Cerritos Wrestling team prepare for competition

Rob Flores • September 8, 2015

Kinesiology major, Jennifer Anaya, training with Business major, Moises Hernandez. Anaya has been with the team for two years, Hernandez has one year with the team Photo credit: Rob Flores

The season opener for the Cerritos College wrestling team will take place at the Bakersfield Duals on Saturday Sept. 12th.

Criminal justice major Oscar Martinez said, “This is my second year on the team I want to compete, but for now I can’t so I’m focused on cutting weight.”

He added, “I am determined to cut weight because at the moment I am at the boarder line between middle-weight and heavy-weight”

Kinesiology major Jennifer Anaya said, “I have been a member of the wrestling team for two years I haven’t competed yet because I have been trying to knock out all the hard classes first.”

She hopes the wrestling team succeeds in the upcoming matches and perhaps next year when she has finished most of her general education she will compete.

Pedro Narez, a criminal justice major, said, “I have been on the team for a year and I’m ready to compete.”

Business major Moises Hernandez has been with the wrestling team for a year and enjoys being a member of the team.

Hernandez said, “I enjoy wrestling because it is a sport that promotes staying active and maintaining a healthy diet because you have to watch your weight.”

He added, “This may be my first college level tournament, but I’m hoping my four years of experience wrestling in high school and practice here will get me some wins.”

Head coach Don Garriott said the team has been training for the Bakersfield Duals since the summer.

There are 10 weight classes in college wrestling ranging from 125 to 280 pounds.

“This season the wrestling team has 70 members with members in every weight class,” Garriot added

He explained that this season it will be nice to explore the team’s strengths and weaknesses.

The Bakersfield Duals will consist of seven teams with five matches.

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Rob Flores, Staff Writer

Jaime Roberto Flores Junior is a Radio Television student best known as Rob. He began his involvement at Cerritos College through WPMD Radio hosting his show Falcon Spotlight which you can find the facebook fan page “Cerritos College Falcon Spotlight” where he has interviewed a variety of leaders from students, faculty and elected officials such as Lynwood City Council Member and the Mayor of Norwalk. After serving the Country in AmeriCorps where he received congressional recognition from congress woman Linda Sanchez and the Presidential Volunteer Service award he decided to get involved in student government known as the Associated Students of Cerritos College . As a Student Senator, he was appointed Chair of the Special Services and Activities sub-committee. He later went on to serve a year as the Assistant Commissioner of Public Relations. As an original member of Go Green he was part of the hiring committee that hired the first ever student recycling nest technicians. He served a year as the Student Representative in the Institutional Committee known as Enrollment Management and the Faculty Senate Sub- Committee known as Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) . Currently he is active in the City of Lynwood as a Block Watch Captain promoting safety. He also serves as a City Intern. In addition he serves in the Lynwood Park Advisory Committee for the new Linear Park opening Fall 2015. As of 2015 he is now a Life Time Member of the National Association of Latino Appointed and Elected Officials (NALEO) . He hopes to one day have a career in the entertainment industry and would like to be appointed as a Commissioner in his City. You can also reach him on twitter @lynwoodRobJF & Instagram RobJF2013

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