SBVC Men's Track & Field will send 15 student athletes to the CCCAA Southern California Track & Field Prelims at Cerritos College on May 2nd. The SoCal Finals will take place a week later on May 9th at Cerritos College.
Freshman Daniel Aguilera (Fontana Jurupa Hills) automatically qualified the 3000 meter Steeplechase event at the SoCal Prelims, ranking 16th in SoCal with a time of 10:05.14. He will be the 12th alternate for the 5000 meter run with a time of 16:44.24.
Sophomore Douglas Palmer (Beaumont H.S.) the Pacific Coast Conference champion in the 1500 meter run was an automatic qualifier, ranking 9th in SoCal with a time of 4:05.28. He also qualified for the 5000 meter run (25th/16:01.74).
Sophomore Justin Doyle (San Bernardino Cajon) the Pacific Coast Conference champion in the 5000 meter run was an automatic qualifier, ranking 13th in SoCal with a time of 15:37.30. He also qualified for the 10000 meter run (24th/34:06.99)
Freshman Derek Barnett (Redlands East Valley) and freshman Gabriel Kane (San Bernardino Cajon), both automatically qualified for the SoCal Prelims in the 800 meter run. Kane ranked 12th in SoCal with a time of 1:58.18 and Barnett ranked 22nd with a time of 2:00.48
The remaining qualifiers and alternates are as follows:
Alejandro Castellanos - 5000 meter run (26th/16:35.19)
Santiago Castillo - **Shot put (9th/11.48m)**
Nicholas Cohenour - 3000 meter Steeplechase (24th/10:24.79)
Jose De La Cruz - **Hammer throw (10th/30.79m)**, **shot put (12th/10.73m)**
Jon Dileva - 10000 meter run (25th/34:07.29)
Demetrius Howard - Hammer throw (24th/35.70m), discus throw (23rd/39.60m)
Ty Oshea - 3000 meter Steeplechase (27th/10:33.82)
Ricardo Sanchez - **3000 meter Steeplechase (9th/10:41.54)**
Monrelle Wilson - 800 meter run (26th/2:02.69)
Cody Woodruff - Javelin throw (25th/39.77m)
**Alternate**
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