Modesto women, Riverside City men grab 3C2A Track and Field Championships
SAN MATEO - The Mt. San Antonio College 3-year track and field reign has been interrupted.
The Modesto JC women and the Riverside City College men took charge at the 2025 3C2A Sate Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at College of San Mateo’s College Heights Stadium.
The men’s race went down to the concluding 4 x 400 meter relay, with Riverside (90 points), leading Mt. SAC (88.5) and San Diego Mesa (83). The Olympians won the race handily with a state season best 3 minutes, 12.65 seconds time for 10 points. Riverside, however, finished second (3:16.14) for eight points, to clinch the title. RCC totaled 98 points, followed by Mesa (93), and Mt. SAC (88.5). The Mounties did not have a team in the final relay.
Fourth-place College of the Sequoias led Northern California teams with 54 points, ahead of Modesto (51). Completing the top ten teams (among 35 scoring points): 6. Cerritos, 48; 7. San Joaquin Delta, 45; 8. Chabot, 41; 9. American River, 39; 10. San Mateo, 37.5.
Modesto wrapped up the Pirates first-ever women’s title a bit earlier, sitting comfortably in the lead with 87.5 points after freshman Shayan Roy-Williams took the 200 meters in 24.01 to complete a sprint double. Modesto totaled 91.5 points, ahead of Riverside (75), and SD Mesa (74).
Mt. SAC finished fourth (62), ahead of Cerritos (53). Remaining top ten teams (among 37 scoring): 6. Chabot, 46; 7. Clovis, 43; 8. Santa Rosa, 41; 9. Orange Coast, 39; 10. Sequoias, 32.5.
Mt. San Antonio had won both men’s and women’s titles each of the last three seasons.
Modesto Female Duo Standout:
Roy-Williams was chosen the women’s track athlete of the meet. She figured in 39 points with her sprint double and long jump triumph, plus legs on the Pirates fourth place 4 x 100 meter relay and fifth place 4 x 400 quartet. Equally impressive was her field athlete of the meet teammate Kylie Nunes. The versatile sophomore won the heptathlon by more than 300 points, scoring 4,588; a bit later, placing third in the 100-meter hurdles (14.37) and the 100 meters (11.91). She then anchored Modesto to fifth place in the concluding 4 x 400 meter relay, figuring in 26 points by competing in ten races and field events over the two days.
Chabot’s Stitts & Delta’s Todden Top Male Performers:
Chabot sophomore sprinter Robert Stitts took top male track honors with his double sprint victory in the 100 (10.34) and 200 (21.37) after anchoring the Gladiators to third place in the 4 x 100 meter relay.
Field athlete of the meet honors went to San Joaquin Delta weight star Jake Todden. The freshman took the hammer throw by a 24-foot margin, reaching 194-7, and the shot put by nearly three feet at 55-7 1/2.
WOMEN’S TRACK:
Rhiannon Walker of Clovis followed up her Friday victory in the 10,000 meters by opening Saturday competition with a successful defense of her title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:17.22, ahead of Yadira Arnold of Mt. San Antonio (11:29.37). Walker is the state season leader at 10:53.43.
Chabot passed the sticks around best in the 4 x 100 meter relay as Niah Alomar anchored home her Gladiator teammates Rymiyah Pringle-Hamilton, Nyarah Anderson-Brown, and Maleah Taylor to victory ahead of Riverside (47.71), with San Diego Mesa third (48.01).
SoCal 1,500 meters champion Liberty Miller of Orange Coast took that race in 4:45.05, opening a solid lead on the final lap to hold off defending champion Danna Ibarra Canales of Saddleback (4:46.39), Canales had won in 2024 (4:39.39) and is the 2025 state season leader at 4:35.64.
Brinley Campbell of Cuyamaca took a narrow victory in the 100-meter hurdles in 13.84, getting the photo decision over Ashonti Brown of San Joaquin Delta (13.85), the state season leader at 13.64. Campbell grabbed the bronze medal in the 2024 state finals.
College of the Canyons freshman Hazel Rhodes took the 400 meters in 55.62, edging state season leader and SoCal champion Deniya Fields of Pasadena CC (55.67), with Jasmin Trujillo of Orange Coast third (56.34). Fields had posted the state’s best 2025 time, 54.64, to win the South title the previous week.
