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With or without Coach Ron Allice, the legacy of the Long Beach City College men’s track and field team continues.

The Vikings won a share of their 12th title in 17 years in the State Community College Championships Friday and Saturday at Bakersfield College under the direction of interim Coach Jim Richardson. Allice, who coached at Long Beach for 16 seasons, is in his first season at USC.

The Long Beach women won their first state title after second-place finishes in 1990 and 1994. The Vikings’ victories marked the first time a school had swept the men’s and women’s titles in the same year.

The Viking men totaled 84 points to easily hold off runner-up Hartnell, which had 48 points, and Mt. San Antonio and San Joaquin Delta, which tied for third with 42 points.

Mike Harris and Demond Smith led a 1-2 Long Beach sweep in the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.33 and 14.51 seconds. Greg Jones, Eric Stanfield and Eric Boykin added second-place finishes in the shotput (52 feet 4 inches), pole vault (16-0) and triple jump (50-2 1/2), respectively.

Long Beach placed three athletes among the top eight in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, long jump and triple jump. Hassan Bangurah (53.42), Jason Brownlee (53.62) and Smith (54.04) were fourth, fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Devon Bean (24-1 1/4), Boykin (24-0 1/4) and Carl Hampton (22-7 1/2) were third, fourth and seventh in the long jump, respectively.

The Long Beach women scored in 13 of 18 events to win with 127 points. Defending champion Riverside was second with 99 1/2 and City College of San Francisco was third with 38.

Cynthia Midkiff, Cavetra Mitchell, Marquita Knight and Karen Vigilant combined to set a state record in the 400-meter relay, clocking 45.45 to break El Camino’s 1988 state record of 45.64.

Mitchell and Vigilant also won individual titles. Mitchell won the 100 (11.81) and 200 (23.46), leading a 1-2 finish in the 100 with Midkiff (12.02) and a 1-3-4 showing in the 200 with Midkiff (24.39) and Michelle Nelson (24.50). Vigilant ran 14.22 to win the 100-meter hurdles and was second in the 400-meter low hurdles in 59.53.

In addition to fourth place in the 200, Nelson was third in the 400 (55.35), fourth in the long jump (17-10) and anchored the Vikings’ 1,600-meter relay team to second in 3:51.35. Knight also finished third in the triple jump (36-2 1/2), fifth in the long jump (17-7 3/4) and seventh in the 100 (12.51).

Nichole Wilson, though, had the busiest schedule. She was fourth in the two-day heptathlon with 3,989 points, tied for eighth in the high jump (5-0) and was seventh in the 100 hurdles (15.56).

Cecilia Noel added a second-place finish in the triple jump (39-10 1/2) and a fifth place in the high jump (5-2). Cathy Trotman was second in the 800 (2:14.04) and Jeanne Robinson took seventh in the 5,000 (18:52.22) for the Vikings.

* The Cerritos College baseball team will play Sacramento City in the first round of the state tournament Saturday. Fresno and Rancho Santiago meet in the other first round game of the four-team double-elimination tournament.

The Falcons qualified for the tournament with a 4-3 victory over defending state champion Cypress to win its bracket in the second round of the Southern California Regional on Sunday. Carlos Olea drove in Norm Padilla for the winning run in the 10th inning to give Cerritos (37-12) its first berth in the state tournament since 1989.

Cerritos defeated Harbor, 6-5, and Cypress, 4-1, in the first two games of the regional at Cerritos to reach the championship. Cypress beat Cerritos, 9-5, to force a third game in three days between the teams.

* Former Compton College Coach Ken Carpenter has been inducted into the Community College Track and Field Hall of Fame. Carpenter, the 1936 Olympic discus champion, coached at Compton from 1946-76.

* Elana Adams of Compton College has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Nevada Las Vegas. The South Coast Conference most valuable player, Adams averaged 21.1 points, 2.5 assists and 2.8 steals for the 14-12 Tartars.

* Kristyn Frady of Long Beach State has been chosen to the Big West all-conference first team as a utility player. Pitcher Amy Miner and shortstop Nina Lindenberg were second-team choices.

PREPS

The Long Beach Poly girls became the first team to win four consecutive Southern Section Division I track titles in the divisional finals Saturday at Cerritos College.

The Jackrabbits, who set a Division I record in the 400-meter relay, won with 84 points to hold off Esperanza (64) and Long Beach Wilson (54).

Aminah Haddad, Zahalea Showe, Pam Simpson and Andrea Anderson combined to run 45.20 in the 400 relay. The time was third-fastest in high school history and eclipsed Hawthorne’s 10-year-old Division I record of 45.36.

Simpson, the winner of the long jump at 20-9 1/2, teamed with Aisha Washington, Sherron Rhetta, Haddad and Myesha Williams on Poly’s 1,600-meter relay that turned in the meet’s fastest time of 3:47.11. Naeema Withey timed 43.85 to win the 300-meter low hurdles.

LaKeisha Backus of Long Beach Wilson turned in the meet’s fastest time in the 100 and 200 meters and teammate Kinshasa Davis had the top mark in the 400 (54.98).

The top nine performers in Saturday’s meet advance to Friday’s Masters Meet at Cerritos College.

Kenyon Rambo and Tye Anderson won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles and triple jump to lead Long Beach Poly to second place in the boys’ Division I team competition.

Muir won with 74 points, followed by Poly and Alta Loma with 48 and 27 points, respectively. Long Beach Wilson tied with Rancho Cucamonga with 20 points.

Rambo set a national sophomore record of 37.18 in the 300 intermediate hurdles to dip under the mark of 37.31 set by David Byrd of Texas. Rambo also placed second in the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.37.

Anderson bounded 48-11 3/4 to edge Lynwood’s Gerald Williams by three-quarters of an inch in the triple jump.

Other winners included Michael Granville of Bell Gardens in the 800 (1:49.65) and Tony Stuart of Long Beach Wilson in the pole vault (14-6).

* Only two schools in the last 25 years have won the major division of the Southern Section baseball playoffs after being the top-seeded team.

Lakewood won under 1970 under Coach John Herbold, now at Cal State L.A. Fountain Valley defeated Lakewood last year to win the title as the top-seeded entry.

Millikan’s bid to become the third school during that span ended Tuesday in a 2-0 defeat to Royal (Simi Valley) in the second round of the Division I playoffs.

In Division II, 1994 finalist Gahr advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals against Upland with an 8-6 victory over Brea-Olinda. El Rancho plays Norte Vista and La Serna tackles Norte Vista in Division III quarterfinal games and Cerritos takes on San Marino in Division IV.