Thrower Liz Ghazanchian is working hard at her goal to qualify for the state meet later this year as a member of the Pasadena City College women's track and field team. The sophomore placed second in the discus for the highest finish by a Lancer at the Viking Invitational held at Long Beach City College on Friday.

Throwing in a steady rain, Ghazanchian hurled a discus a modest 99 feet, 6 inches. Currently, she is 16th in the state in the discus (best of 113-1) and 23rd in the shot put (33-3.25). She settled for a 29-0.5 and eighth place in the shot put at Long Beach. 

Ajes Phillips, a freshman from Michigan, placed third overall and won her heat in the 400 meters with a time of 1:05.64. 

Other top finishers for PCC were as follows:

Joelyne Garcia, 3rd place, javelin, 90-10 (her 106-10 earlier this year is seventh in the state), Melissa Le, 7th, 77-1
4x100 relay, 4th, 53.15 (Garcia, Sophia Malki, Ashley Comanescu, Crystal Ludwig)
Sophia Manfre, 6th, discus, 72-2
Brooke Gilchrest, 7th, shot put, 29-2.25, Alexa Oros, 15th, 25-9.25
Julianna Antunez, 8th, long jump, 11-8.5
Sabrina Roman, 8th, 1,500, 6:19.76, Manfre, 12th, 6:45.53
Roman, 13th, 800, 3:04.45
Malki, 14th, 100, 13.79, Ludwig, 16th, 13.92 (won her heat)

Coach Innocent Egbunike's Lancers next compete in the Bakersfield Relays on Saturday, Mar. 18.