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2012 El Camino College Track and Field
Bent-Mikail Wins State Title, Warriors Women Place 10th
May 21, 2012
Sophomore Rukayah Bent-Mikail had added a lot of hardware to her trophy case last week. It started on May 17 when Bent-Mikail received the Ray Southstone Award at the 25 Annual El Camino College Athletic Hall of Fame banquet for being one of the top track stars on the Warriors.
She followed that up by claiming her second straight state championship in the triple jump on Saturday at Cerritos College. Bent-Mikail did not quite match her impressive 40-1 mark from last year, but her 39-10 mark was more than enough to secure the top spot. The victory capped off a perfect season for Bent-Mikail, who was undefeated in the triple jump in JC competition.
Along with her title, Bent-Mikail also placed 10th in the long jump (16-8 ½) and was a member of the 4x400 relay team along with Courtney Morning, Isis Garland, and Ronisha Vallery that finished fourth (3:51.24).
Vallery placed fourth in the long jump (17-10 ¼) and Garland was sixth in the 200m (24.82). Katrina Wilbanks finished eighth in the pole vault (11-0) and Salina Ropati rounded out the women’s side for the Warriors as she placed fifth in the shot put with a mark of 42-7 ½.
Victor Martin placed third in the shot put on the men’s side for the Warriors, posting a mark of 53-2 ¼. The Warriors women’s team placed 10th overall with 28 points.
Warriors Perform Well At SoCal Championships
May 14, 2012
The Warriors women placed fifth overall at this weekend’s Southern California Championships held at San Diego Mesa College while the men finished in 16th place, but it was the individual performances in which the team shined.
Rukayah Bent-Mikail continued to excel, recording a 40-5 in the triple jump to take first place and set a new personal best. It was also the No. 3 All-Time performance by an ECC athlete, just shy of topping record-holder Renita Robinson’s top mark of 42-1 ½. Along with the personal accolades, Bent-Mikail also remained undefeated in JC competition this year. Bent-Mikail also qualified for the state championships in the long jump, finishing fourth with a mark of 18-7.
The women’s 1600m relay team of Bent-Mikail, Courtney Morning, Isis Garland and Ronisha Vallery went into the finals as the No. 7 seed, but their time of 3:49.38 was far better than that as they won the event.
On the men’s side, Victor Martin set a personal best and the No. 8 All-Time ECC mark with a 52-7 ½ in the shot put, winning the event...(read more)
Eleven Warriors Qualify For SoCal Championships
May 7, 2012
The Warriors fared well at the Southern California Championships prelims this past weekend held at San Diego Mesa. Sophomore Rukayah Bent-Mikail led the way, qualifying for this weekend’s finals in the triple jump (39-9 ¾) and the long jump (17-6 ¼). She also qualified as a member of the 1600m relay team that recorded a time of 3:55.05. It was another solid performance for Bent-Mikail, who was voted the South Coast Conference Female Athlete of the Year last week.
Isis Garland will also return for the finals for the 1600m team. She also qualified in the 100m (12.22) and 200m (25.03). Ronisha Vallery, another member of the 1600m team, also advanced in the 400m (57.38), 200m (25.39) and long jump (18-3 ¾). Ruby Davis also qualified for the long jump with a 17-3.
Katrina Wilbanks easily cleared 10-1 to qualify for the pole vault finals and Salina Ropati recorded a 39-1 to qualify for the shot put finals.
On the men’s side...(read more)MT. SAC RELAYS
The ECC winning 47.28 Women's 400m relay
l to r: Ronisha Vallery, Araya Dixon, Isis Garland, & Ruby Davis
Rukayah Bent-Mikail won the Triple Jump in back-to-back meets: 39-6 @ the Orange Coast Invite April 6th and 38-10 1/2 at Mt. SAC!
Anthony Lewis ran a personal best 15:12.29 for 2nd in the Invite 5,000m.
CSU FULLERTON "BENNY BROWN" INVITE
Michelle Woodruff WINS Invitational High Jump @ 5-6 placing her 3rd All-Time ECC Performer and current State-Leader.
