Men’s track and field: OCC clinches conference title

SANTA ANA - Orange Coast College’s track and field team clinched at

least a share of the Orange Empire Conference championship with wins

against Cuyamaca and host Santa Ana in a conference meet Friday. The

Pirates had 131 points, compared to Cuyamaca’s 113 and Santa Ana’s 106.

If San Diego Mesa lost to Riverside, then the Pirates are the sole

conference champs.

Carl-Johan Olsson and Charles Loo both finished in the top two in the

hurdle events for OCC (9-1). Loo won the 400-yard intermediate hurdles

with a time of 56.9, and finished second in the 110 high hurdles with a

15.1. Olsson set a personal record with a 14.8 to win the 110 hurdles,

and he ran a 1:01 to finish second in the 400 hurdles. OCC’s 4x100 relay

squad of Olsson, Justin Dale, Richie Kukuia and Yong Kim won with a time

of 43.5.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

(at Santa Ana)

OCC 131, Cuyamaca 113, Santa Ana 106

100 relay - 1. OCC (Dale, Olsson, Kukuia, Kim), 43.5; 2. Cuyamaca, 43.8;

3. Santa Ana, 45.7.

400 relay - 1. Cuyamaca, 3:26.5; 2. OCC, 3:29.1; 3. Santa Ana, 3:55.6

100 - 1. Akili (C), 10.4; 2. Primous (SA), 10.5; 3. Kukuia (OCC), 10.7.

200 - 1. Akili (C), 21.3; 2. Lucas (C), 21.6; 3. Kim (OCC), 22.4.

400 - 1. Kim (OCC), 49.6; 2. Lucas (C), 51.1; 3. Daynes (C), 51.5.

800 - 1. Watkins (C), 1:57; 2. Orozco (OCC), 2:00; 3. Contreras (SA),

2:03.

1500 - 1. Lamorandier (C), 3:59; 2. Sanchez (OCC), 4:00.02; 3. Herrera

(SA), 4:04.

3000 - 1. Herrera (SA), 8:52; 2. Sanchez (OCC), 8:58; 3. Jones (OCC),

9:12.

110 HH - 1. Olsson (OCC), 14.8; 2. Loo (OCC), 15.1; 3. Boice (C), 19.4.

400 IH - 1. Loo (OCC), 56.9; 2. Olsson (OCC), 1:01; 3. Neubauer (SA),

1:03.

Javelin - 1. Price (OCC), 167-0; 2. Payne (OCC), 154-1; 3. Carpenter

(SA), 142-4.

Shot put - 1. Atkinson (C), 47-6 1/2; 2. Vai (SA), 46-1; 3. Becker (OCC),

42-4 1/2.

Discus - 1. Vai (SA), 137-10; 2. Knecht (C), 134-11; 3. Robles (SA),

128-11.

Pole vault - 1. Becker (OCC), 14-6; 2. Taelman (OCC), 14-6; 3. Murray

(C), 14-0.

Long jump - 1. Primous (SA), 23-5 1/2; 2. Peeples (OCC), 21-4; 3. Davis

(SA), 21-2.

High jump - 1. Primous (SA), 6-6; 2. Fuentes (SA), 6-4; 3. Aniturn (C),

6-2.

Triple jump - 1. Primous (SA), 48-1; 2. Lundgren (C), 46-8; 3. Lucas (C),

43-1.