The Cerritos College women's track and field team was well-represented at the Cal State Los Angeles Invitational over the weekend. Competing against four-year colleges, the Falcons had eight top five finishes in the competition. The distance runners will take part in the Occidental Distance Carnival on Friday at Occidental College, while the team will compete in a five-way meet at UC Irvine on Saturday.

A trio of Falcons finished in the top six in the triple jump with sophomore Raiven Ellis (California HS) coming in third place with a distance of 11.33 meters. Sophomore Ariel Thomas (Warren HS) took fourth place at 11.29 meters, while Michannai Wright (Paramount HS) posted a distance of 10.93 meters on her first jump to secure sixth place. Freshman Jessica Tobias (Bell Gardens HS) recorded a fourth place distance of 9.04 meters in the shot put to come in fourth place, with sophomore Jordan Agnew (Los Alamitos HS/Cal State Long Beach) recording a distance of 36.88 meters to finish fourth in the javelin. The three finishers ahead of Agnew also posted their best throws in the final attempt.

Thomas also ran the 100 meters and recorded a time of 12.44 to win her heat and come in seventh place out of 46 entries. She also had a faster time than any other community college runner in the event. Freshman Nyli Hudspeth (Kennedy HS) earned a fifth place time in the 400 meters with a time of 58.54, with the other four times coming from unattached runners. Sophomore Jenai Vickers (Lakewood HS) registered a fifth place time in the 100-meter HH at 15.01 and completed the 400-meter IH in 1:08.56 to come in seventh place.