Rukayah Bent-Mikail WINS Invitational Triple Jump @ 38-5 1/2 and places 2nd in Long Jump @ 18-10 1/2!
Sprint Coach Kevin Hughley with ECC Alum KayC Wharton (UCI) and Ronisha Vallery
Anthony Lewis places 4th in 5,000m section in personal best 15:12.92
LONG BEACH STATE INVITE
Ruby Davis to Ronisha Vallery (below) in the 400m Relay 
Luckner Brady to Brailon Brown in the 400m Relay
Rukayah Bent-Mikail to Katya Reynoso on the 2nd 400m Relay Team
Rukayah Triple-Jumped 38-11 1/4 at the CSULB Beach Invite!
Darnel Young in the 1600m Relay.
Two El Camino Alumni won big at the CSULB Beach Invite:
Jacob Weintraub (immediate below) won the Discus @ 170-1 and Ben Woodruff (2nd below) won the Javelin @ 235-1!! Nice job guys!
Victor Martin (below) continues to excel in the Shot!
Headlines
Woodruff, Bent-Mikail Lead The Way At CS Fullerton
March 12, 2012
The Warriors continued to perform well last week as they had stellar showings when they participated in the Benny Brown Invitational at Cal State Fullerton on March 10...(read more)
Warriors Perform Well At Long Beach State Invite
March 5, 2012
The Warriors participated in the ultra-competitive Cal State Long Beach Invite on Saturday March 3. They faced competition not just from their usual counterparts on the junior college level such as...(read more)
Brady Stars In Debut, Warriors Fare Well At OCC Tri-Meet
February 21, 2012
The men’s and women’s track and field teams had another solid outing last week in their tri-meet against Orange Coast and Cuyamaca College at the OCC Facility on Feb. 17...(read more)
Bent-Mikail, Wilbanks Win Events At SCC All-Comers
February 13, 2012
The men’s and women’s track and field teams got their season started with a non-scoring meet on Feb. 10 at the South Coast Conference’s All-Comers Meet held at Mount San Antonio College...(read more)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 20th and 21st @ American River College; Sacramento
-perfect weather and championship environment-
* El Camino Women’s Team claims State Title *
* Men’s Team Places 5th *
* Seven Individual State Champions *
On a tremendous weekend for El Camino College Track & Field, the Women’s team capped an outstanding season capturing the State Title with 81 points after coming down to the final event. Mt. SAC tied for the win with 81 points and American River College was 3rd. On the Men’ s side, American River College won followed by Cerritos, Mt. SAC, Riverside, and El Camino giving our South Coast Conference a strong showing with 3 teams in the Top 5 for both genders!
above L to R: Ronisha Vallery, Amanda Young, Shale' Garland, & Isis Garland
above L to R: Shale', Amanda, Ronisha, Isis, and Rukayah
above L to R: Head Coach Dean Lofgren, Scholarship recipient Kara Kalmar, ECC Male Athlete-of-the-Year David Cardona, Female ECC Athlete-of-the-Year Shale' Garland, and Asst. Coach Sean Sheil
above L to R: Coach Dean Lofgren, David Cardona, and Coach Sean Sheil
At the State Meet, ECC’s positive energy started flowing early when frosh MYSHAUNA ALEXANDER WON the Javelin on opening Friday with a 150-11 mark, out-distancing 2nd place by over 25 feet!
This would be the first of 7 Individual State Titles for El Camino!
Soph DAVID CARDONA capped a fabulous career at ECC winning both the 1500m in 3:48.01 (remaining undefeated) and 5,000m in 14:29.46 while significantly outdistancing himself from his competition in both races! David will be transferring to Cal Poly SLO this fall as one of the finest distance runners ever at ECC claiming school-records in both the 1500m (3:47) and 5,000m (14:13).
Soph SHALE’ GARLAND concluded a tremendous career at ECC winning both the 400m in 54.47 (remaining undefeated) and the 200m in 24.38! She will transfer this fall as one of the finest sprinters to grace ECC with her school-record 23.88 @ 200m and 54.12 mark in the 400m.
Soph DERION TAYLOR WON the Triple Jump on his final jump of 50-1 ¾ which moves him into ECC’s 5th All-Time Performer Spot!