Modesto’s Roy-Williams came in with a state-best 11.38 time in the 100 meters and won in 11.47, surviving a finish line challenge from silver medalist Chabot’s Anderson-Brown, 11.49.
San Diego Mesa got a 1-2 finish in the 800 meters from SoCal champion Joelle Tonne (2:17.17) and Jazzlyn Islas (2:18.99), with Pasadena’s Fields in third (2:19.02). Tonne had won the South title at a 2:15.41 clocking (Fields had the state's best time of 2:14.67 at the SoCal prelims). The 18 Mesa points had enabled the Olympics to close on Modesto’s lead in the team race to within 10.5 points at the time (73.5 to 63).
Delta’s Brown bounced back from her silver medal performance in the 100 hurdles to take the 400 hurdles in 1:02.56 ahead of Diana Valencia Dimas of Santa Rosa JC (1:03.34). Brown also has the state season best of 1:01.42.
Roy-Williams completed her sprint double, winning the 10 in a state season best 24.01, taking a solid lead off the turn but barely holding off former state pacesetter Anderson-Brown (24.02) at the tape. Jaylin Morgan of Pasadena took the silver medal (24.82).
Liberty Miller finished a Saturday distance double, finishing strong in the 5,000 meters to keep 10K and steeplechase champion Walker of Clovis from a triple crown. Miller, the state leader at 17:15.91, won in 17:42.60, ahead of Walker (17:49.79) and Mesa’s Alex Noble (17:56.40).
Riverside won the concluding 4 x 400 meter relay in 3:53.65 to wrap-up second place in the team standings with a quartet of Janel Lugo-Bourbonnias, Kiarah Rivers, Catalina Teran, and Taleyah Graves. That enabled the RCC Tigers to edge fourth place finisher Mesa (3:57.19) by a single point in the team race for second place behind overall champion Modesto –- which was fifth in the relay but had already clinched the team title. Chabot took the relay silver in 3:54.48.
MEN’S TRACK
Jacob Mendiola of San Bernardino Valley won Saturday’s opening men’s race, the 3,000-meter steeplechase, in 9:32.54, coming into the finals with the state’s best season time, 9:13.63. Jame Estrella of De Anza was second in 9:33.58, ahead of Juan Flores of Cerritos (9:34.17).
San Diego Mesa posted the state’s best time of the year, winning the 4 x 100 meter relay in 40.82 with a team of Josh Schindler, Ryan Mann, Marcel Acosta, and Austin Snook. College of the Sequoias was just 01 back in 40.83, with fast closing Chabot third (41.29).
Jordan Berkley of Mt. SAC overtook the leaders on the final lap of the 1,500 meters to win in 3:59.61, ahead of Weston Greenelsch of Cuesta (4:01.36) and SoCal champion Joshua Melendez of Cerritos (4:02.46). Melendez has the state’s top time of 3:51.50 this year..
Mt. SAC’s Ruben Delgado finished his season dominance of the 110 hurdles with a gold medal triumph in 14.60, beating Antonio Moore of Canyons (14.74) and Solomon Gater of Diablo Valley (14.79). Degado had won the SoCal title with a state leading 14.42.
SoCal 400 champion Terence Williams of Cerritos took that even handily in 47.93, a bit shy of his state best of 46.68. NorCal champ Dante Robinson of Fresno CC took the silver medal (48.26).
Stitts, the state 100-meter leader at 10.28, won the century race in 10.34, ahead of Jeffrey Missouri of Modesto (20.39). Kaiden Merryman of Delta placed third (10.54) to give the north a medal sweep
Ian Rosen of San Diego Mesa defended his 800-meter crown in 1:51.97, ahead of a pair of Mt. SAC runners, 1,500 champ Berkley (1:54.11), and Noah Gordon (1:54.66). Rosen won last year in 1:52.95.
Mesa's Jaden Dasher equaled his state-leading 400-meter hurdle time of 52.52 seconds to win the 400 hurdles. Adonis Siga of Delta was second (52.6) and Rome Johnson of Sequoias took third (53.41).
Stitts completed his sprint double for Chabot, winning the 200 in 21.37, with Missouri also the runner-up here (21.55) and Marcellus Linton of Riverside a closed third (21.57).
