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Coach Dean Lofgren (left), KayC Wharton, and Shale' Garland
Coaches Kevin Hughley, Dean Lofgren, Darryl Guerin, Sean Sheil, and Mike Grissett
The Throws Group
David Cardona, Coach Dean Lofgren, Jose Lezama

STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Track & Field CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday/Saturday May 21/22 @ Antelope Valley College

 

ECC's David Cardona STATE 5,000m meter CHAMPION

 

Freshman DAVID CARDONA wrapped-up a successful State Championships for El Camino College in winning a strategic 5,000m race at the end of the two-day meet! In steady 20-25 mph winds with gusts to 30, David had earlier placed a very close 2nd in the 1500 meters before returning later with added motivation to win. After running in a tight pack for 10 laps, Santa Barbara's So Cal Champion Stephen Scafford surged ahead with David on his shoulder. With one lap remaining, Scafford remained in the lead until David swung around for good with 150m remaining with his 60-second last lap. Arguably the strongest (state 5,000m leader) and fastest (49.5 400m speed) man in the field, the race set-up perfectly for David. This concluded a tremendous freshman season for David who finished the season with the State's best marks in both the 5,000m (14:45.15) and 1500m (3:54.29) – both marks ranking Nationally as well.

David’s performances, along with solid performances from our other men (below), helped put the Men’s Team into a very respectable 8th place in the Final 48-Team Field Standings!

 

5,000m State Champion!

 

 

 

Sophomore KAYC WHARTON concluded her outstanding career at ECC with a solid 4th place finish in the 400 Hurdles @ 66.11

 

 

Freshman JOSE LEZAMA placed a solid 5th in the 1500 meters after getting jostled around throughout the race. Had I had the opportunity to “re-coach” the race, I would have advised Jose to take-off and get away in the 2nd lap of the 3 ¾ lap race…..as one of the fastest (3:54.89/50.9) and strongest in the field (14:59), he may not have been caught…..of course, hindsight “provides new eyes….”   

 

 

 

Going into the last 100m of the 1500m and everyone still there…

 

Freshman SHALE' GARLAND had a solid double placing 5th in the 400 meters @ 56.64 and returned later with a 7th place finish in the 200 meters @ 24.91.

 

 

Freshman JASON HARRELL placed 6th in the Discus with a throw of 166-8 which moves him up to 2nd on the El Camino Historical All-Time Top-10 performer List!

 

 

Freshman KARA KALMAR placed 5th in the Pole Vault after having a bit of difficulty with her approach as did other leading qualifiers due to the strong tail wind. She finished her freshman year with a new school-record of 11-1!

 

 

Freshman BEN WOODRUFF placed 5th in Friday's Javelin with his throw of 182-7 - a solid throw considering the strong side-winds that were having a significant negative impact on the flight of the javelin.   

 

 

Sophomore SHAVETTE WILLIAMS placed 11th in the Triple Jump.

 

 

Many other images from the State Championships can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/StateChampionships2010?feat=directlink

 

A review of both Men's and Women's Community College State Championships - as well as other meets and results during the 2010 season - can be found here:

www.gocollegetrack.com

 

Riverside won the Men’s Title with Northern California’s Laney claiming the Women’s Title.

 

 

Coach Dean Lofgren, David Cardona, Jose Lezama, and Coach Sean Sheil

 

 

L to R: Jumps Coach Mike Grissett, Throws Coach Darryl Guerin, Sprints/Hurdles/Vault Coach Kevin Hughley, Kara Kalmar, KayC Wharton, Shale’ Garland, Shavette Williams, Coach Dean Lofgren, and Coach Sean Sheil.

     

We Thank You For Your Support and Encouragement During This Fine Season and We Look Forward to 2010-2011!

Coach Dean Lofgren and Staff

 

 
 
Southern California Championships
Saturday May 15th @ Saddleback College
  
Congratulations David Cardona - Southern California 1500m Champion!
Leads eight Individual qualifiers from El Camino to the State Championships!
 
Freshman David Cardona (below) won a strategic 1500m race in 3:56.51 with freshman teammate Jose Lezama narrowly edging out two others with his fight to the finish in 3:58.16. David later qualified to the State Championships in the 5,000m race as well.
 
Jose Lezama (below) closed hard for 2nd place giving El Camino a 1-2 finish!
 
Freshman Shale' Garland (below) fared well placing 2nd in the 400m @ 55.93 and 3rd in the 200m in a personal best 24.36 and returned for a 54.9 split on the 1600m relay!
 
Freshman Kara Kalmar (below) placed 2nd in the Pole Vault improving her school-record to 11-1. Kara tied for the best vault of the day, but placed 2nd based on misses at the previous height.
 
Sophomore KayC Wharton placed 2nd in the 400 Hurdles in a personal best 63.30 moving her to 7th on the ECC Top-10 Performer List!
 
Frosh Jason Harrell (below) placed 3rd in the Discus at 149-2!
 
