Riverside Wins 3C2A State Championship
The College of San Mateo seems to be Riverside City College's favorite venue for the 3C2A State Championship. The Tigers won for the fourth-straight time it has been held at San Mateo, picking up their ninth title (eighth track and field, one cross country) under head coach Jim McCarron.
"The two days were an absolute roller coaster ride and very emotional, but the guys stepped up and took the title," said McCarron. "We are very proud of them. The coaching staff is amazing. Everyone did a wonderful job."
RCC finished with 98 points to edge out San Diego Mesa College by five points (93) and Mt. San Antonio College (88.5).
The Tigers also saw two individual champions crowned as Bryson Williamson won the high jump and Isaiah Butler won the discus.
Williamson started out at 1.95 meters and cleared it on his first attempt before passing 2.00 meters on two tries and 2.05 meters on just one try. After being the only athlete to pass the 2.05-meter level, Williamson already had the championship in the bag and tried to better his score but came up short at 2.15 meters to finish with a 2.05-meter mark.
After a rough hammer throw where he fouled out and didn't get a mark to score, Butler bounced back to win the discus with a toss of 52.94 meters. He grabbed the winning mark on his fourth attempt.
Three other Tigers finished in the top five of the discus competition as Justice Brown took third (46.02 meters), Joseph Garcia grabbed fourth (45.72 meters), and Omar Sanchez finished in fifth (45.59 meters).
Justice Brown also finished runner-up in the shot put with a mark of 16.09 meters, while Butler took fifth with a hurl of 14.89 meters. Adam Torres finished in 11th with a toss of 13.23 meters. Sanchez also took sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 44.38 meters.
Devyn Smith grabbed third in the triple jump, posting a jump of 14.48 meters on his final try.
Orlando Collins posted a time of 48.92 seconds in the 400-meter race to take fifth, just .06 seconds behind fourth place.
Marcellus Linton grabbed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.57 seconds. He also finished fourth in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 10.55 seconds.
Daniel Agbelusi crossed the 400-meter hurdle finish line in 54.03 seconds to take fifth, while Rowan Hudson followed in eighth with a time of 55.30 seconds (55.299).
Kailil O'Brien finished sixth in the 10K on Friday, clocking in at 32:10.00. He also took sixth in the 3K steeplechase in 9:42.87, while Leo Valencia finished the steeplechase in 10:11.16 to take 11th.
Xavier Harvey finished sixth in the decathlon with 5,920 points. He won the shot put (11.63 meters) and the discus throw (36.93 meters), while also posting top-three finishes in the long jump (6.56 meters, second) and high jump (1.82 meters, third).
Hudson and Tschaikowsky Brown both got on the podium for the 110-meter hurdles, with Hudson posting a time of 15.02 seconds to take sixth and Tschaikowsky Brown taking eighth in 15.21 seconds.
The men's 4x400 relay team capped the meet with a second-place finish as Collins, Jared Schulte, Agbelus,i and Linton crossed the finish line in 3:16.14. The 4x100 relay team finished in eighth with a time of 42.49 seconds.