Mustafa Pointing for Title : College track: Moorpark decathlete hopes to score 7,000 and win state championship.

NORWALK — Tallying 7,000 points in the decathlon might seem far-fetched for someone who has yet to top 6,500, but Moorpark College Coach Doni Green figures sophomore Isaiah Mustafa is ready for the challenge.

Mustafa will shoot for 7,000 at the state junior college track and field championships that start today at Cerritos College.

The Moorpark sophomore, runner-up in last year’s state championships, totaled a personal best of 6,417 points to finish second in the Southern California championships last month.

Chris Kanowsky of Long Beach City trailed Mustafa by 393 points after six of 10 events, but finished strongly to win with 6,557 points.

Mustafa’s fall to second began in the discus--the decathlon’s seventh event--when he threw 102 feet 3 inches to Kanowsky’s 117-0, and continued in the pole vault (11-7 3/4 to 13-3 1/2) and javelin (138-1 to 183-9), but Green says Mustafa has improved dramatically in the discus, pole vault and 110-meter high hurdles since.

“He has the potential to score at least 6,800 points if he hits all his events,” Green said. “And 7,000 is possible with someone like him.”

A score of 6,800 might be needed to win the decathlon. Alphonso Davis of Sacramento City totaled 6,698 points to win the Northern California championships.

Mustafa also will compete in the long jump, an event in which he finished third in the Southern California championships with a personal best of 23-6 1/4.

Sean McKeown (shotput, discus) and Mike Esparza (3,000-meter steeplechase) of Moorpark, Isaac Turner (800) of Glendale and Amy Blackburn (discus) of Ventura are also expected to contend for top-three finishes.

Today’s meet begins at 2 p.m. with the men’s hammer throw, followed by the heptathlon 100 hurdles at 2:30. The meet starts at 1 p.m. Saturday with the decathlon 110 high hurdles.