Frosh Ben Woodruff (below) placed 5th in the Javelin @ 177-8!
 
David and Jose below 1-2 in 1500m
 
Kara on her descent from 11-1
 
In final Team Standings, the El Camino Women placed a respectable 8th in Southern California with the men a respectable 10th in a field of over 45 teams. South Coast Conference rival Mt. SAC won the women's Title with Riverside winning the men's Title.
 
El Camino will compete in this weekend's California Community College State Track & Field Championships at the newly-renovated Antelope Valley College Track & Field Complex. Field event finals begin Friday morning with the majority of other events taking place Saturday morning/afternoon.
 
Many images from the So Cal Finals are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/SoCalFinals2010?feat=directlink
 
Full results and meet synopsis can be found here:
www.gocollegetrack.com
 
Some ECC Track & Field Alumni competing this past weekend include:
  • Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine) moved-up to the #3 performer in UCI history in the 400IH with his 3rd place 51.39 at the Big West Championships. He also placed 4th in the 110HH @ 14.79 and was part of the winning 1600m relay (3:09.43) and 3rd place 400m Relay teams (41.51)
  • Jacob Weintraub (Washington State) placed 12th in the PAC-10 Championships Shot @ 52-7 1/4
  • Jennifer Shoate (CSU Los Angeles) placed 3rd in the 100H in a personal best 14.32; 3rd in the 400 Hurdles @ 64.11; and was part of the winning 1600m (3:50.81) and 400m (45.90) relays at the CSULA Last Chance qualifier invitational this weekend

Congratulations everyone and best to all of you still competing this Spring!

 
 
 
 
 
Southern California Regional Prelims
Saturday May 8th @ Saddleback College

  

A large group of El Camino men and women successfully qualified to this coming Saturday's Southern California Championhips. 

   

Amongst today's leading qualifiers were:

  

David Cardona (below) with the day's top prelim time in the 1500m @ 3:55.28. David returned later in the night with a 49.5 400 split on the 1600m relay. Next week, David will join teammate Lezama in both the 1500m and 5,000m Final.

 

Shale' Garland (below) qualified in the 400m with the day's #2 time of 56.41 as well as the 200m @ 24.59 (#3) and ran a fast 54.9 split on the qualifying 3:56.41 1600m relay team (note her EXACT same form from two different races...)!  

 
 
 
KayC Wharton (below) moved-up the #8 on the ECC All-Time Performer List in the 400 Hurdles with her 64.38.
KayC also ran 58.30 in the open 400m and a solid 57.9 1600m relay split!
Jose Lezama (below) ran 3:59.40 in the 1500m to join teammate Cardona and later returned in the 1600m relay.
The 1600m Relay Team (below: KayC, Shale', Shavette Williams, and Rebecca Caracoza)
In the only Southern California FINAL of the night, Joey Bianchi (below) moved-up steadily in the 28-man 10,000 meter field and placed a solid 11th in a personal best 33:16.38!
 

  

Others qualifying to Saturday's Finals included:

  • Kara Kalmar tied at #1 in the Pole Vault @ 10-1 
  • Jovan Beason @ #4 in the Discus @ 146-9
  • Ben Woodruff in the Javelin
  • Shavette Williams @ #6 in the Triple Jump @ 35-4 1/4
  • Jovan Beason #9 in the Shot @ 45 1/2 

More Images from So Cal Prelims Here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/SouthernCalPrelims2010?feat=directlink

 Full Results can be found here:

www.gocollegetrack.com

 

This Saturday May 15th, the Southern California Championships will be held @ Saddleback College. 

This will determine final Southern California Regional Team Scores as well as advancement to the following weekend's State Championships to be held at Antelope Valley College's new, state-of-the-art Mondo facility. 

 

Thanks for your continued support and send some positive energy our way!

The ECC Track & Field Teams and Staff 

  
 
South Coast Conference Finals

Friday April 30th @ Mt. SAC

  

The El Camino Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams both placed a respectable 3rd in the competitive nine-team South Coast Conference. Mt. SAC won both with Cerritos 2nd in both. Local Compton College was 6th for the men and 9th for the women. El Camino advanced a large contingent of men and women qualifiers to the Southern California Regional Prelims on Saturday May 8th at Saddleback College.

  

CONGRATULATIONS to our CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!

  

Kara Kalmar (below) in the Pole Vault @ 10-6

 

David Cardona and Jose Lezama (below) in the 5,000m (15:06.71) with Jose 1/100th of a second back (15:06.72) after doing their best to precisely tie after working together the entire race. Jose already had won the 10,000m on Tuesday and David had placed 2nd in the 1500m @ 3:57.42.

 
 
Jose Lezama winning the 10,000m (below)
 
Ben Woodruff (below) 2nd in the Javelin @ 185-1
 

Shale Garland (below) placed 2nd in the 200m @ 24.41 which places her 6th All-Time on the ECC Top 10 Performer List! She had previously placed 3rd in the 400m @ 56.00 and ran a 55.6 leg on the 2nd place 3:57.42 1600m relay team!

