today,” states head coach Sean Ricketts.
“Our goal will always be about moving our athletes to the next level,” adds Ricketts. “We want to develop them not only as athletes, but also people that will contribute to society. We take pride in the fact that we did not overwork anyone, we did not sacrifice the well-being of our athletes to win.”
All year long, the coaching staff preached to “trust the process.” They insisted after each meet to stay the course. “Trusting the process involves not only what we do on the track, but also off of it,” explains Ricketts. “You have to trust the designed program and be consistent with our strength and conditioning, diet plans, schoolwork, and everyday life responsibilities. We also ask everyone to reflect on what they’re doing today and learn from previous performances to improve.”
“Today was a really good day, the men dominated. The women’s team, which only consists of nine members finished in second place. I am extremely proud of them,” states Ricketts. “We will have a handful of our women moving forward to regionals.”
“With regionals only two weeks away, we tell our athletes to take advantage of the resources we have at Mesa,” adds Ricketts. That means use our treatment room and see the trainers. Work hard, but work smart. Don't focus on marks or times, focus on the tactics and the process, if we do that, we'll be successful.
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Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Highlights from Saturday
* 18 conference championships including 3 relays (10 men; 8 women)
* 44 athletes turned in personal bests including season bests
* 39 out of 40 athletes qualified to compete at regionals (97.5%)
* Women placed 2nd by 20 points (188 total points) with 9 athletes
Event 4 Men 1500 Meter Run
1 Labra, Isaiah FR SD Mesa 4:17.32 4:03.50
2 Hussein, Abdi FR Cuyamaca 4:26.06 4:05.71
3 Alcantar, Cristian FR SD Mesa 4:17.29 4:10.56
Event 6 Men 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Clay, Jeremy FR SD Mesa 14.82 14.78 NWI
2 Coleman, Dylan FR Cuyamaca 15.24 15.13 NWI
3 Mickelsen, Aaron SO SD Mesa 15.46 15.16 NWI
Event 8 Men 400 Meter Dash
1 Price, Charles FR SD Mesa 49.00 49.93
2 Brown, Isaiah FR Southwestern 50.45 50.59
3 Ndiaye, Saliou FR SD Mesa 50.70 50.77
Event 12 Men 800 Meter Run
1 Hussein, Abdi FR Cuyamaca 2:00.53 1:56.95
2 Garcia, Ricardo SO SD Mesa 2:02.98 2:00.95
3 DeLaTorre, Carlos SO San Bernardi 2:01.37 2:01.31
Event 14 Men 400 Meter Hurdles
1 Vasquez, Jesus FR Cuyamaca 57.84 56.13
2 Orozco, Andy FR SD Mesa 57.25 58.53
3 Hernandez, David FR San Bernardi 58.20 58.67
Event 16 Men 200 Meter Dash
1 Price, Charles FR SD Mesa 21.76 21.79 NWI
2 Paisely, Cullin FR Southwestern 22.51 22.23 NWI
3 McElroy, Philip FR Cuyamaca 22.59 22.44 NWI
Event 18 Men 10000 Meter Run
1 Rasmuson, Stefen FR SD Mesa 33:00.82
