San Diego Mesa College

The American River College men's track & field team capped a fantastic season by finishing 5^th at the State Championships. The Beavers were led by 2^nd place finishes from several athletes including freshman Conor Wells in the 1500m (3:57.13). The Beavers had 4 athletes finish in the top 10 in the 1500m at State (5^th freshman Gonzo Morales-Lomeli – 4:00.75, 7^th freshman Dejon Joseph – 4:01.16, and 10^th sophomore Anthony Sanchez – 4:02.64). Of those athletes, Conor Wells ran 4:23 in the mile in high school, none of the others ran under 4:34 in the mile in high school. Between those 4 athletes plus Abdul Hamid and Ross Walker, that gave ARC 6 athletes under 4 minutes in the 1500m this year.

Austin Collier placed 2^nd in the long jump with a lifetime best jump of 24'1.5". He also placed 6^th in the triple jump at 46'6.75". Donnie Plazola improved his personal best in the 3000m Steeplechase from 9:48 to 9:20.79 to take 3^rd place after going in ranked 8^th. He returned later to PR in the 5k and place 6^th in 15:07.64. Abdul Hamid finished right behind Donnie in 15:09.76 and placed 6^th in the 10k at 31:50.44. Treshon Woods ran his 2^nd best time ever, but it was only good enough for 5^th in the 400 hurdles in 53.60. And finally the relay teams ran 41.43 to finish 5^th and the 4x400 finished 4^th in 3:15.81.

Complete results at https://www.directathletics.com/results/track/46584.html