 

Eddie Hughes (below) placed 2nd in the High Jump (6-2) and 3rd in the Long Jump in a personal best 22-10 in addition to his 2nd in the TJ on Tuesday.

 

KayC Wharton (below) placed 3rd in the 400 Hurdles @ 66.44; scored in the 400m @ 58.37; and ran a 56.6 on her 1600m relay leg. 

 

Jason Harrell (left below) and Jovan Beason scored in both the Shot and Discus for the men.

 
 

Shavette Williams placed 2nd in the Long Jump @ 16-9 after scoring well in the TJ on Tuesday.

  

Merry Tulikihihifo (below) scored in the Shot, Discus, and Tuesday's Hammer throw. 

 

Rebecca Caracoza (below) achieved another personal best with her 2:19.47 4th place performance in the 800m.

 
 
Above: Shale' to KayC.......KayC to Rebecca
 
 

More photos from SCC Finals here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/SouthCoastConferenceFinals2010?feat=directlink

  

So Cal Community College information can be found here:

www.gocollegetrack.com

  

Full results of this meet and others can be found here:

www.directathletics.com

   

El Camino Track & Field competes in the Southern California Regional Preliminaries this Saturday May 8th at Saddleback College.

Field events begin at 11:30 with running events starting at 2:00 pm

  

Qualifiers from this coming Saturday's So Cal Prelims advance to the Southern California Regional Championships Saturday May 15th at Saddleback College.

  

ECC Alumni Update:

  

At this weekend's Washington State vs. Washington rivalry, Jacob Weintraub helped lead WSU to the 108-55 win with a 2nd place performance in the Shot @ 52-10 3/4 in torrential rains. 

In the WSU Cougar Classic last weekend, Jacob threw the Shot 54-8 for 2nd place as well.

  

At the Mt. SAC Relays on April 17th, UC Irvine's Jacob Yowell placed 2nd in the Olympic Development 400 Intermediate Hurdles @ 52.65 while also helping his 1600m relay team to a 4th place 3:11.57 performance. At the UCI vs. CSU Fullrton dual meet, he ran a personal best 21.70 in the 200m!

On Sunday May 2nd at the UCI Invitational, Jacob placed 6th in both the 110 HH (14.59) and 400 IH (52.48) and ran on the winning 3:11.56 1600m relay team. 

  

Also at Sunday's UCI Invitational, CSULA's Jennifer Shoate ran 15.00 in the 100H (4th) and 64.78 in the 400H (5th) and ran on their 3:50.95 1600m relay team (3rd).  

At the CSU Los Angeles "Tommy Lister" Invitational on April 24th, Jennifer ran the 400 Hurdles in 66.67 (4th) and the 100 Hurdles in 15.09. 

  

UC San Diego's Charles Hutchinson competed recently at the UC San Diego Invite in both the 110 HH (16.54) and 400 IH (59.45) as all college teams prepare for their conference Championships. 

  

More soon and thanks for the interest and support!

  

  

 
 
AZUSA PACIFIC "Bryan Clay" INVITE
Friday April 16th, 2010
  
A small contingent of ECC Men and Women competed in this Friday's Bryan Clay Invitational - named after APU's 2008 Olympic Champion/2005 World Champion in the Decathlon. As always, the meet was loaded with quality including the Women's 2008 400m Olympic Champion Christine Ohuruogo from Great Britain. Not only a good experience for everyone, but very competitive as well (see images at bottom).
 
Once again, familiar faces highlighted the day for the El Camino teams:
 
In the Invitational 5,000 meters, frosh DAVID CARDONA (North Torrance) sat behind the leaders through splits of 4:39, 9:22, 14:15 before taking the lead for good with 600m remaining and won in 14:45.15 - a personal best and moving him to 7th All-Time ECC Performer in only his 2nd race at this distance.
Freshman SHALE' GARLAND (Inglewood) ran 24.95 in the 200m for 7th place overall also improving on her personal best. She later followed that with a fine 56.2 split on our season best 4:01.64 1600m Relay.
 
Soph KAYC WHARTON (South Torrance) ran a season-best 58.75 in the 400m and later returned with a solid 58.8 on the 1600m Relay.
 
Frosh JASON HARRELL (Serra) earned himself the 9th spot on the All-Time ECC Performer List with his Discus Throw of 150-4! 
 
Frosh KARA KALMAR (South Torrance) equaled her school-record of 11'0 in the Pole Vault.
 
Soph REBECCA CARACOZA (San Pedro) continued her improvement in the 800m dropping under 2:20 with her 2:19.92.
 