Frosh RUKAYAH BENT-MIKAIL, partly inspired by teammate Derion’s earlier win, stepped-up and WON the Triple Jump with her 40-1 moving her to 3rd on ECC’s All-Time Performer List!
Soph KARA KALMAR placed a solid 2nd in the pole-vault @ 11-7 concluding a season that saw her up her school-record in this event regularly!
Frosh RONISHA VALLERY placed 3rd in the Long Jump with her 18-8 jump moving her to 8th on ECC’s All-Time Performer List and ran solid legs on both relays!
Soph MARIA COLIN placed a come-through 4th in the 10,000m in a personal best 38:19.10 after finishing 7th in the previous Southern California Championships. She maintains her ECC 2nd All-Time Performer List position.
The Women’s 1600m Relay team placed a superb 2nd in 3:45.19 - 5/100ths of a second behind winner West LA - with team members ISIS GARLAND 59.4, RONISHA VALLERY 55.4, AMANDA YOUNG 56.6, and SHALE’ GARLAND 53.3! With a share of the team title on the line, the women's relay came through big-time with their 3:45.19 and Shale's 53.3 after a tremendous winning day!
MYSHAUNA ALEXANDER returned after the Javelin to place 3rd in the Shot @ 42-3/4 moving her to 7th All-Time ECC Performer!
The Women’s 400m Relay placed 3rd in 46.55 with team members I. Garland, S. Garland. Young, and Vallery.
Others scoring well were frosh ISIS GARLAND 6th in the 200m (25.43) and running solid legs on both relays and soph JASON HARRELL placing 5th in the Shot @ 50-9 and 7th in the Discus.
A successful end to a long two day competition and great season...
and a good educational experience in State culture as well.....
Full results can be found here:
http://www.directathletics.com/results/track/18640.html
Many images from ECC and others can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/StateCommunityCollegeChampionships2011#
Recap and Community College Track & Field News can be found here:
www.gocollegetrack.com
We thank you for your support over the season.
We are fortunate to be able to do what we do and work with such a fine group of young men and women.
Coach Dean Lofgren and Staff!
Women Ranked State's #1 Team and Men #8 in current poll!
CSU Fullerton “Ben Brown” Invitational
Saturday March 5th @ CSUF
We knew it was coming:
DAVID CARDONA SETS SCHOOL-RECORD in 5,000 Meters!
His 14:21.27 breaks the 28-year-old record of 14:28.36 set by Rick Dodson in 1983!
We knew David was the candidate to break Rick Dodson’s 28-year-old school-record, but even I didn't quite anticipate a performance this fast this early (we discussed 14:30 +/- 10 seconds) giving us just a glimpse of David's future potential and true internal drive. Running in the Invitational section of the 5,000m, David was involved in a hard fall to the track badly scraping the side and back of his body, but without a recall, he jumped-up and managed to collect himself and get back into the pack. After an opening 4:37 first mile, you could see the focus as he then dropped the pace with his 4:34 2nd mile (9:13 @ 3200) and 4:34 3rd mile (13:46 3-miles) and 9:08 last 3200m which brought him right up to the lead pack. As they kicked down the finish stretch, we all knew something historic was happening and confirmed when David crossed the line in 14:21.27 shattering the previous mark. For those that are unaware, David officially signed with Cal Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo two weeks back hoping to join a long tradition of EC transfers that went on to great success in the CPSLO environment.
David below passing early leader Chad Hall of UCR and his tremendous effort at the finish-line.
Soph SHALE' GARLAND had a tremendous day winning the Invitational 400 meters in 55.23 and returning later to place 2nd in the Invitational 200 meters @ 24.29 and a solid 55-sec 1600m relay split. Shale' currently is the state-leader in the 100m, 200m, and 400m events.
Frosh RONISHA VALLERY placed well in both the 100 meters @ 12.56 and 200 meters @ 25.13 - she is currently #2 in the state behind teammate Shale'.
Frosh RUKAYAH BENT-MIKAIL placed 3rd Overall in the Triple Jump with a 37-8 3/4 jump which is currently #2 in the State. She long-jumped 17-1 as well.
