Women's Track and Field Back In Action At LBCC Meet
Thrower Liz Ghazanchian is working hard at her goal to qualify for the state meet later this year as a member of the Pasadena City College women's track and field team. The sophomore placed second in the discus for the highest finish by a Lancer at the Viking Invitational held at Long Beach City College on Saturday.
Thrower Liz Ghazanchian is working hard at her goal to qualify for the state meet later this year as a member of the Pasadena City College women's track and field team. The sophomore placed second in the discus for the highest finish by a Lancer at the Viking Invitational held at Long Beach City College on Friday.
Throwing in a steady rain, Ghazanchian hurled a discus a modest 99 feet, 6 inches. Currently, she is 16th in the state in the discus (best of 113-1) and 23rd in the shot put (33-3.25). She settled for a 29-0.5 and eighth place in the shot put at Long Beach.
Ajes Phillips, a freshman from Michigan, placed third overall and won her heat in the 400 meters with a time of 1:05.64.
Other top finishers for PCC were as follows:
Joelyne Garcia, 3rd place, javelin, 90-10 (her 106-10 earlier this year is seventh in the state), Melissa Le, 7th, 77-1
4x100 relay, 4th, 53.15 (Garcia, Sophia Malki, Ashley Comanescu, Crystal Ludwig)
Sophia Manfre, 6th, discus, 72-2
Brooke Gilchrest, 7th, shot put, 29-2.25, Alexa Oros, 15th, 25-9.25
Julianna Antunez, 8th, long jump, 11-8.5
Sabrina Roman, 8th, 1,500, 6:19.76, Manfre, 12th, 6:45.53
Roman, 13th, 800, 3:04.45
Malki, 14th, 100, 13.79, Ludwig, 16th, 13.92 (won her heat)
Coach Innocent Egbunike's Lancers next compete in the Bakersfield Relays on Saturday, Mar. 18.