More images from today's meet are here:
 
CONGRATULATIONS to our SCHOLAR-ATHLETES!
Members of our Track & Field Team were recently honored as "Scholar-Ballers"- scholar-athletes with a transferable GPA above 3.0.
 Pictured above L to R (photo courtesy of Dwight Ueda): Assistant Coach Sean Sheil, Katelyn Boudewyn, Shale' Garland, Kara Kalmar, Jessica Lopez, Armani Moore, Cody Dill, and Tatsuya Kurosawa.
Not pictured are: KayC Wharton (3.85 GPA); Naomi Altamirano, Joey Bianchi (3.45 GPA); Rio Enomoto, Jon Bartolazzi, and Eric Ledford.
 
Additionally, it was recently announced that Joey Bianchi is this year's Norm Verry Men's scholarship recipient - a prestigious honor awarded to the top scholar-athlete. Joey has also been awarded the Ray Southstone scholarship as well as the Frank Ego scholarship. KayC Wharton has been awarded the Ray Southstone scholarship.
The Norm Verry Scholarship and Ray Southstone scholarships will be awarded at May 6th's ECC Athletic Hall-of-Fame ceremony.   
 
CONGRATULATIONS to our approaching ECC Athletic Hall-of-Fame Inductees!
On Thursday evening May 6th at Los Verdes Golf Course; Rancho Palos Verdes, three people special to the ECC Track & Field program will be inducted:
  • Former Coach Dave Shannon (Coach 1978-1988)
  • Monique McClure (2000 State Javelin/Heptathlon School-Record)
  • Jon Rozborski (2002 State Champion, School-Record Holder, and NCAA D-II Champion Javelin)    
ECC Alumni action this weekend:
  • Na'i Leni WON the Shot at Azusa Pacific with a tremendous throw of 51-4 and the next day at the CSULB Invite, she won the Shot again at 50-6 1/4!
Na'i also threw a personal best 168-10 in the Discus at Azusa Pacific for 2nd! 
 
  • Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine) fared well at the Mt. SAC Relays with a 2nd place in the 400 Int Hurdles @ 52.65; 14.65 in the 110HH, and 4th in the 1600m Relay @ 3:11.57.
 
  • Also at Mt. SAC, Jennifer Shoate (CSULA) ran a leg on their 47.15 6th place Invitational 400m Relay - their best time this season.
Ryan Raya and Jon Flores (both @ San Francisco State) competed in the Soka University Invite 3,000m where Ryan placed 3rd with his 8:46.09 and Jon 11th @ 9:31.38.  
 
Below: 2008 Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist Bryan Clay with ECC's Ben Woodruff
Above: Clay later in the 200m
 
Below: 2008 Olympic 400m Champion Christine Ohuruogu
Next up for the ECC Track & Field Teams is the South Coast Conference Championships on Tuesday 27th and Friday April 30th at Mt. SAC

 

 
MT. SAC INVITATIONAL
Saturday April 10th, 2010
  
Ideal conditions and solid competition led to many outstanding performances for the El Camino Men and Women at Saturday's Mt. SAC Relays Community College Invitational. 
 
Highlighting the day for El Camino College athletes included two new state leading performances as well as a new school-record.
 
Shale' Garland (below) led three women under 56 seconds with her state-leading win in the 400m @ 55.58.
 
 
David Cardona (below) caught LA Trade Tech's Pedro DeAlba at the wire to win the 1500m in a state-leading 3:54.29. Former state-leader and teammate, Jose Lezama, placed a solid 3rd in 3:56.48. David and Jose led through a sluggish 64/65 first lap before dropping the pace to 60/61 for the next two laps. DeAlba caught the ECC duo with 250 remaining until Cardona dug deep down the final stretch and took the lead in the last 10 meters for the win.
 
Kara Kalmar (below) placed 2nd in the Pole Vault in a new school-record 11'0". She came very close in her attempts at clearing 11'6". She currently sits in the #3 spot in the state.
 
  
Ben Woodruff (below) continued to improve in the Javelin with his 180'5" 3rd place performance.
 
Jose Lezama (below) returned after his 1500m race to win the 2nd heat of the 800m in 1:56.36 over DeAlba catching him in the last five meters. Jose returned again later for a fine 50.9 split on the 1600m relay.
 
KayC Wharton (below) had a solid 400 Hurdles race in 67.95.
 
Merry Tulikihihifo (below) had a solid throws double at 38' in the Shot and 118' in the Discus.
 
The ECC Men and Women travel to the Azusa Pacific Invitational this Friday April 16th.
  
More images from today can be found here:
 
Full results from the Mt. SAC Relays can be found here:
 
Results and other information for Southern California Community College Track & Field can be found here:
 
Outstanding results from our local high schools at this weekend's Arcadia Invitational can be found here:
 
ECC Track & Field Alumni this weekend:
  • Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine) ran 14.42 in the 110HH at Friday's Big West Challenge - the 7th fastest mark in UCI history as well as running on their winning 3:11.83 1600m relay. 
  • Jennifer Shoate (CSULA) helped the CSULA 400m relay to a 47.16 and 1600m relay 3:51.51 as well as 68.05 in the 400H and 16.09 in the 100H at the UCLA Invitational. 
  • Charles Hutchinson (UC San Diego) ran 59.89 at UCLA.

