Eagles finish third at State
Maxwell takes second consecutive hurdles title; Hunte wins long jump
Scott Strain
Issue date: 5/22/08 Last update: 5/22/08 at 7:04 PM PST
Section: Sports
Candise Maxwell and Robyn Hunte won individual titles and the Laney 4x100-meter relay team also emerged victorious at the California Community College Track and Field Championships held May 16-17 at Cerritos College in Norwalk.
The Eagles, however, fell short in their quest for a team title, finishing third behind host Cerritos and West Valley College. The Falcons won with 101 points, the Hustling Oilers were second with 92.5 and Laney had 77.
"I knew when I got down there that there was no way to win that track meet," Laney coach Curtis Taylor said. "Cerritos had already scored in the 10,000 meters and West Los Angeles was going to get some points in the heptathlon. They (both teams) were going to get some points in the 5,000 meters, triple jump and the steeplechase."
"Everything was going to have to fall into place (for us to win), but we battled back well."
The Eagles almost had a third individual win. Shahnel Woodley and West Valley's Ebony Collins both were timed in 11.53 seconds in the 100 meters, but Collins got the nod in a photo finish.
"I thought Shanhel had it," Curtis said. "That's what it looked like to me. It came down to the lean (at the finish line)."
Woodley also finished second in the 200 meters in 24.49; Chauncy David-Jacobs of City College of San Francisco won in 23.89. The Laney sophomore finished ninth in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 2-3/4 inches,
Maxwell won her second 100-meter hurdles title in a scintillating duel with Collins, edging the Hustling Oilers sprinter with a time of 13.46. Collins was second in 13.47. Maxwell's time was just .02 off the nation's best time for this event.
Hunte came through in a big way in the long jump, winning with a leap of 19-31/2. It was almost a foot better than the second-place finisher Jessica Barfield of Cerritos, who went 18-41/4.
The Laney 4x100 relay team, consisting of Hunte, Woodley, Maxwell and B.J. Triplett, blew past West L.A. in a time of 45.02, improving its No. 2 time in the nation. The Hustling Oilers finished in 46.11.
The Eagles, however, fell short in their quest for a team title, finishing third behind host Cerritos and West Valley College. The Falcons won with 101 points, the Hustling Oilers were second with 92.5 and Laney had 77.
"I knew when I got down there that there was no way to win that track meet," Laney coach Curtis Taylor said. "Cerritos had already scored in the 10,000 meters and West Los Angeles was going to get some points in the heptathlon. They (both teams) were going to get some points in the 5,000 meters, triple jump and the steeplechase."
"Everything was going to have to fall into place (for us to win), but we battled back well."
The Eagles almost had a third individual win. Shahnel Woodley and West Valley's Ebony Collins both were timed in 11.53 seconds in the 100 meters, but Collins got the nod in a photo finish.
"I thought Shanhel had it," Curtis said. "That's what it looked like to me. It came down to the lean (at the finish line)."
Woodley also finished second in the 200 meters in 24.49; Chauncy David-Jacobs of City College of San Francisco won in 23.89. The Laney sophomore finished ninth in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 2-3/4 inches,
Maxwell won her second 100-meter hurdles title in a scintillating duel with Collins, edging the Hustling Oilers sprinter with a time of 13.46. Collins was second in 13.47. Maxwell's time was just .02 off the nation's best time for this event.
Hunte came through in a big way in the long jump, winning with a leap of 19-31/2. It was almost a foot better than the second-place finisher Jessica Barfield of Cerritos, who went 18-41/4.
The Laney 4x100 relay team, consisting of Hunte, Woodley, Maxwell and B.J. Triplett, blew past West L.A. in a time of 45.02, improving its No. 2 time in the nation. The Hustling Oilers finished in 46.11.
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