On the women’s side, unseeded freshman Meldia Hacopian of Glendale college suffered a 1-6, 7-6(7-4), 4-6 loss to sixth-seeded Annika You of Cerritos College at Santa Barbara City College. Hacopian and teammate Monique Palmera then fell to second-seeded Brittany Bass and Brittney Furuvald of Orange Coast College, 6-1, 6-2. The Vaqueros, who finished 5-8 and 3-7 in conference had several women’s tennis squad named to the all-conference team. Hacopian and Sonia Rodriguez earned spots on the second team. In doubles, Rodriguez and Miyuki Yokozuka were named to the second team. The duo fell in a second-round match in the conference tournament.
May 16 — Despite a stifling heat wave that gripped most of the Southland, Berg manages to overcome the uncomfortable conditions to win the 10,000-meter race in 36 minutes 40.94 seconds in the California Community College Track and Field Championships at Cerritos College. It marked the second year in a row that Berg captured the event.
May 17 — Berg becomes a two-time state champion in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17 minutes 18.98 seconds at Cerritos College. Wadeck put on a late surge to secure third place in the 5,000 with a time of 18:10.61 and Zitlalic Ley finished ninth in 19:42.98 to help boost the Vaqueros women’s team into an eighth-place overall finish with 41 points. Wadeck finished second in the 1,500 in 4:46.94 after capturing the Western State Conference and the Southern California championships. Ley also finished fifth (11:50.96) in the 3000-meter steeplechase, an event in which she won a conference title. Ashley Baucham placed sixth (5 feet 3 inches) in the high jump.
In the men’s portion of the meet, sophomore Michael Flowers finished 11th (10:08.85) in the 3,000 steeplechase. In the field events, James Poet notched a personal best of 49.21 meters in the hammer throw for sixth place.