Noah Lopez (below) and Rio Enomoto (bottom) keeping cool in the 3,000m steeplechase - both running personal bests today.

 

 
 
 
UC Irvine Spring Break Classic
Saturday March 20th @ UC Irvine

  

Many outstanding performances were turned-in by El Camino athletes at the competitive UC Irvine Invitational. We are always thankful for the opportunity to compete against the likes of BYU, Cornell, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Pepperdine, LMU, Claremont Mudd, and others to name a few. 

  
Highlighting the day for El Camino which included three new state-leading performances:

 

Freshman DAVID CARDONA (below) won his debut 5,000m in a California JC-leading time of 14:49.42 and placing him 7th on the deep ECC All-Time Top-10 Performer List in this event. 

 

Freshman BEN WOODRUFF (below) placed 2nd overall in the javelin with his throw of 174-4 losing only to BYU's athlete who threw a nation-leading 232!
 

Freshman SHALE' GARLAND (below) placed 3rd overall (1st JC) in the 400m with a new California JC-leading time of 56.51 and returned later to run 25.01 for 2nd overall in the 200m and 17-2 in the Long Jump.
 
Freshman JOSE LEZAMA (below) ran strong up front in the Invite 1500m and placed 4th in a new California JC-leading 3:54.89!
He and teammate David Cardona are currently 1-2 in the State in the 1500m!

 

Other Highlights for El Camino at UC Irvine:

  • Sophomore KAYC WHARTON continued her strong comeback with her 60.63 400m win in the 2nd heat
  • Freshman MERRY TULIKIHIHIFO threw a personal best 118-8 in the Discus
  • Freshman JOVAN BEASON threw the Shot a solid 46-2
  • Soph REBECCA CARACOZA ran a solid 5:00.20 1500m (personal best) / 2:24.73 800m double
  • Soph NOAH LOPEZ ran 9:59.01 in the 3,000m steeplechase for a new personal best

Over at the California Relays at Cerritos College:

  • Sophomore JOEY BIANCHI ran a personal best 34:03.42 in the 10,000m

  • Freshman DAVID MANCIA pole-vaulted 13'0"

 More photos from the UC Irvine meet can be found here:

  
El Camino College Alumni in action this weekend:

  

At the UC Irvine Invite:

 

Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine below) starred for UC Irvine this weekend winning both the 110HH (14.49) and 400 IH (personal best 52.11) while also running strong legs on their 41.44 4oom relay and 3:13.30 1600m relay
  

Nai Leni (below) placed 2nd in the Shot @ 47-1/4 and 8th in the Discus @ 135-0
  

Steven Calise (below) placed 11th in the 1500m @ 4:00.35 and 3rd in the 5,000m @ 15:22.20
 
At the USC Trojan Invitational:
Jacob Weintraub (Washington State) placed 4th in the Shot @ 54-8 and returned with a solid 142-9 in the Discus.
 
At the Point Loma Invitational:
Charles Hutchinson (UC San Diego) ran 16.26 in the 110 HH.

  

The El Camino Men's and Women's next competition will be the Antelope Valley College Invitational on Saturday April 3rd on their brand new athletic facility- the site of this May's State Championships.
  
Thanks for your support!
Coach Dean Lofgren and Staff

 

 

CSU Northridge Invitational

Saturday March 13th @ CSUN

 

El Camino track & field athletes fared VERY well amongst strong University teams from UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, CSU Northridge, Alaska Anchorage, and Pepperdine as well as community college rivals Mt. SAC, Glendale, and others.

 

Highlighting the day for El Camino were three athletes with State-Leading performances:

 

  • Freshman  Shale' Garland in the 100m (legal wind of .6) for 2nd overall on the day and placing her 5th on the ECC All-Time Top 10 Performer List!

  • Freshman David Cardona @ 1:54.78 2nd overall in the 800m!  

  • Freshman  Jose Lezama @ 3:55.44 in the 1500m for 6th overall on the day and taking the state leader spot from teammate Cardona!

 

This is a good early-season sign for distance runners Cardona and Lezama who have only had four workout sessions on the track this season with most all work being “strength work” done thus far on the road!

 

Shale' Garland

 

Jose Lezama

 

  

 David Cardona

 

 

 Other El Camino athletes amongst the best today included:

  • Freshman BEN WOODRUFF 176-4 in the Javelin for 2nd overall on the day and currently ranks #4 in the State!

  • Freshman KARA KALMAR 10-2 Pole Vault placing as the top community college athlete of the day!

  • Women’s 4 x 200m Relay @ 1:47.71 placing 3rd overall!

  • Sophomore REBECCA CARACOZA with a personal best 2:23.96!

