The article below originally appeared in the San Mateo Daily Journal and is being reprinted with permission.
Ericka Dorn
Ericka Dorn broke a pair of College of San Mateo records at San Francisco State’s Mike Fanelli Track Classic over the weekend.
The sophomore out of Westmoor High School took nearly two seconds off her own Bulldogs mark in the 800 meters on Saturday, running 2:14.98 seconds, the best community college time in Northern California this season and No. 2 in the state. She set the former mark of 2:16.27 last year.
Dorn posted a NorCal best in the 5,000 meters on Friday, 17:46.66, breaking a 10-year-old CSM record and ranks No. 5 in the state this season. The former Bulldogs mark was 18:04.18 by Mirka Uhlirova in 2016.
Lina Cruz Parada, a freshman from Aragon, moved up to No. 4 in the Coast Conference at 1,500 meters, running 4:55.29 (an event that Dorn leads at 4:49.27) on Friday at the Fanelli meet.
At the Stanford Invitational, St. Ignatius Prep grad Noah Gonzalez won the collegiate long jump for CSM on Friday at 22 feet, 9 3/4 inches and came back on Saturday to triple jump 46-5 1/2, which ranks No. 9 in the state and No. 3 in Northern California this season. His long jump best of 23-4 this year is No. 5 in the state – and just four inches off the state community college lead.
CSM’s Evan Usher (Woodside) threw the discus, 151-3 at the Delta College Invitational on Friday to move up to No. 3 in Northern California this season.
CSM Coach Kajari Burns will next take the Bulldogs to this weekend’s Mt. San Antonio Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium (which is named for a former CSM track coach who later coached there). The facility will be the site of the 2026 3C2A state championships in May.
