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Seven Falcon men and women runners earn top three spots in their races during the Mt. San Antonio Relays invitational on April 14 at Mt. San Antonio College.

• Sophomore Brandon Hendrickson took second place in the 110-meter hurdle.

• Freshman Hadijah Hall took first place in the 100-meter dash, second heat.

• Sophomore Seth George took third place in the 110-hurdle, first heat.

• Sophomore Juan Tapia took first place in the 400-meter dash, first heat.

• Sophomore Mitchell Ramirez took first in the 400-meter dash, second heat.

• Sophomore Lily Trinh took third place in the 400-meter hurdle.

• Sophomore Dominique Pearson took third place in the 400-meter shuttle hurdler.

The Falcon men’s team also took first place in 4×110-meter shuttle hurdle. The team consisted of sophomore Shawn McCoy, freshman Jarrod Lipscomb, George and Hendrickson.

Hendrickson raced in two events and took second place in the 110-meter hurdle.

“I still feel like I could have done better, my start was kind of weak.

“I didn’t really get to prepare for today too much this week because it was raining,” he said.

Hendrickson feels that his goal for the next race is to perform better than the runner from Mt. SAC who took first place.

“He’s very fast, he’s a strong person and he’s definitely the person I will try to catch next week,” he said.

Not having to fight the wind would’ve been something that could have helped to place in the top five, according sophomore Aaron Koeppe who placed eighth in the 400-meter dash.

“I just know where I’m ranked and I’m not really looking at my opponents, I’m just trying to get my own personal best time,” Lynn said.

He placed 12th on the 5,000-meter run.

Sophomore Daniel Herrera, who didn’t race in the invitational was pleased with his teammates’ performance.

“Everyone seems to be stepping up at the right time, the coach is doing a good job at making sure we’re running as fast as we should be running.

“We’re close to the conference and we’re starting to run really fast,” he said.

Having to recover from an injury in the beginning of the season, Mitchell Ramirez ran the 400-meter dash and took first place.

Herrera said about Ramirez,“For him to be running that fast, at this point, is crazy.”

The conference match-ups begin in two weeks at Compton College.

Cerritos College will be hosting the Long Beach Invitational on April 20 and 21 at 9 a.m.

This will be Cerritos’ last invitational of the season before the South Coast Conference Prelims.