 

Ben Woodruff

 

  

 Garland to Shavette Williams

 

 

More Photos of from Northridge Invite can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/ElCaminoNorthridgeInvite2010?feat=directlink

 

Photos of Northridge Top Performers can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/NorthridgeInviteStandouts2010?feat=directlink

 

Full results of this meet and others can be found here:

http://www.gocollegetrack.com/news.htm

 

This weekend, El Camino will split groups and with a more elite group going to the UC Irvine Invitational with others competing at the Cal Relays at Cerritos College.

 

El Camino Alumni in action this weekend:

 Na’i LENI (below) WON the Shot with a super throw of 49-1!

 

 

JACOB YOWELL (below) placed 4th in the 110HH @ 14.58 and later ran a leg on UC Irvine’s solid 2nd place 3:13.72 1600m relay!

 

ECC Alum and Washington State thrower JACOB WEINTRAUB (below center in WSU crimson of course) came south to visit cheer on his former teammates!

 

CHARLES HUTCHINSON (UC San Diego) placed 3rd in the 110HH @ 16.18 @ the Point Loma Invitational!

 

 Thanks for your interest and support!

Coach Dean Lofgren and the El Camino Track & Field Staff & Teams!

 

 

CSU Fullerton "Ben Brown" Invitational

Saturday March 6th, 2010 @ CSUF

  

El Camino was just one of the many colleges in the very competitive all-day/night event which included USC, UCLA, CSU Fullerton, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Long Beach State, LMU, UC Santa Barbara. and rival JC's Mt. SAC, Cerritos, Riverside, and Glendale to name a few.

 

Highlighting the day for El Camino:

Freshman SHALE' GARLAND (below) placed 3rd overall (1st JC) 400m performance of 56.91 putting her further out front as the current State Leader. She returned later to run a solid 25.15 in the 200m as well as the LJ and 1600m relay.

 

 

Freshman DAVID CARDONA (below) ran a solid 3:56.03 in his 1500m debut placing 6th overall (1st JC) and put himself in the State Leader spot in this event. He returned later for a solid 1600m relay leg.

 

Freshman JOSE LEZAMA (below) went out fast in the invitational heat of the 5,000m in a pouring rain with splits of 4:38 and 9:22 for a solid 14:59.74 which currently ranks him #2 in the state in this event.

 

Sophomore REBECCA  CARACOZA (below) ran a personal best 2:24.85 in the 800m and returned later with her 5:06.93 and the 1600m relay.

  

Freshman BENJAMIN WOODRUFF (below) continued his improvement in the javelin with a toss of 172-11 for 4th place overall and moving him into 4th on the ECC All-Time Top 10 Performer List for the "new rule" javelin.

 

Other Highlights for El Camino:

  • Freshman KARA KALMAR pole-vaulted 10-2 to improve upon her season best and School-Record
  • Freshman CHRISTIAN JEMISON ran a solid 55.75 in the 400 Intermediate Hurdles
  • Freshman JOVAN BEASON threw the Discus 141-2 for a personal best

Full results can be found here:

http://flashresults.com/flashwest/10Meets/10Brown/

 

Many photos from the meet can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/DeanLof/CSUFBenBrownInvite2010?feat=directlink

 

ECC Travels to the CSU Northridge Invitational this Saturday March 13th. 

 

Many El Camino Track & Field Alumni were present today/tonight:

 

- Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine) 2nd in 110HH @ 14.46, 4th 400IH @ 52.77 , and both relays today-

 

-  Ryan Raya (San Francisco State) 15:28.81 5,000m -

- Steven Calise won his 5,000m race in 15:12.30 -

 

-  Jennifer Shoate (CSU Los Angeles) in the 400m and 1600m Relays -

 

- Two-Time State Champion Na'i Leni won the Shot @ 47-10 -

 

- ECC Alum and Saugus HS Coach Rene Paragas -

 

Still smiling after a long day of competition and pouring rain (above: ECC teammates Rebecca, David, and Tatsuya Kurosawa and below: ECC's Naomi Altamirano and ECC Alum Courtney Stephens now at San Francisco State)!

 

 

(Shale’ Garland)      (Jose “Tito” Lezama) (David Cardona) (Ben Woodruff)      (Kara Kalmar)(Garland to Shavette Williams)
 
El Camino, Mt. SAC, Cerritos, Pasadena, LA Southwest @ Long Beach City
Friday February 26th
  
Long Beach City College hosted a friendly - but very competitive - six-way South Coast Conference meet with many of the state's best competing (as always in our strong conference). Many athletes ran in their non-tradtional events in this early-season meet.
  
Freshmen DAVID CARDONA and JOSE "Tito" LEZAMA led an El Camino 1-2 sweep in a fast 3,000m race in 8:40.83 (comparable to 9:17 3200m or so) after a fast first mile in 4:37 (Jose 2nd in 8:41.16) shown here:
   
David (left) and Jose (right) in both shots
  
Freshman MERRY TULIKIHIHIFO (below) won the Shot Put at 40-1 1/2 placing her 10th on the ECC All-Time Performer List in that event.
 
