Gahr's Perkins Takes Seventh In 400 at CIF Divisional Finals

 It was a small contingent for Cerritos Gahr High School at Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Divisional Finals, as senior Josh Perkins and the 4 x 100 boys relay team competed for the Gladiators.

Perkins took seventh place in the Division 3 400-meter race with a 50.46 run. Irvine's Sam Young won the Division III heat with a 48.45 mark.

It was the second consecutive seventh-place performance for Perkins, who earned a trip to the Divisional Finals with a seventh-place showing at last weekend's prelims.

In the 4 x 100 relay, the team of Perkins, junior Delshawn McClellon and seniors Kalep Davis and Quincy Dickens took eighth place in the Division I heat (43.75).
Garden Grove Pacifica (42.10) and Irvine High School (42.48) took first and second place respectively in the heat.

The top nine finishers (top 12 in the 800, 1600, 3200 and field events) from Saturday advanced to the two-day CIF Masters Meet that begins on Friday at Cerritos College.

The top five from Masters and those that reach automatic qualifying marks, advance to the CIF State Meet on June 3 and 4 in Clovis.

Vista Murrieta won the Division 1 team championship for the boys with Loyola (Division 2), Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (3) and Serra (4) also claiming titles.
Long Beach Poly (1), Mater Dei (2), Harvard Westlake (3) and Serra (4) were the girls champions.