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Chabot Duo Proctor, Normann Win NorCal Track Titles
Gladiators sending five to CCCAA State Meet at College of San Mateo
In an impressive haul, the Chabot College men’s track and field team earned two Northern California individual titles and will send five to the CCCAA State Championships on May 17-18 at College of San Mateo.
Chabot’s Peter Normann prevailed in the men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase in the NorCal Finals at Modesto Junior College, and state leader Reece Proctor triumphed in the 800 meters. Sebastian Andersson finished third in the 10K to qualify for state and placed fourth in the 5K. Sprinters Roman Johnson (third, 100) and Ramir Smith (fifth, 200) also qualified for state.
In a tactical 800 race, Proctor took the win over state No. 2 ranked Xavier Weaver of American River in a time of 1 minute, 53.57 seconds. Weaver finished in 1:54.94. Proctor leads the state with a Chabot school-record time of 1:49.42.
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In the steeplechase, Normann won a power struggle against American River star Ben Blankenburg, who pushed the pace over the final 1,000 meters as Normann held on for the win in a time of 9:43.64. In the 10K, Andersson had a time of 32:54.47, finishing behind only winner Jesus Avalos of Hartnell (32:36.53) and Oscar Perez of Sequoias (32:40.75).
A pair of Chabot women’s pole vaulters, Kayley Ho and Janessa Fanuncio. finished their seasons on the podium. Ho placed fourth and Fanuncio finished sixth with vaults of 2.85 meters and 2.55 meters.
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STATE INFO.: The “all-finals” CCCAA state championship meet at CSM’s College Heights Stadium gets underway Friday at 9:30 a.m. with the men’s decathlon 100-meter race, followed by the women’s heptathlon 100-meter hurdles. Only two running event finals will be on Friday, the women’s 10,000 meters at 11 a.m., followed by the men’s 10K at 12 noon. Eight field events finals for men and women will be on Friday: hammer throw, long jump, javelin throw, and high jump -- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All other events are on Saturday, from 12:20 p.m. (steeplechase) to 5:15 p.m. (4 x 400-meter relays). Saturday begins again with the multi-events, at 9 a.m.