Community college track and field: OCC men lead; women in second

SANTA ANA - The Orange Coast College men’s track and field team

holds a 22-point lead before today’s final day of the Orange Empire

Conference Championships at Santa Ana College. The OCC women’s team is in

scond place, 37 points behind Fullerton.

Pirates sophomore Steven Taeleman won the decathalon with 5,245 points

in the event, while freshman Robert Hullinger grabbed the shot put title

with a 44-9 1/3 throw. Coast freshman Donnie Deschenes became the OEC

champion in the javelin throw with a 173-3 mark.

Sophomore Heather Shurtleff won the 10,000-meter run title, finishing

in 40:17.0.

The teams finish the OEC Championships today with action beginning at

11 a.m.