Freshman Khallifah Rosser of Chaffey posted a 52.08 and finished first in the 400-meter hurdles at the California Community College Athletic Association state meet at the College of San Mateo on Saturday.

He went into the meet ranked first with an “A” standard of 51.48 that qualified him for the U.S. Junior Championships next month in Des Moines, Iowa.

“I didn’t think of it as pressure,” said Rosser, a graduate of Summit High School, “I really just tried to focus on the race.”

Rosser had a minor distraction to overcome as his shoe came untied in the middle of the race.

“It was definitely a distraction,” he said. “I am happy to have won.”

Chaffey’s 4×100 relay of Rosser, Walter Ford, Derick Smith and Fabian Griffith placed fourth (40.88) with a school-record. Griffith also placed eighth in the 100- meter dash (10.67).

There was some disappointment for San Bernardino Valley as sophomore Shanice Stewart was unable to go in the heptathlon and 100 hurdles because of ankle injury sustained in practice Monday.

She repeated as champion in the long jump on Friday, which eased the disappointment of not getting to compete in the other events. She was second in state last year in the heptathlon.

“I was able to win another state title and that’s what I really wanted to do,” said Stewart, who is headed to Texas Tech in the fall.

Riverside dominated the meet with 151, far outdistancing runner-up Mt. SAC (60). It was the fifth state title in six years for the Tigers. Cerritos was the women’s champion (91).

More local players have made decisions on four-year schools. This time the athletes are standouts from the Chaffey College women’s team.

Coach Gary Plunkett says 5-foot-10 center Malika Fofana is headed to Cal State San Marcos, an NAIA program transitioning to Divsion II in 2014. Fofana averaged 12.7 points and 7.4 rebounds.

She had a season high of 22 points against lowly Cerro Coso. More impressive were a 20 point showing against Foothill Conference champion Mt, San Jacinto and 21 against Saddleback.

Bree Ball, a 6-foot-2 center, is attending NAIA Hope International University.  She averaged 7.8 points and 7.2 rebounds.  Her best of 26 came in a conference road game at Antelope Valley.

Ja’Lisa Gatlin, a 6-foot forward, will go to NAIA Dickinson State (S.D.). She averaged 8 points and 5.2 rebounds. Her best of 16 points came against Sierra.

The Panthers (20-9), third in the Foothill Conference, have a total of five players that have moved on. Earlier guards Sheyenne Williams and Ashlee Harper both decided on the University of Mary (N.D.)

UC San Diego and Sonoma State each had a conference-high seven players named to the All-CCAA team.

The lone representative from Cal State San Bernardino is senior third baseman Alyssa Flores who hit .405 with 47 RBI.

Most Valuable Player – Chrissy Stalf, Humboldt State; Most Valuable Pitcher – Samantha Lipperd, Sonoma State; Freshman of the Year – Katie Obbema, Humboldt State; Coach of the Year - Frank Cheek, Humboldt State; Newcomer of the Year – Vanessa Avila, CS Monterey Bay

AL – At-Large selection

Honorable Mention

Brittany Brenner, CS Dominguez Hills (Jr., C/DP); Desiree’ Gonzalez, Chico State C (Fr., 1B); Courtney Gravel, San Francisco St (So., INF); Sara Holdridge, CS East Bay (Sr., 3B);Brittani Weatherford, CS Stanislaus (P/OF)

Cajon High school graduate Layshia Clarendon, who led the Cal Golden Bears to the Final Four, was chosen in the first round of the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever.

Indiana had the No. 9 selection, picking one spot ahead of the Los Angeles Sparks.

Clarendon, a 5-foot-9 wing, was projected to go in the middle to late first round. Her stock rose considerably with Cal’s postseason run. She averaged 16.4 points in the season, but 21.2 points in Cal’s five NCAA Tournament games.

Clarendon propelled Cal to a 32-4 mark which included its first ever Pac 12 regular season title as well as the first Final Four appearance.

She is only the second player from the county to be drafted in the first round of the WNBA and the first since Diana Taurasi was picked first overall by Phoenix in 2004.