College of San Mateo's Ericka Dorn a triple winner at the Northern California community college championships

She is now qualified for the 3C2A state finals in all three races on Saturday, May 16, at Mt. San Antonio College. She is undefeated against community college competition at all three distances this season.

None of the NorCal races were close. Dorn stayed in command throughout and sprinted to decisive victories – the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 48.79 seconds; the 800 in 2:17.26; and the 5,000 in 18:29.76.

“I just controlled each race,” said Dorn. “Time didn’t really matter. It’ll be a lot faster at state.”

Dorn leads the state this year with her CSM 800-meter record of 2:13.42, clocking it in an open collegiate field at Azusa two weeks ago. She was the top individual event scorer at NorCals.

She started the 2025-26 running season becoming the first CSM woman to win a Northern California cross country championship, taking the title at Fresno’s 5,000-meter course in November. Dorn is now a four-time NorCal champion.

CSM women won all four middle- and long-distance races Saturday. Deia Kerseg-Foreman (Half Moon Bay) was a surprise winner in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, sprinting away in the stretch to defeat state leader Gabriela Cardenas of Hartnell in 11;38.87, the No. 2 time in the state this season. San Mateo, therefore, will have state title contenders in the four longest Saturday women’s races at Mt. SAC.

Kerseg-Foreman trailed by 4 1/2 seconds at the bell, then ran a 1:26 final lap to win going away – by nearly eight seconds.

“That race was exceptional,” said CSM coach Kajari Burns. “She had been out a month with personal issues.”

“I sat and waited,” said Kerseg-Foreman. “I ran my own race. I’m very excited about going to state. I’ll just keep training and focus on skills. After running distance in high school, I just wanted to try something different (at CSM). The steeplechase. I found out I was pretty good at it.”  

Lina Cruz Parada (Aragon) scored for CSM in both long track races, behind Dorn, finishing fourth in the 5K (18:50.19), to qualify for the state finals, and seventh in the 1,500 (4:59.04). She has the state “A” standard in the 1,500 at 4:55.29, which makes her a possible state meet entrant.

Arianna Hathorne (Oceana) was seventh in the 100 meters for the Bulldogs in a personal best 12.43. Ariel Perez (Westmoor) cleared the sixth-place height of 4-11 in the high jump but scored in seventh place on misses. She also ran a personal best in the 100 meter hurdles prelims 15.89 for ninth overall but fell just short of making the eight-women finals field. Perez was 10th in the 400 hurdles heats (1:08.08), again narrowly missing the finals.

Those women totaled 51 points to finish sixth in the team standings, ahead of Coast Conference champion Hartnell, which finished eighth.

Shabazz shot put title paces CSM men at Nor Cal finals

   Nasir Shabazz had a huge personal best with his first shot put effort of 52 feet, 6 1/4 inches to provide the College of San Mateo men a title at the Northern California Track and Field Championships.

The sophomore, out of San Mateo High School, finished ahead of state leader Zoom Wilson of San Joaquin Delta, who finished third.

Shabazz now ranks No. 4 in the state heading into the state finals at Mt. San Antonio College.

Freshman Noah Gonzalez (St. Ignatius) placed second in the long jump at 23 feet, 2 inches, behind winner Levi Harte of Chabot (23-9 3/4). Gonzalez was sixth in the triple jump (44-9 3/4), securing state finals berths in both events.

Another CSM freshman, Evan Usher (Woodside), placed second in the discus throw with a personal best 157-7, behind state leader Liam Brennan of De Anza, who won at 171-9. Usher, who ranked No. 2 in the javelin field at 172-1, had trouble finding the range at Santa Rosa, and finished 11th at  146-1. Shabazz (138-11) was 13th.

Usher also scored in the shot put, seventh at 47-1 1/4, just missing a state finals berth — but is a first alternate with a state “A” standard season best 47-11 3/4.

CSM’s Coast Conference high jump champion Luka Sebisanovic (San Mateo), another first-year athlete, cleared 6-6 3/4 to place third and advance to the state finals. Marcus Madoski of Modesto cleared a state season co-leading 6-10 3/4 for the NorCal title. Sebisanovic has a season best of 6-8, ranking No. 8 in the state.

Bulldogs pole vaulter Cal Adasiewicz (Woodside) could only clear 13-3 1/2 for 10th place, short of his 13-9 1/4 season best (ranking No. 16 in the state).

Carmel Mendez-Grassia (Woodside), the Coast Conference 110 meter high hurdles champion, did not get past the prelims in his specialty, finishing 11th in 15.85. He was 16th in the 400 hurdles prelims in 57.92.

CSM finished tenth in men’s team scoring with 39 points. Modesto totaled 110 points, sweeping both titles.