California Collegiate Athletics Association

2016 Track and Field Championships Preview

May 4, 2016

This Week
The CCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships begin Thursday with two field events and a number of events in the Decathlon and Heptathlon. Friday will consist of mostly preliminary races and field events and will lead into Saturday’s Championships finals.

2016 Track and Field Championships Schedule

Heat sheets and live results can be viewed at goccaa.org.

 

Championship History
Meet-host Cal State LA tops the record books for the men, holding 11 all-time records including the 100-meters, 200-meters, 110 Hurdles, 400 Hurdles, 3000 Steeplechase, High Jump, Long Jump, Josh Cosmo, Shot Put, Discus, and the Javelin. The record holders:
 

Event	Yr.	Name, Insitution	Time/Distance
100m	1992	Brian Bridgewater, Cal State LA	10.21
200m	2008	Damein White, Cal State LA	20.55
400m	1993	Devon Edwards, Cal Poly Pomona	45.96
800m	1966	Rick Herman, San Diego State	1:48.30
1500m	1979	Dan Aldridge Cal Poly-SLO	3:43.80
5000m	1979	Jim Shankel, Cal Poly Pomona	14:13.63
10,000m	1980	Steve Alvarez, UC Riverside	29:24.50
110h	1978	Chester Hart, Cal State LA	13.60
400h	1977	San Turner, Cal State LA	50.30
3000 Steeple	1998	Jacques Sallberg, Cal State LA	8:55.30
4x100 Relay	1995	Cal State Bakersfield	40.34
4x400 Relay	1995	Cal State Bakersfield	3:09.53
High Jump	2010	Ryan Bertucci, Chico State	7-00.25
	2008	Desi Burt, Cal State LA	7-00.25
Pole Vault	2014	Justin Ellerbee, Cal Poly Pomona	17-5.1
Long Jump	1965	Rainer Stenius, Cal State LA	25-6
Triple Jump	2010	Josh Cosmo, Cal State LA	52-11
Shot Put	1966	Tambi Wenj, Cal State LA	61-9.75
Discus	1977	Colin Sutherland, Cal State LA	187-2
Hammer	2004	Arnaldo Cueto, Cal State Baskersfield	210-9
Javelin (New)	1991	Rich Doering, Cal State LA	229-4
Javelin (Old)	1985	Alan Collatz, Cal State Bakersfield	267-1
Decathlon	1985	John Wotama, Cal State Northridge	7,253 pts.

 

In the women’s record books CCAA Hall of Famer Nicole Duncan highlights Cal State LA’s Conference-leading four record-holders. Duncan has held the record for the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.59 since 2001. Former CCAA member Cal Poly-SLO is the only program to have more CCAA record holders with a total of five.

 

Event	Yr.	Name, Insitution	Time/Distance
100m	2001	Nicole Duncan, Cal State LA	11.59
200m	1985	Patrice Carpenter, Cal Poly-SLO	23.55
400m	1986	Patrice Carpenter, Cal State Northridge	53.90
800m	1990	Teena Colebrook, Cal Poly-SLO	2:04.66
1500m	1988	Darcy Arreola, Cal State Northridge	4:16.64
3000m	1985	Gladees Prieur, Cal Poly-SLO	9:25.20
5000m	1985	Robyn Root, Cal Poly-SLO	16:31.98
10,000m	2001	Kathy Lenno, Sonoma State	35:45.80
100h	1993	Marsha Guialdo, Cal State LA	13.38
400h	1993	Marsha Guialdo, Cal State LA	58.90
3000 Steeple	2015	Alex Burkhart, Chico State	10:30.08
4x100 Relay	2010	Cal State Dominguez Hills	42.46
4x400 Relay	2001	UC Davis	3:44.08
High Jump	1984	Sue McNeal, Cal Poly-SLO	6-0
Pole Vault	2002	Christa Tebbs, Chico State	13-0.25
Long Jump	1992	Christy Opara, Cal State LA	20-8.25
Triple Jump	2008	Whitney Johnson, UC San Diego	42-04.25
Shot Put	2005	April Burton, Cal State Bakersfield	52-02
Discus	2005	Cecilia Barnes, Cal State Bakersfield	191-10
Hammer	2005	April Burton, Cal State Baskersfield	196-05
Javelin (New)	2001	Shelley Brower, Cal State Stanislaus	159-4
Heptathlon	1985	Janet Nicolls, Cal Poly Pomona	5,652 pts.

 

Returning Champions
There are a total of 19 athletes (10 men, 9 women) that will be looking to defend last year’s event titles. Highlighting the women is Alex Burkhart, who broke the all-time record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with her time of 10:30.08 at last year’s Conference Meet in San Francisco. On the men’s side Stanislaus State’s Gary Randolph will attempt to win both the Shot Put and Hammer for the second-consecutive year. NCAA 800-meter runner-up Abraham Alvarado enters the weekend already with a better all-time mark of 1:47.23 in the event.

MEN - Defending Champions
Event	Name, Institution	Time/Distance
800m	Abraham Alvarado, Stanislaus State	1:51.21
1500m	Kyle Medina, Chico State	3:52.61
10,000m	Mark Huizar, Cal Poly Pomona	31:32.34
400h	Markus Woods, UC San Diego	53.95
High Jump	Luis Carson, UC San Diego	6-06.75
Triple Jump	Matt Bowen, UC San Diego	49-03.0
Long Jump	Marquis Cherry, Cal State East Bay	24-10.0
Shot Put	Gary Randolph, Stanislaus State	55-11.25
Discus	Hector Alarcon, Cal Poly Pomona	160-09
Hammer	Gary Randolph, Stanislaus State	192-10
WOMEN – Defending Champions
Event	Name, Institution	Time/Distance
400m	Alyssabeth DeJerez, Humboldt State	56.01
1500m	Olivia Watt, Chico State	4:29.51
5000m	Alex Burkhart, Chico State	17:20.46
10,000m	Paige Hughes, UC San Diego	36:02.64
400h	Alyssabeth DeJerez, Humboldt State	61.99
3000m Steeple	Alex Burkhart, Chico State	10:30.08
High Jump	Lauren Schnelli, Chico State	5-07.75
Pole Vault	Taylor Sack, Chico State	12-06.75
Hammer	Lindsay McKee, Stanislaus Staet	184-04

 

CCAA Qualifies for NCAA
So far this season nine men’s track and field athletes and two women’s track and field athletes have automatically qualified for the upcoming NCAA Championships in Bradenton, Fla. On the women’s side Stanislaus State’s Krystal Alnas and Channing Wilson have earned bids in the Hammer Throw and Javelin, respectively. Alnas is currently third nationally with a mark of 195-0 and Wilson is sixth in with a distance of 161-9.