Bailon Serves Lone PCC Highlight Of SCC Track And Field Finals

In a lean year for Pasadena City College track and field, sophomore women's distance runner Edna Bailon came up with the best showing for the Lancers as she placed second in the 10,000 meters at the South Coast Conference Championships held April 26 and 29 at Long Beach City College. 

Bailon's time of 41 minutes, 33.59 seconds is 19th fastest in the state. Frosh teammate Franceska Millanponce was fifth in the event at 42:42.87. The runners scored 14 of the team's 23 points in the race alone as PCC placed fifth overall as a team out of six scoring squads. Cerritos College won the SCC team women's title.

Millanponce took fifth in the 5,000 meters at 19:40.98 and Bailon was seventh (19:49.43). 

At the May 7, SoCal Prelims held at Antelope Valley College, Bailon placed 15th (43:03.15) and Millanponce 19th (44:06.57) in the 10,000 meters. Both failed to qualify for the finals and the PCC 2016 season came to a conclusion.

[Photo--Lancer Edna Bailon runs the 10,000 meters at the SCC Track and Field Championships, image by Richard Quinton.]