  
Freshman BENJAMIN WOODRUFF (below) placed 2nd in the Javelin with a toss of 171-0 placing him 6th on the ECC All-Time Top 10 Performer List for the "new rule" javelin (1986-present). This is a 20 foot improvement from his last meet two weeks back!
  
Not to place any pressure on Ben, but he resembles a young Jon Rozborski - a young man that walked-on his freshman year at ECC, was new to the javelin and before he left earned State Titles and the ECC School-Record @ 212' before transferring to Chico State where he won the NCAA Title as one of USA's best and has a best throw of 232'!! Jon will be inducted into the ECC Athletic Hall-of-Fame this coming May!
 
  
Freshman SHALE GARLAND (below) returned after a "conditioning" 800 race to win the 200m in a personal best 24.97 and later followed with a blazing 55.6 1600m relay leg!
 
Freshman JOSE LEZAMA (below) had a solid day placing 2nd in the 1500m (4:03.02), 2nd in the 3,000m (8:41.16 above), and returned for a 52.2 split on the 1600m relay.
 
Freshman JOVAN BEASON (below) placed 2nd in the Shot Put with a big personal best of 46-3 1/2 as well as scoring well in the earlier Discus (139-1) and Javelin.
 
Sophomore REBECCA CARACOZA (below) earned personal bests in both the 1500m (5:04.60) and 800m (2:26.45).
 
Some of the best news this week was the return of KAYC WHARTON - one of last year's State's top 400 Hurdlers and 400m runners for El Camino- following an ankle fracture at the end of soccer season in late November!
above: last year's So Cal Finals
 
When all was said and done at the meet's end, the scoring went as follows:
Men:
1) Cerritos 189  2) Mt. SAC 172.5  3) El Camino 81  4) Long Beach 35.5  5) Pasadena 27  6) LASW 6
Women:
1) Mt. SAC 237  2) Cerritos 151  3) El Camino 45  4) LASW 39  5) Pasadena 16  6) Long Beach 6
 
More pictures from today's meet can be found here:
 
Meet results and So Cal JC weekend highlights can be found here:
 
El Camino Track & Field athletes will be competing in this Saturday's Cal State Fullerton "Ben Brown Invitational" on the CSU Fullerton campus. This highly-competitive meet traditionally includes athletes from many major Universities including CSUF, UCLA, USC, CSULB, Cal Berkeley, SF State, CPSLO, CPP, and many more as well as top community college and club athletes.
  • ECC Alum Jacob Weintraub (Redondo) continues to excel at Washington State in this weekend's MPSF Championships in Seattle:
Finals                                                                           
1 Kowalsky, Patrick            California              18.00mP  59-00.75     
2 Tabor, Geoffrey              Stanford                17.81mP  58-05.25      
3 Taylor, Bo                   UCLA                    17.04m   55-11.00      
4 Cooper, Derek                CSU Northridge          17.03m   55-10.50      
5 Gire, Robert                 Arizona                 17.01m   55-09.75   4   
6 Weintraub, Jacob             Washington State        16.85m   55-03.50      
7 Bartlett, Joe                Washington State        16.58m   54-04.75      
8 Dunbar, Colin                Long Beach State        16.44m   53-11.25     
9 Butler, Alex                 CSU Northridge          16.13m   52-11.00       
10 Weber, Mark                  UCLA                    15.80m   51-10.00       
11 Elisara, Cameron             Washington              15.75m   51-08.25       
12 VanDoren, Michael            Oregon                  15.25m   50-00.50       
13 Fourtounis, Peter            Long Beach State        14.07m   46-02.00       
14 Baines, Rajan                Long Beach State        13.97m   45-10.00       
15 Eaton, Ashton                Oregon                  13.05m   42-09.75       
      We appreciate your continued support!!
Coach Dean Lofgren and Staff

Cerritos Invitational
Saturday Feb 2oth @ Cerritos College
 
Wins from DAVID CARDONA and SHALE' GARLAND highlighted a long day of solid performances for El Camino in the 40+ team invitational!
 
Freshman DAVID CARDONA (North Torrance) won the 800m wire-to-wire in an early state-leading 1:55.54.
 
Freshman SHALE' GARLAND (Inglewood) won the 400m in an early state-leading mark of 57.93 and returned later for a close 2nd in the 200m @ 25.06 (#3 in State).   
 
Freshman EDDIE HUGHES (Lynwood) continued his fine jumping with a solid 22-5 long jump for 3rd place overall on the day.
 
Freshman JOSE LEZAMA (Leuzinger) battled 2009 cross country rival Dahir Mohammed (Southwestern) for 12 of the 12 1/2 lap 5,000m race and placed 2nd in a solid season-opening tme of 15:16.29.
 