Soph JASON HARRELL (below left) placed 6th in the Discus @ 150-8 (top JC thrower) and threw the Shot a personal best 47-3/4 as well. Soph JOVAN BEASON (below right) was the 2nd place community college Shot placer in a personal best 47-7 1/4 and returned to throw a personal best 143-6 in the Discus.
Frosh MYSHAUNA ALEXANDER placed 4th in the Javelin as the top JC thrower in 145-2 and threw well in the Shot (40-1 1/4) and Discus 121-11) as well.
Soph KARA KALMAR (immediately below) tied for 2nd in the Pole Vault with another fine vault of 11-2. Teammate frosh KATRINA WILBANKS improved her personal best to 10-2 with her solid performance!
In the Invitational 5,000m, Soph MARIA COLIN went through the first mile in 5:40 and held on to a solid 18:15.41 personal best and currently #5 in the State in this event.
Many Former ECC Athletes opened their University Outdoor seasons and performed VERY WELL-
BEN WOODRUFF, now at CSU Long Beach, placed 3rd in the Javelin @ 195-11.
JACOB WEINTRAUB, now at CSU Long Beach, WON the Shot (55-3 1/2) and placed 2nd in the Discus @ 159-8.
NA'I LENI (below left with her former throws Coach Darryl Guerin), set to transfer to CSU Los Angeles next week, WON both the Shot (48-11 1/2) and Discus (154-6) with solid marks.
KAYC WHARTON, now at UC Irvine, ran the 400m in 59.83.
REBECCA CARACOZA, now at CSU Dominguez Hills leading below, participated in the 1500 meters.
JACOB YOWELL, now at UC Irvine, ran both the 400m (50.19) and was 5th overall in the 110HH (15.11).
And recent CSULA Graduate JENNIFER SHOATE in the 200m (25.54) and 400m (61.07).
Full results can be found here:
Over 200 images from the meet can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/BenBrownInvite2011?feat=directlink
Current California Community College Performance Lists can be found here:
http://www.directathletics.com/lists/track/23_679.html
This Saturday, the ECC Teams travel to the always-competitive CSU Northridge Invitational!
Our best and thanks for your support!
Long Beach City Invitational
Friday February 25th @ Veteran's Stadium
South Coast Conference teams from Long Beach, Compton, Cerritos, Mt. SAC, and El Camino competed under cold and wet conditions in this competitive five-way meet. Highlights for El Camino College included:
Soph SHALE' GARLAND (below left) won both the 100m (12.05) and 200m (24.28) recording State-Leading marks in both and her 200m time moving her up to the 5th All-Time ECC Performer spot from her 6th spot from last season. She also currently leads the state in the 400m as well. Freshman teammate ISIS GARLAND placed right behind Shale' in both with her solid marks of 12.49 and 26.21.
Soph JOSE "Tito" LEZAMA won both the 1500m and 3,000m in solid times of 4:04.81 and 8:54.18 in the rain. Teammate ANTHONY LEWIS was 2nd in the 1500m with his time of time of 4:09.72.
Soph DAVID CARDONA led wire-to-wire in the 800m with his 1:57.03 win with teammate ANTHONY LEWIS returning from the 1500m to place 2nd with his 1:59.56 mark. David returned later for a 50.5 split during a cold 1600m relay.
Frosh MYSHAUNA ALEXANDER started the day with a win in the Javelin with a throw of 136-1 and returned later to win the Shot @ 36-5.
The THROWERS had a field day going 1st thru 6th in the Shot led by freshman RICHARD SMITH'S solid 47-6 1/2 throw (below left). Soph JASON HARRELL (below right) placed 2nd in the Shot (45-7) and led a sweep in the DISCUS as well with his 149-7 Throw.
Freshman ALEX TULIAU placed 2nd in the Discus with his solid throw and personal best 144-6.
Soph MARIA COLIN won the 3,000 meters in 11:00.94 and was edged in the earlier 1500m earning 2nd (5:03.79).
Soph KARA KALMAR continued her undefeated season with a solid vault of 11-0 under wet conditions.
Freshman RUKAYA BENT-MIKAIL had a solid day of jumping with her wins in the Long Jump (17-4) and Triple Jump (37-8).