Cuesta’s Greenelsh rebounded from his silver medal finish in the 1,500 to take the 5,000 in 15:27.06. He had a 58-second final lap to defeat Cyrus Justiniani of American River (15:27.42) and 10K winner Ronald Way of Mesa (15:31.68). Greenelsh is also the state leader at 14:32.67).
Mesa won the concluding 4 x 400 meter relay with Marcel Acosta, Shamarion Unden, Ryan Mann, and long hurdles champ Dasher running a state season best 3:12.65. Riverside was second (3:16.13) and Cerritos took third (3:16.48).
WOMEN’S FIELD EVENTS:
Modesto’s Roy-Williams started Saturday’s field competition with gold in the long ump at 19-7. Ashley Nash of SD Mesa was second (18-4 1/4) and Riverside’s Catalina Teran took third (18-3).
Host San Mateo had the shot put champion, Jane Taufa. She had four puts beyond her incoming state season lead of 43-9 3/4, hitting a best of 45-10 3/4 for gold. Siolo Lua of Santa Rosa was second (42-2 1/2) and Abigail Gavrilovic of Orange Coast placed third (40-11)
Sol Bitners of Sacramento CC took the women’s discus throw at 150-5, improving her state season lead. Victoria Redd of Riverside placed second (146-7) and Cerritos' Mackenzie Monson of Cerritos was third (142-8).
San Jose City's Hayley Johnson cleared 5-3 to win the high jump. Toni Chambers of Santa Barbara CC placed second at 5-1 on the countback over a quartet of other jumpers who made that height.
MEN’S FIELD EVENTS:
Jeremy Craft of Chabot had a state-winning 23-2 long jump on his third attempt to open Saturday field action. Dante Robinson of Fresno CC reached 23-1 1/4 on his last jump to fall a bit short and finish second. Friday’s Triple jump champion Aiydan Bague of San Mateo finished third (22-9 1/4).
Delta’s Todden, who won the hammer throw on Friday, added Saturday’s shot put title at 55-7 1/2. He had won the NorCal crown with a state season best 57-11 1/4. Justice Brown of Riverside was second (52-9 1/2) and Toni Babatunde of Mt. SAC took third (50-6 1/4)..
RCC's Isaiah Butler had a fourth-round discus throw of 173-8 to cement his win there. Jamin Guilbert of American River had an opening round leading mark of 172-0 but could not get another fair throw and finished second. Third place Justice Brown of Riverside led a trio of Tigers in the next three positions at 151-0 as RCC rolled up 25 team points in the event.
Riverside also got 10 important points in the day’s final field event, the high jump, from victor Bryson Williamson – the only athlete to clear 6-8 3/4. Saddleback's Griffin Schwab took second at 6-6 3/4 on fewer misses over Monterey Peninsula's Oliver Ottmar.
HEPTATHLON: Modesto’s Nunes took the lead at the outset in the heptathlon with a 14.19 clocking in the 100-meter hurdles for 952 points. She high jumped 4-9 1/2, put the shot 29-7 1/4, ran the 200 in 25.15, long jumped 17-11 3/4, and threw the javelin 120 feet to all put clinch the title before “relaxing through a concluding 2:53.77 in the 800 meter race-–saving energy for upcoming open finals in the 100 meters and 100 hurdles. Kira Comfort of American River took the hep silver (4,218) and Modesto’s Julia Pedretti added six more team points in third place (4,014).
DECATHLON: Blake and Brock Gross of Modesto dominated the 2-day decathlon competition. Blake Gross improved upon his state season best of 6,500 points to win with 6,587 -- over his brother Brock (6,453). Santa Rosa's NJ Robert placed third (6,116). Blake ran the 100 meters in 11.21, long jumped 21 2 1/4, put the shot 35-6 1/2, high jumped 5-9 1/4, ran the 400 in 49.89 and the high hurdles in 15.71, threw the discus 116-6, pole vaulted 12-7 1/2, threw the javelin 146-1, and ran the 1,500 in 4:35.11 – finishing just behind Brock (4:34.94) in the final event.
Not satisfied after dueling to the finish (ahead of the field) in the dec concluding 1,500 meters, the pair came back an hour later to run the last two legs on Modesto’s fifth place 4 x 400 meter relay team.
(Fred Baer, CCCSIA)