Freshman thrower MERRY TULIKIHIHIFO (Redondo) was busy in three throwing events with a solid Shot @ 37-4 and Hammer @ 110'4 - placing her as the #2 All-Time ECC Performer.   
 
Freshman thrower JOVAN BEASON (Westchester) had solid performances in the Shot @ 45-1 1/4 and frosh JASON HARRELL (Serra) 137-3 in the Discus.
 
Freshman KARA KALMAR (South Torrance) still holds the #4 spot in the state @ 10-0 in the Pole Vault and sophomore SHAVETTE WILLIAMS and frosh GARLAND are holding on to the #3 and #2 So Cal spots in the long jump @ 16-4 and 16-7, respectively.
Shavette (left) and Shale'
 
Kara
 
Full results and other Southern California Community College Track & Field Information can be found here:
 
More photos from the Cerritos Invitational can be found here:
 
Congratulations to ECC track & Field Alums JACOB WEINTRAUB (Washington State) on his 4th place Shot throw of 54-5 in this weekend's University of Idaho Indoor Invitational and JACOB YOWELL (UC Irvine) who won his debut 110 High Hurdles in a personal best 14.53 at Pomona Pitzer.
 

South Coast Conference Opener

Friday February 12th @ Mt. SAC

 
The El Camino College Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams opened their 2010 season with numerous outstanding early-season performances including solid wins and a new school-record! 
 
Coming off a successful 2009 season that saw Na'i Leni (heading to USC) set new school-records in the Shot and Hammer while winning her 2nd State Title; Jacob Weintraub (now at Washington State University) placing 2nd in the State Championships Shot for the 2nd consecutive year; Jacob Yowell (now at UC Irvine) placing 3rd in the State 400 Intermediate Hurdles; and other numerous outstanding State Meet performances, this year's teams have big shoes to fill. And so, let the season begin!
 
Freshman SHALE' GARLAND (Inglewood HS) won the 400m in a solid time of 59.45, came back to place 2nd in the 200m @ 25.51, and placed 2nd in the long jump @ 16-7:
 
Freshman KARA KALMAR (South Torrance HS) set a new El Camino School-Record in the pole vault with her 10' vault narrowly missing at her personal best 10-6 attempts:
 
 
Freshman DAVID CARDONA (4:09.90 1600m from North Torrance HS) - coming off an excellent fall cross country season placing 2nd in the State - won the 3,000m in 8:47.41 after breaking from the pack shortly after the mile mark:  
 
The freshman duo of JOVAN BEASON (Westchester HS) and JASON HARRELL (Serra HS) placed 1st and 2nd in the Shot Put @ 44-9 3/4 and 44-1 1/2 respectively: 
 
Freshman EDDIE HUGHES (Lynwood HS) won the long jump with his solid 21-8 mark:
 
 
Sophomore REBECCA CARACOZA (San Pedro) led the women's distances with her 2nd in the 800m @ 2:28.88 and 3rd in the 1500m @ 5:08.64:  
    
 
Additional photos from the SCC All-Comer's meet can be found here:
 
 
As the season progresses, most meet information and results can be found at our Southern California Community College Men's and Women's Track/Cross Country website:
Likewise, conference, regional, and state performance lists for both California Community Colleges and the NCAA can be found at:
 
As always, we appreciate your interest and support as we venture into our 2010 season.
With a good blend of returning sophomore talent and some of the state's best incoming freshman, we anticipate a successful and rewarding season ahead!
Coach Dean Lofgren and Staff
 
We wish the best to some of our recent student-athletes that have transferred to the University level:
  • Jacob Weintraub (Washington State)
  • Jacob Yowell (UC Irvine)
  • Incheon Kim (UC San Diego)
  • Charles Hutchinson (UC San Diego)
  • Courtney Stephens (San Francisco State University)
  • Ryan Raya (San Francisco State University)
  • Jon Flores (San Francisco State University)
  • Alex Gorney (USC)
  • Josh Morris (UC San Diego)
  • Chad Stevens (UC Santa Barbara)
  • Ryan Guss (Northern Arizona University)
  • Jennifer Shoate (Cal State University Los Angeles)   
  • Gaby Rubi (Cal State University Dominguez Hills)
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

The El Camino College Track and Field Program is one of the most respected programs in the state.  Over the years, El Camino College teams have produced four State Track and Field Titles, 75 Individual Event and Relay State Titles, and six National Community College Records.  Along with a strong tradition of athletic accomplishments, the student-athlete transfer rate to four-year universities and colleges rivals that of any program in the state. Of special note is large number of El Camino Track and Field alumni currently coaching at high school programs throughout the southern California area.  Director Dean Lofgren - a two-time California Community College Track and Field Coach of the Year- and a knowledgeable coaching staff that boasts extensive experience at both the collegiate and national level, are very proud of the tradition they have maintained with mostly all local student-athletes.

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