Shannon Turner, Luis Juarez and Kevin Gomez win conference titles; Men take fourth place and Women finish seventh in WSC Finals April 29

The Track & Field teams finished up their Conference Championships this past Friday, with the men taking 4th place, scoring a total of 75 points. Luis Juarez began the day taking the conference title in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:37.52. In the 800m, Shannon Turner also captured the conference title with a time of 1:55.60. Julius Largaespada took 6th place with a time of 1:59.94. In the 1500m, Julius Largaespada took 5th in a time of 4:11.64, with Kevin Vasquez (4:17.34) taking 10th and Sheldon Watanabe (4:19.67) taking 11th. In the 5000m. Roberto Morales took 6th in a time of 15:42.20. Jorge Ramirez (16:09.06), Abdiel Quero (16:25.58), and Morgan Faunce (16:38.84) finished in 9th, 12th, and 15th place, respectively. The men's 4x400 relay team took 5th place in a time of 3:29.86. In the field events, Joziah Hernandez took 8th place clearing 10'4" in the pole vault. In shot put, Gerardo Becerra took 5th place with a toss of 41'8.75" with Kevin Gomez taking 6th with a throw of 40'9". John Westwood (36'11"), Julius Dawwodtabar (29'11.25"), Lincoln Guerrero (29'4"), and Michael Bomar (27'11") took 11th, 21st, 22nd, and 27th place, respectively. Gerardo Becerra also went on to take 3rd place in the discus with a throw of 132'10". Others taking part in the discus competition were John Westwood (109'7"), Lincoln Guerrero (101'10"), Michael Bomar (96'5"), and Julius Dawoodtabar (85'2").
The women finished in 7th as a team scoring a total of 21 points. Karla Sanchez took 4th in the 800m with a time of 2:26.70. She also ran a PR in the 1500m with a time of 4:57.53 and a 5th place finish. Destiny Lopez took 5th in the 5000m with a time of 19:45.29. Aleksandra Martinez took 9th with a time of 20:00.05. In the field events, Xochilt Monfil took 13th in the discus with a throw of 78'2".

The teams will travel to Moorpark College for the Southern California Preliminaries on Friday May 6.

Thanks to Assistant Coach Matthew Osherow for the photo and the recap.