2 Ramirez, Michael SO San Bernardi 32:23.50 33:07.07
3 Woldu, Medhane FR SD Mesa 33:36.52
Event 22 Men 5000 Meter Run
1 Labra, Isaiah FR SD Mesa 14:33.28 15:34.93
2 Rasmuson, Stefen FR SD Mesa 14:38.23 15:35.18
3 Elias, Kibrom SO Cuyamaca 15:41.42
Event 24 Men 4x400 Meter Relay
1 SD Mesa 'A' 3:23.94 3:26.88
1) Burton, Jake FR 2) Curtis, Jake FR
3) Ndiaye, Saliou FR 4) Price, Charles FR
2 San Bernardino 'A' 3:37.84 3:34.52
1) DeLaTorre, Carlos SO 2) Duenas, Fernando FR
3) Gonzalez, Isaiah FR 4) Hernandez, David FR
3 Southwestern 'A' 3:46.45 3:34.76
1) Murillo Guerrero, Ricardo SO 2) Sanchez, Diego FR
3) Brown, Isaiah FR 4) Paisely, Cullin FR
Event 26 Men Long Jump
1 Calloway, Moise FR SD Mesa 6.56m 6.81m NWI 22-04.25
6.81m(NWI) FOUL PASS PASS PASS PASS
2 Cruz, Ezekiel FR Southwestern 6.53m 6.52m NWI 21-04.75
6.42m(NWI) 3.30m(NWI) 6.15m(NWI) FOUL 6.41m(NWI) 6.52m(NWI)
3 Cristobal, Troy FR SD Mesa 6.60m 6.44m NWI 21-01.50
Event 28 Men Shot Put
1 Allen, Terrence FR SD Mesa 12.61m 12.96m 42-06.25
11.46m 12.38m 12.07m 12.25m 12.68m 12.96m
2 Folsom, Davey FR SD Mesa 14.30m J12.96m 42-06.25
FOUL FOUL 12.96m FOUL FOUL FOUL
3 Mitchell, Andrew FR SD Mesa 12.65m 12.70m 41-08.00
11.97m 12.01m 12.68m FOUL FOUL 12.70m
Event 30 Men Discus Throw
1 Leber, David FR Cuyamaca 44.73m 44.93m 147-05
44.93m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
2 Mitchell, Andrew FR SD Mesa 41.54m 41.97m 137-08
41.97m FOUL FOUL 39.55m 41.30m FOUL
3 Leyva, Juan FR SD Mesa 36.01m 37.20m 122-00
Event 32 Men Pole Vault
1 Coleman, Wesley FR Cuyamaca 4.10m 4.05m 13-03.50
3.75 3.90 4.05
O O XXO
2 Fitzgerald, Nico FR SD Mesa 4.37m 3.90m 12-09.50
3.90 4.05
O XXX
3 Rusnak, Thomas FR Cuyamaca 3.35m 3.30m 10-10.00
3.00 3.15 3.30 3.45
Event 36 Men High Jump
1 Coleman, Dylan FR Cuyamaca 1.90m 1.95m 6-04.75
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00
O O O O XXX
2 Cristobal, Troy FR SD Mesa 1.83m 1.90m 6-02.75
1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95
O O O O XXX
2 Osgood, Chayin FR Southwestern 1.95m 1.90m 6-02.75
1.70 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95
O O O O O XXX
Event 38 Men Javelin Throw
1 Mitchell, Andrew FR SD Mesa 46.97m 46.75m 153-04
45.64m FOUL 46.75m FOUL 45.45m FOUL
2 Allen, Terrence FR SD Mesa 45.24m 46.15m 151-05
42.51m 41.81m FOUL 41.10m 46.15m FOUL
3 Navarro, Oscar FR SD Mesa 46.15m 43.86m 143-11
Event 39 Women Hammer Throw
1 Allen, Brittney FR Cuyamaca 32.72m 32.81m 107-08
FOUL 27.06m 31.53m 31.16m 27.56m 32.81m
2 Encio, Bianca FR SD Mesa 27.49m 26.91m 88-03
17.90m FOUL 21.94m FOUL 26.91m FOUL
3 Dutton, Jessica FR Palomar 27.72m 26.42m 86-08
Event 40 Men Hammer Throw
1 Leber, David FR Cuyamaca 45.37m 43.86m 143-11
40.01m 43.86m FOUL 39.95m FOUL 41.80m
2 Allen, Terrence FR SD Mesa 36.68m 38.54m 126-05
36.31m 38.54m FOUL FOUL 37.56m 37.17m
3 Allen, Travis FR SD Mesa 35.46m 37.66m 123-07