Several Pirates earn spots at State Meet after solid SoCal Regionals
ANTELOPE VALLEY -- Five Orange Coast College women's track athletes have earned a trip to next week's State Meet after five solid performances at last weekend's Southern California Regional Championships, hosted by Antelope Valley College.
Taylor Sims, this year's Orange Empire Conference Female Athlete of the Year as well as the OEC Multi-Athlete of the Year, took on the top hurdlers in the region and crossed the finish line in second place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.11 seconds.
In the long jump, Coast standout Lauren Delgadillo qualified for State with a fourth-place mark of 18-feet, 1/2-inch.
A pair of Pirates will be competing for a state title in the 1,500 as Bethani Heising finished fourth at Regionals with a time of 4:49.58 and Alyssa Allen clocked in with a sixth-place time of 4:52.55.
Long distance specialist Jenessa Reyes will have a busy weekend at the State Meet after qualifying in both the 5,000 (7th, 19:37.5) and the 10,000 (6th, 40:29.5).
The 2016 California Community College Athletic Association State Track and Field Championships will take place on Friday and Saturday at San Diego Mesa College.