Rounding out a fine day - albeit cold, wet, and windy - were the distance crew with frosh ALEX VILLAESCUSA placing 2nd in the 3,000m @ 9:12.91 and a solid group backing him up in today's distance races.
Frosh sprinter RONISHA VALLERY stepped-up in distance and won the 800m.
More images from today can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/LBCCInvite2011?feat=directlink
Full results can be found here:
http://www.directathletics.com/results/track/18735.html
The El Camino College Teams are currently ranked well amongst California Community Colleges with the women currently #2 and the men in the #5 spot:
Images for many winners at the Cerritos Invitational are highlighted here:
The ECC Track & Field Teams travel to Cal State Fullerton this Saturday March 5th for the very competitive "Benny Brown" Invitational featuring outstanding Community College, University, and Open Club competitors.
Thanks for your continued support!
Friday/Saturday February 18th and 19th at Cerritos College
As predicted, the rain came down steadily Friday night with occasional down pours on Saturday as well. Even constantly soaked, many fine performances were turned-in.
HIGHLIGHTING the long two-day event for El Camino:
Friday night saw El Camino's two relay teams go on to victory in pouring rain (pictures don't lie). The Women's Sprint Medley team of ISIS GARLAND, RUKAYAH BENT, RONISHA VALLERY, AND SHALE' GARLAND (56.1) won in 1:47.09.
above Isis Garland to Rukayah Bent and Shale' Garland
The Men's Distance Medley team of JOSE LEZAMA (3:11), CLIMONTE BLACKMAN (52), ANTHONY LEWIS (2:03), and DAVID CARDONA (4:20) held off a talented Cerritos team to win in 10:27.88. Any hopes of breaking into ECC's Top-10 list went to the wayside with the downpours and puddled track- it then became survival....
above: Jose Lezama on 1200m leg
Saturday started off well with soph KARA KALMAR setting another School-Record in the Pole Vault with her winning vault of 11-5! Teammate KATRINA WILBANKS also moved up on the list with her solid 9-6 vault.
Soph SHALE' GARLAND led a 1-2 sweep in the 400 with her 56.84 with frosh teammate RONISHA VALLERY close behind in 58.75 winning the 2nd heat.
The Men's Invitational 5000m saw teammates DAVID CARDONA and JOSE LEZAMA return from Friday night to lead the race along with Cerrito's Daniel Herrera on a wet track. They settled for 2nd (15:18.94) and 3rd (15:19.26) today finishing together.
In the women's 5,000m Invite, soph MARIA COLIN ran a solid 18:41.26 for 5th place in a pouring rain......
The Women's 400 Meter Relay Team of I. GARLAND, BENT, S. GARLAND, and VALLERY ran away from the field in a solid time of 47.88. RONISHA returned later in the 400 and also placed 2nd in the Long Jump with her 17-7 mark and RUKAYAH 5th at 17-1.
Soph DERION TAYLOR placed 3rd in the Triple Jump @ 47-3 3/4.
Soph JASON HARRELL (shown below in Friday night's rainy Shot event) placed 4th in the large Discus field with his throw of 143-2 in a wet, slippery ring that threw all off today.
Frosh ISIS GARLAND placed 2nd in the 200 meters @ 25.87.
Full results and highlights from all teams can be found here:
Full results from all meets and performance lists can be found here:
More images for El Camino and other top performers can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/CerritosInvitational2011?feat=directlink
Coming up:
This Friday, the ECC Track & Field Teams travel to Long Beach City College for the LBCC Conference Invitational. Field events begin at 11:00 with the running events at 2:00.
Many El Camino Alumni currently competing at the four-years have had some solid Indoor season results and are set to open their outdoor seasons soon. We will keep you posted on their performances and status.
Sprint star Shale' Garland (above) along with teammate
throwers Jason Harrell (6th place in State discus) and Jovan Beason; Two-Time State Champion David Cardona, and last year'#2 State Pole-Vaulter Kara Kalmar return even stronger to help lead a solid contingent of El Camino men and women in 2011- preview coming soon.
Jovan Beason (left) and Jason Harrell
